NFL Says SB Properly Officiated!

I've never seen such a call for blood over a non-Redskin team. Did everyone REALLY want Seattle to win?

That's what I've been trying to figure out. The calls weren't even that bad. I've seen plenty of worse ones. :insane:

That's what I've been trying to figure out. The calls weren't even that bad. I've seen plenty of worse ones. :insane:

Yeah I don't get it either. The bad calls don't make up for the fact that Seattle simply didn't play well enough to win the game.

Turnovers, penalties, poor clock mgmt, dropped passes, etc., are what Seattle fans should really be upset over, and what the rest of us should be pointing to as the main reasons why they lost the game.

it's been gaining momentum, bad call after bad call all year long and the nfl acts like all is well.and i can gaurantee that if it had been the skins instead of the seahawks you guys would be quite irate.if it's bad for them then it will be bad for all.

I dont think this affected the game but another unbelivable call was the chop block on Hassleback after the interception. Why would you call that? When do they ever call that? Like that is such a dangerous move but the collar tackle is safe.

Skins fan 44, I am with you on the whole "horse collar" thing. The rules committee or where ever this thing is discussed , really need to better define what a horse collar IS and IS NOT. I think I saw a lot of it last year and it was never called. It seems like a new way to tackle that I dont' ever remember seeing that much in the past. It seems like every defender who gets beat these days goes for the back of the shoulder pads on a tackle from behind. I think the Skins were really lucky a lot last year that Portis did not miss significant time due to injury from several horse collars that brought him down last year. It is an injury waiting to happen!

The fact that the NFL says the game was "properly officiated" doesn't bode well for the future. The NFL simply doesn't care enough if the officiating is bad. If they did, the refs would be hired full time and be in shape and able to see. Nfl is the only sport that doesn't hire full time refs. Golly, could it be a "money issue".????

The fact that the NFL says the game was "properly officiated" doesn't bode well for the future. The NFL simply doesn't care enough if the officiating is bad. If they did, the refs would be hired full time and be in shape and able to see. Nfl is the only sport that doesn't hire full time refs. Golly, could it be a "money issue".????Just a question. If the REF's were full time what would they do diffrent? What would they do in the off season? And what would they do Monday thru Friday? Other major sports have games seven days a week and need full time REF's. I'm not defending the REF's but I just don't see how being full time would change the mistakes.

it's been gaining momentum, bad call after bad call all year long and the nfl acts like all is well.and i can gaurantee that if it had been the skins instead of the seahawks you guys would be quite irate.if it's bad for them then it will be bad for all.

Exactly, the refs have been hideous all year (Hocculea (sp?) and the guy that did both of our playoff games are the only two I dont cringe when I see em) The NFL should be working hard to correct this, not coddle the refs so that people can't criticize them.

While I don't agree with the essential sentiment conveyed by the NFL's statement, I would agree that most of the calls that went against Seattle were, in fact, judgment calls by the officials that may have gone the other way if the referee had been in a different location. Not agreeing with the calls, just saying that they weren't blatantly "wrong".

My above statement DOES NOT apply to the Illegal Block called on Hasselback. Until I hear an explanation as to how a TACKLER can be called for an illegal block, I can't agree with the NFL's statement. Further, in light of the blatantly wrong Hasselback call and the refusal to acknowledge it as such, I find the NFL's entire position on the matter suspect.

With that said, this was a very winnable game for Seattle and they just didn't step up. Even the most blatantly wrong call only occurred AFTER Seattle had just committed a turnover - no turnover, no bad call.

Yeah I don't get it either. The bad calls don't make up for the fact that Seattle simply didn't play well enough to win the game.

Turnovers, penalties, poor clock mgmt, dropped passes, etc., are what Seattle fans should really be upset over, and what the rest of us should be pointing to as the main reasons why they lost the game.

Seattle did put themselves in position to leave it the hands of the refs. Something we did a few times this year too and it bit us in the ass. Hopefully, this brings some more serious discussion about officiating and we do see some real changes, not just "committees".

The officials didn't decide the outcome of the game. the sorry-ass SeaDucks got their butts kicked. GET OVER IT!