Ref in the TB playoff game was awesome

OK...you know its the boring offseason when a thread like this is started, but what the hell. Last night I came home with my 12 pack of beer and was pleasantly surprised to see that the Skins dominated the NFL network for something like 3 hours! First off was the awesome 1987 season, followed by a show devoted to the Denver win in the SB (22?), followed by the game of the week of the TB/Skins playoff game. The ref for that game was miked up, he was the one that threw ST out for spitting. Ive got to say, he was perhaps the best ref Ive ever seen. He constantly conferenced with the other guys and gave good explanations to the coaches for his calls. Id love to have this guy for every game. Ok, this is sad, again apologies for the thread, but Im dyin for football.

That was Mike Carey, right? I've always thought he was pretty good.

Yeah, I think it was Mike Carey.

Yeah he was damn good in that game. He's one of the best in the biz.

I thought he handled the spitting incident very well.

Yeah he was damn good in that game. He's one of the best in the biz.

I thought he handled the spitting incident very well.

Yep. That guy is one of the tops in the game. Wants to make the right call as opposed to his call.

For those of you that missed that episode last night on the NFL network, I think it repeats today at noon Central time and then sometime on Saturday July 1st. I am planning to DVR it. I caught part of it last night. I agree with you guys that have posted here. Mike Carey is a great referee and the most precise in terms of hand motions calling fouls I have ever seen.

Carey is great, no doubt. You can just tell how much he cares about his job and how seriously he takes it. Total professional.

I still dont think ST should have been ejected.....

i always thought he did a good job in this game, but he did miss one call that i know of....but it went in our favor for once so i dont care. arrington definitely fumbled after he intercepted it but the bucs recovered, but he was ruled down by contact

I still dont think ST should have been ejected.....

I thought it was a good call to help keep the game under control. Had he not booted him, there's no doubt Pittman would have been looking for him and things would have only escalated. Things were already getting heated before the spitting incident.