My biggest issue this year is not calling false starts on offensive tackles. They are all allowed to take a step back before the ball is snapped. Sometimes it is close to 2 full steps back.
Agreed. It's detrimental to the game and really tarnishes the product. Officiating should not dictate the outcome of games, but it seems to be happening at an alarming rate this year. Roughing the passer, OPI/DPI, etc in pivotal moments. Nevermind all the holding that is being ignored in the trenches...
The worst look, IMO, is they have these so called "Rules Experts" as a job title getting on TV and spouting their stupid bullshit likes its the truth. Gene Steratore, the originator of 'The Calvin Johnson Rule' got on TV saying that the dual possession catch in the GB-Denver game wasn't really dual possession. That even though their hands caught the ball at the same time, and they both came down with it and all 4 hands were on the ball still, he thought it should be an interception because the defenders feet touched the ground first before the receiver and that's what determines a catch. Gene Steratore is everything that's wrong with officiating rolled up in one package. But now there's people everywhere saying it was a bad call because the 'rules expert' explained the rule to them on TV.
GREAT POST
I get the sense that Steratore's main objective is to support the on field officiating, thereby polishing a turd. It seems rare that he outright disagrees with the blatantly bad calls.
This time he outright disagreed with the correct call on the field and said they should have overturned it with his own misinterpretation of the rules.
This isn’t true at all. This has already been addressed. As soon as the center twitches, that is the snap count. Some OTs are better than others at timing that up. Some operations work tirelessly on that timing to create the look that you are deeming to be a false start.
Actually I apologize.
