One of the Rams players called the NFL under replacement officials as the "lawless country." But one Rams player seems to enjoy it - cornerback Cortland Finnegan. "They just let you play football," Finnegan told Jim Thomas of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, his voice hoarse from a Sunday spent yelling encouragement to teammates and — dare we say — trash-talking opponents. "They let you play football out there, and that's one of those things you enjoy." In that sense, Finnegan is a throwback player caught on a 21st century gridiron. "I admire the old-school players," he said. "The (Jack) Tatums, you know, the Mean Joe Greenes. Those guys played football." Source: The Redzone
eh? the last i saw, the # of penalties per game are averaging about what they were with the regular refs so i don't understand this.
True that the "real refs" heck up as well. There's no arguing that. However, the amount if missed calls, phantom calls, incorrect calls, mismanagement of the game, the poor administration of the game is all out if hand with these replacement guys. It's becoming a disgrace. I was all for giving them a shot...didn't think it would be this bad. Take that Eagles/Ravens game...that game was out if hand and there probably should've been ejections. Same with a couple others. Then that Falcons/Broncos game...didn't end until 12:15 or so...b/c the refs kept freaking up. It's time for the "real refs" to return or this could get real, real ugly for the league...
