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"All-star" officiating crew for Rams-Chiefs game
NFL ups intensity with all-star officials for Rams-Chiefs game
Kevin Seifert ESPN.com NFL Nation The NFL took the unusual step this week of assigning an "all-star" officiating crew to the most highly anticipated game of the season, adding to the playofflike frenzy for Monday night's matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and Los Angeles Rams. Referee Clete Blakeman will work the game with only two members of his regular crew, umpire Ramon George and down judge Dana McKenzie. The other five officials -- including Jim Lapetina, who will handle replay -- were plucked from four other crews. The approach is similar to how the NFL assigns officials to playoff games, a process that is based on performance and seniority rather than crew. But it is rarely, if ever, employed before the postseason. Officials typically work on the same eight-person crews throughout the regular season to maximize continuity and familiarity among members. Individual crew members are occasionally juggled for health or scheduling reasons. But a series of actions this season have indicated the league is moving away from the consistent crew concept, in favor of a more aggressive administration of officiating. Earlier this season, the league bounced down judge Hugo Cruz among four crews before ultimately making him its first-ever official to be fired for performance during the season. NFL spokesman Michael Signora confirmed Sunday that "there is a rotation amongst the crews throughout the season." Signora did not provide details on the decision to overhaul Blakeman's crew for Monday night's game. An officiating source said Sunday that the five officials added to Monday night's crew are all highly respected and have performed well this season. The Chiefs-Rams game, originally scheduled to be played in Mexico City before it was relocated to Los Angeles, is a rare matchup. Since 1970, there have been only four other games pitting teams with one or fewer losses this late in the season. And according to the Elias Sports Bureau, this is the latest matchup ever between two teams averaging at least 33 points per game. The following is the full crew for Monday night's game, as listed on the official flip card published by the NFL, with the officials' permanent referee in parentheses: Referee: Clete Blakeman Umpire: Ramon George (Blakeman) Down judge: Dana McKenzie (Blakeman) Line judge: Rusty Baynes (John Hussey) Field judge: Dale Shaw (Jerome Boger) Side judge: Brad Freeman (Clay Martin) Back judge: Tony Steratore (Boger) Replay: Jim Lapetina (Brad Allen) http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/2...ff-rams-chiefs |
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Chiefs had their chance to win the game, it doesn't change that the officials were an abortion in that game.
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No it doesn't. You could take any game this season and break it down play by play and find hundreds of calls that were missed or calls that shouldn't have been. That's just how it works. The refs sucked hard last night. But equating that to a huge impossible conspiracy is just dumb.
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DUMB****S really don't think games are slanted a certain way
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The Pats getting ZERO penalties against our elite talent SURE was on the up and up too right Fish...
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I asked earlier in this thread what the call was against Hill. After he scored. I asked because if it was for the dueces sign, that should not be a penalty. In the Madden video game he does that. But after goff scored on his running td he Dunked the ball over the goal post. A clear penalty at this point in the NFL it was ignored. Neither of these penalties or the lack thereof changed the game but it does show at least the officiating crew was not enforcing the rule book correctly. We still lost because Goff drove his team down to score in the final minutes and mahomes failed to do so. But the refs weren't great.
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But if you did that breakdown, I'm sure you'd find that a few teams consistently benefit off of bad calls in big games. Pittsburgh and New England most obviously. Not surprisingly, now the Rams. I don't think conspiracy is the right word. But it's obvious as day. |
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You notice none of these people are trying to dispute the missed false start for example? |
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Why did they "ignore" a dozen blatant penalties on NE in a huge game in Fixboro??
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It didn’t matter in the end. It was in our hands and we blew it twice.
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The missed false start that would’ve probably led to a FG as opposed to a TD in a 3 pt game “didn’t matter in the end”? |
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Consistancy I think is all we want in the calls. If the deuces was a penalty so was Peter's laying on Mahomes.
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Chiefs honestly score 70 if they had the calls LA got.
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