Commanders Post at The Warpath

[QUOTE=djnemo65]See, I look at this situation a little bit different. Everything you say is right, it shouldn't have been close. But in today's NFL the other team's gonna find a way to make it close more often than not. Give TB some credit for making great plays down the stretch. But let's give our team some credit too.

I look at this way: two good playoff caliber teams battling for a poststeason slot went all the way down to the wire and the Redskins won, but the refs intervened and gave the game to the hometeam. It was close, but we won.[/QUOTE]

This, unfortunately, wont show up in the win / loss column. Yes, they are both good teams, but for the Redskins to be mentioned in the same breath with playoff contenders, we need to be able to win those games, hands down. I guess I am just sick of going on about the Alstott play, and want to try and move on to the Raiders. No matter how much bitching we do the play is not going to be changed. You also have to remember, these refs are judged based on how many calls are overturned from whats called on the field. They are picked for playoff games, and even superbowls with this as one of the desiding factors. At the end of the year it shows a certain percentage of calls overturned on their crews watch and by overturning calls it shows that they initially got the call wrong. I believe thats why this "irrefutable evidence" thing is coming into play more and more through the season. The refs that are selected for playoffs and superbowls get a nice little paycheck for those games.