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The ref'ing in the Steelers-Jaguars game last night was unbelievably terrible. Any rational human being could see that it looked like the refs were trying to throw it for the Jaguars. They did everything possible to try to stop them, but the Steel Curtain still prevailed. Here are the ones I saw, from the 3rd/4th quarters:
- A "roughing the passer" call (15 yd/1st down penalty) called when a Pit linesman was a 1/2 step and 0.5 second away from the QB. This is a legal hit in any other non-on-the-take world.
- A marginal call of personal foul of the open field hit after the ball was tipped in flight and the Jax receiver didn't get his hands on it.
- A bullshit 15 yd penalty for Ward for literally holding the ball out to the Jax sideline after making a nice catch. WTF?
- The Jax QB fumbles the ball on the last drive and he is ruled down, when any person who is not blind can see from the replays that he fumbled the ball.
When will there be accountability for such poor refereeing in the NFL?
