Replacement officials in the Seahawks-Cardinals game erroneously gave the Seahawks in the final minute of the Cardinals 20-16 victory. Referee Bruce Hermansen allowed the extra timeout that Seahawks coach Pete Carroll called with 30 seconds left, but the officials had announced three plays earlier Seattle used its last one when receiver Doug Baldwin was injured. After huddling, then meeting with two different people from the sideline, the officials determined the previous stoppage had been on an incomplete pass, so the Seahawks were not charged with a timeout. NFL rules require teams to use a time out for an injured player with the clock running in the final two minutes. Mike Pereira of FOXSports who is the NFL's former Vice President of officiating pointed out that was incorrect. Source: The Redzone
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Like FamousGuy said, there's been much worse. For the most part, the officiating was decent. Obviously there's the little glitches here and there, big that happens with the real guys too. Like last night they called for the two minute warning before the Broncos attempted their two point conversion. Harmless, but a screw up that probably wouldn't happen if the real guys were in there...then again...
These 2 teams were god awful...there's nothing bad officiating could have done that they already hadn't done to themselves....
[MENTION=3039]flexnfx[/MENTION], did you actually see the game to say both teams were 'god awful' or are you just blowing off some steam because the Pack had their asses handed to them at Lambeau?
