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The league is going through it right now as we’ve had two games in one week make horrific roughing-the-passer calls. First, it was Jerome Boger (as usual) calling it against the Atlanta Falcons after clearly sacking Tom Brady. Then it happened again when Carl Cheffers threw the flag on Chris Jones for sacking Derek Carr.
Now, the NFL refs are explaining why they threw the flag on Monday Night Football and it has fans outraged. And rightfully so.
NFL Refs Explain Why They Threw The Flag On Chiefs Star Chris Jones
This is a terrible look for the league right now. Jones had sacked Carr and stripped the ball. Instead, his amazing play was taken away from him by one of the worst penalties we’ve seen all year. The Raiders got a freebie, but the Chiefs had the final laugh in the end.
According to Tom Pelissero, Carl Cheffers, the NFL referee who threw the flag, goes into detail about what transpired.
Here’s what referee Carl Cheffers told pool reporter @adamteicher about last night’s roughing the passer penalty against #Chiefs DL Chris Jones: pic.twitter.com/sDMtRCOOZZ
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) October 11, 2022
So we can’t tackle the quarterback anymore? We’re about ready to call up Randy Marsh to lead the way for Sarcastaball because that’s the direction the NFL is heading right now. These roughing-the-passer calls are horrific and it makes it hard to watch the games. Fans took to social media to voice their displeasure.
What a joke. Never can take ownership of a mistake. They want millions of people not to believe their eyes. Some of these refs have egos so big you can’t even fit them in the stadiums they call the games at
— Matt Eikner (@matteik07) October 11, 2022
Cheffers admitting a replay wouldn’t have helped might have been the worst part.
In regards to all his statements, especially the part where he agrees that replay wouldn’t have changed anything pic.twitter.com/OW6Eh9QBUa
— Avery Fleming (@ImpeccableGrpxs) October 11, 2022
Dynasty GM makes a fair point. The NFL may have made the rules too specific. Either way, it needs to be fixed.
This is why this situation is worse than we even think. The refs still think they’re right in applying the rule. Fix the rule or the application will continue to be this
— DynastyGM (@DynastyFF_GM) October 11, 2022
Told you! Call Randy Marsh right now!
The future of football is here pic.twitter.com/Xqq7I2h9eC
— Alex Sears (@KnightOfNi222) October 11, 2022
Hopefully, the league looks into making some serious changes. Otherwise, horrible calls like this will continue to be made and ruin the integrity of the game.