| Cirio said: They should just leave those refs in Mexico |
Yeah MAN this year has been bad. I think possibly worse than the replacement refs.
That call was BLATANTLY a bad spot. Part of the blame lies on the Houston coach baffling everyone by not challenging it, as even Stevie Wonder could tell they made their 3rd down push at the 15.
If the 1st down is achieved, then Houston has it 1st and 10 at the 15, with 4 minutes to go, 20-20. Worst case (probably) is a 23-20 game. But with the way Houston had momentum and confidence at that point, it could easily have been 27-20 with ~2-3 minutes left in the 4th. So, then we'd get a possible Oakland TD drive and overtime, or Houston may have gotten hot and stopped them. The emotional charge and momentum shift with that 4th down stop was an absolute dagger, and IMHO the single most responsible party was the horrendous officating crew. Just trash.
I say that as someone who couldn't care less about the Texans, I picked OAK in this game. But I'd rather lose to be honest, and see an honestly-called game, than some blatant garbage-tier game-throwing shitfest by the refs. WOW. I hope this is a big story tomorrow, because Blandino and Co need to be carted off to the East river and given concrete shoes. The NFL would be much better with quality officiating.
