Ed Hochuli

[MJZiggy]

And his crew did a pretty nice job. I thought it was funny when the Raider got up and ran off with the ball and he turns on the mike and says "he was down by contact." But his voice had a "well duh!" tone to it.

But I don't remember any blatantly bad calls (except one and if they didn't challenge, that's not our fault).

[Rastak]

Re: Ed Hochuli

And his crew did a pretty nice job. I thought it was funny when the Raider got up and ran off with the ball and he turns on the mike and says "he was down by contact." But his voice had a "well duh!" tone to it.

But I don't remember any blatantly bad calls (except one and if they didn't challenge, that's not our fault).

I thought his crew was pretty bad.

[gbgary]

some thought the pick call againt [chris berman voice]the Raaaidaz[/chris berman voice] was bad.

ed hokaloogey's crew had a bad game with us early in the year too. i forget which one though.

[]{ilr]3]

I thought the Raiders got screwed on a lot of calls. Those 2 calls that killed those 3rd down conversionss of over 20 yards deep in there own territory were big.

They dont make a difference in the out come of he game, but they got hosed on a lot of calls. Kinda like the Packers last week. Although the game outcome may have swung the packers favor. The Cowboys played better.

[oregonpackfan]

{ilr]3]I thought the Raiders got screwed on a lot of calls. Those 2 calls that killed those 3rd down conversionss of over 20 yards deep in there own territory were big.
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One of those bad calls against the Raiders was against WR Porter for "Having his hands extended" while the ball was in the air. It was a bush league call that nullified a big pass completion for Oakland.

I am not complaining, mind you, I am just giving my opinion about the call.

[Cheesehead Craig]

The refs were bad. They need to hit the film room this week. Maybe run a few more gassers as punishment.

[pittstang5]

Well, I thought the officiating has been better...way better, especially for Ed, "Muscles" crew.

However, can someone explain to me the personal foul Jenkins got when Atari Bigby intercepted that pass. It looked like a clean hit, not like he was blindsided or something. I thought once the ball was intercepted, everyone......including QBs are fair game....because they become potential blockers/tacklers.

[VegasPackFan]

The refs are bad every week in every game.

Until they get full-time crews , it will always be this way.

[FritzDontBlitz]

{ilr]3]I thought the Raiders got screwed on a lot of calls. Those 2 calls that killed those 3rd down conversionss of over 20 yards deep in there own territory were big.
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One of those bad calls against the Raiders was against WR Porter for "Having his hands extended" while the ball was in the air. It was a bush league call that nullified a big pass completion for Oakland.

I am not complaining, mind you, I am just giving my opinion about the call.

If Porter wasn't the intended receiver they must have saw it as trying to block while the ball was in the air. I missed that one, like I missed Jenkins hit on McCown during Bigby's interception.

[FritzDontBlitz]

Well, I thought the officiating has been better...way better, especially for Ed, "Muscles" crew.

However, can someone explain to me the personal foul Jenkins got when Atari Bigby intercepted that pass. It looked like a clean hit, not like he was blindsided or something. I thought once the ball was intercepted, everyone......including QBs are fair game....because they become potential blockers/tacklers.

I am expecting another call from the home office on that one. Phil Michaels tried to explain it on his postgame show, he basically said "Jenkins blocked him too hard, and after McCown did a flop the refs musta saw that and overreacted."

I paraphrase. A bit.

[BallHawk]

I think the foul on Jenkins was that he hit the QB who was, basically, "out of the play." He wasn't attempting to block so he's not part of the play, at least by the rule's standpoint.

The rule would apply to any player, for example a WR or an OL-man. It's used to avoid another Chad Clifton/Warren Sapp incident.

One could argue that anybody on the field is fair game, but Cullen knew that the QB wasn't going to affect the play. He did it to beat up on the QB. It was a stupid play by him and if the rule says you can't do that, he should have no business doing it.

[FritzDontBlitz]

I think the foul on Jenkins was that he hit the QB who was, basically, "out of the play." He wasn't attempting to block so he's not part of the play, at least by the rule's standpoint.

The rule would apply to any player, for example a WR or an OL-man. It's used to avoid another Chad Clifton/Warren Sapp incident.

One could argue that anybody on the field is fair game, but Cullen knew that the QB wasn't going to affect the play. He did it to beat up on the QB. It was a stupid play by him and if the rule says you can't do that, he should have no business doing it.

McCown could have run out of bounds after he threw the pick because he was near the sidelines, instead he turned and ran upfield toward Bigby. He was trying to get in on the play and that makes him fair game. So was Chad Clifton when Sapp nailed him, Clifton just wasn't paying attention. Besides that, Clifton's injury was nothing short of a freak accident: you get nailed in the chest and it knocks your hip out of socket? Come on....

Either way I'm glad Cullen popped him after their linebacker kept taking shots at Favre's legs the whole game.

[gbpackfan]

I think the refs did a nice job today. That being said, how they missed Driver being held on that 4th and 4 I'll never know.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Officiating was fine. A couple of missed calls, but it happens in every game.

[3irty1]

The refs are bad every week in every game.

Until they get full-time crews , it will always be this way.

That being said I feel like this year has been pretty terrible compared to recent years.