Zebras for the divisional round

[chad72]

 

http://www.footballzebras.com/2016/01/11/divisional-referees-2015/

 

The guy who reffed the blowout SB between Seahawks and Broncos is their ref for the divisional round vs Steelers. The guy who reffed the Colts' winning SB is Tony Corrente, the ref for Seahawks vs Panthers.

[21isSuperman]

NFL reffing has been underwhelming and unimpressive for a long time.  The NFL needs to make them full time employees so they can really spend a lot of time working on their craft.  I obviously don't expect 100% correct calls, but there are some real brain farts at times with the refs.  Joey Porter, for example, should not have been on the field against the Bengals.  Ryan Shazier led with the crown of his helmet, which I believe is a penalty.  A lot of stuff in the NFL happens very quickly and it's understandable that the refs don't see all of the details in all of the ensuing madness, but some of the penalties they miss are really bad.

 

I also don't like how the NFL creates its own crews for the playoffs.  The crews have worked together for 16 games and know what their tendencies are.  Breaking them apart and creating your own crews for the most important part of the year isn't a smart idea, in my opinion

[coltsva]

For what it's worth, Mike Pereira thinks the 17 referees should be full time. 

[Narcosys]

1 hour ago, 21isSuperman said:

NFL reffing has been underwhelming and unimpressive for a long time.  The NFL needs to make them full time employees so they can really spend a lot of time working on their craft.  I obviously don't expect 100% correct calls, but there are some real brain farts at times with the refs.  Joey Porter, for example, should not have been on the field against the Bengals.  Ryan Shazier led with the crown of his helmet, which I believe is a penalty.  A lot of stuff in the NFL happens very quickly and it's understandable that the refs don't see all of the details in all of the ensuing madness, but some of the penalties they miss are really bad.

 

I also don't like how the NFL creates its own crews for the playoffs.  The crews have worked together for 16 games and know what their tendencies are.  Breaking them apart and creating your own crews for the most important part of the year isn't a smart idea, in my opinion

Tendencies can lead to complacency and taking  one persons word over another who may have seen it differently. 

[Synthetic]

 

Hopefully this means Denver gets the living hell beat out of them again.