At What Point will NFL Officiating Be Held Responsible

To be perfectly honest I don't think there has been a Redskins team that could have sniffed the super bowl during the Dan Snyder era.



99% of the teams that have played in the Dan Snyder era couldnt even sniff the playoffs


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99 team was pretty good but can’t really given DS any credit for it

True and it wasn't like Saint Louis ran away with the title that year. Being up 13-0 and losing in the Bucs game sucked.

True and it wasn't like Saint Louis ran away with the title that year. Being up 13-0 and losing in the Bucs game sucked.

Still think we had something good going that year and could have built off it, then Snyder got his hands all over the roster in 2000 and F'd it up good.

Mark Carrier, Bruce Smith, Neon Deion. The sky was the limit!

The thing that bothers me about the lack of a penalty for the Reed helmet-on-helmet was that it was blatantly obvious from a bunch of angles. NO ONE saw it?

How about last night's Viking's / Packers game? Dan Bailey was ran into on the 56 yard attempt and it knocked him over. No flag, but the instant replay showed it as clear as day.

Mark Carrier, Bruce Smith, Neon Deion. The sky was the limit!

At least those guys took their jobs seriously, even though they were past their primes. Jeff George was a complete and total waste and Snyder had such a hard on for him.

The officials are humans and are not going to get the call right every single time. That being said, when it starts becoming a frequent occurrence that their calls directly affect the outcome of games, then that needs to be addressed.

I've seen it too many times in which a ticky tack call is made on a big defensive stop on third down, and it gives the opponents a first down. And then on the flipside, a blatant noncall on an obvious pass interference, which would have put the Redskins in comfortable game winning field goal range. That non call decided the game.

For a struggling team that's trying to keep their heads above water and outlast their mistakes, officiating can make or break them. We can say to counter bad officiating is to not make mistakes. But let's be realistic. McCoy is a backup, playing behind a patchwork offensive line, and playing with receivers who are largely underwhelming. And also not getting a big lift from the running game, because the offensive line can't create running lanes for Adrian Peterson. You start turning the ball over, you're going to lose ballgames. But to have opportunities to advance the ball and can't because of poor officiating, that's pretty tough.

There is nothing I despise more than seeing flags fly at will during the last 4 minutes of a one-score game. It means the officiating could decide the outcome. And that should be decided on the field of play.

So if we see a few 'non-calls' of some borderline offenses, I am okay with that as long as the players are allowed to play & decide the games outcome.

The more egregious, should of course be flagged always.

But in those last 4 minutes of play, it is not uncommon to see a DB get away with a brief/minor hold that he was flagged for in the 2nd quarter.

Anyone see the Giants/Eagles Sunday? When OBJ was held not once but TWICE on the same play? And no call was made.

I'm not a guy who jumps all over the refs but the two kicks got me thinking. Redskins missed the extra point which looked good. The camera angles they showed were not any help. I can't remember if it was an extra point or FG by Dallas that was also very close. Some how for the Dallas kick they had a camera angle right behind the goal post. Where was that angle when the Skins kicked. I know it would not have changed anything but seems like they were hiding something.