Bears & NFL Talk 70

[IU Hawks fan]

3 blown calls, all the Packers way. That missed PI was f***ing pathetic.

Packers are not their record, they didn't look good at all once again tonight.

 

[Kaners Bald Spot]

3 blown calls, all the Packers way. That missed PI was ****ing pathetic.

Packers are not their record, they didn't look good at all once again tonight.

Once again, if you don't have a QB, you don't have a team.

 

[HawksBeerFan]

The NFL has put the refs in terrible spots. Their rule book is too large. Too many things are penalties.

See, I sort of agree with this, but that doesn't excuse the calls tonight. Those weren't missed calls, they were calls that were made that were blatantly incorrect.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

They were not perfect and had mistakes they wish they could have back but the retirements of Hochuli , Triplette and others in recent years has not helped situation with regard to quality of officiating

NFL has lost a lot of experienced officials in recent years and the newer crops certainly has no shining stars at this point

 

[Backyard Hockey]

I can’t post the link but check the NFLs officiate Twitter page with the packers win 5-1 tweet. 100% of the responses are absolutely destroying the NFL

 

[OhCaptainMyCaptain]

5-1! NFC North is one hell of a division. Could see any team winning it.

 

[HeisenBaez]

Once again, if you don't have a QB, you don't have a team.

Overstated.

 

[Backyard Hockey]

They were not perfect and had mistakes they wish they could have back but the retirements of Hochuli , Triplette and others in recent years has not helped situation with regard to quality of officiating

NFL has lost a lot of experienced officials in recent years and the newer crops certainly has no shining stars at this point

The multi billion dollar industry needs to have a full time crew. Too much at stake. No more 60 year old lawyers doing weekend reffing.

Think about it. The refs are structured the same was as in recreational youth sports.

Regardless, wouldn’t change the outcome here. This was a fix pure and simple. GB 100th season and the NFL likes selling the folksy small town GB vibe and promoting it to offset the thug and criminal vibe happening throughout the league. The league has a PR problem and promoting GB is a strategy to offset it.

The tweet sent out by the NFL shortly after the game proves it.

I will accept no other explanation.

 

[IU Hawks fan]

The multi billion dollar industry needs to have a full time crew. Too much at stake. No more 60 year old lawyers doing weekend reffing.

Think about it. The refs are structured the same was as in recreational youth sports.

I'd rather have a sky judge adjusting calls on the fly.

 

[Kaners Bald Spot]

Overstated.

If anything, it's understated.

 

[RayP]

Once again, if you don't have a QB, you don't have a team.

Who needs a QB when you can just have the refs on the sideline like the Pack.

Rodgers has had like one good game.

 

[HawksBeerFan]

I'd rather have a sky judge adjusting calls on the fly.

It really doesn't seem that inconceivable with today's technology and the fact that the game stops so often anyway. Let the on the field refs make the 50/50 calls like they normally do (things like holding, pass interference, etc.) and then have booth refs to overrule poor decisions. Give them a direct line to the refs mic so they can radio down the calls immediately.

Doesn't seem that hard or that time consuming.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

I would be mad at the refs blatantly being in the bag for Green Bay if not for the hilarious fact that Detroit got screwed again.

 

[HawksBeerFan]

I would be mad at the refs blatantly being in the bag for Green Bay if not for the hilarious fact that Detroit got screwed again.

My brother is a Lions fan, I feel so bad for him even though they are in our division.

 

[Rick C137]

I can’t post the link but check the NFLs officiate Twitter page with the packers win 5-1 tweet. 100% of the responses are absolutely destroying the NFL

Did not disappoint. My favorite:

 

[AmericanDream]

Hicks officially on IR....

 

[Backyard Hockey]

I'd rather have a sky judge adjusting calls on the fly.

That makes sense and it must happen.

I get that refs make bad calls. When all of the bad calls go in the direction of one team - a team that the NFL wants to prop up - it goes past incompetence and goes to malfeasance.

 

[Illinihockey]

 

[ChiHawks10]

Eh... his arm was dangling from the elbow like a wet noodle. Pretty sure most people knew he was going to be out for a significant period of time.

 

[Backyard Hockey]

Hicks officially on IR....

That's a BIG deal.

We saw what happened to the run game when he went out. This is NOT good.

 

[ChiHawks10]

That's a BIG deal.

We saw what happened to the run game when he went out. This is NOT good.

You mean the defense of the run game? Hicks plays on the D line.

 

[AmericanDream]

That's a BIG deal.

We saw what happened to the run game when he went out. This is NOT good.

it is massive, can't replace this guy....

 

[ChiHawks10]

it is massive, can't replace this guy....

It's a huge loss, no doubt. We'll have to see if someone can step up in his absence.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

Nobody filling in is Hicks but I think the Bears defensive line is the place they could absorb a loss the most by a fair margin.

 

[TLEH]

It doesn’t excuse the missed calls and I agree.