CHRISTOPHER FARRELL – cjfarrell529@gmail.com

Watching this Monday night football game reminds me why i cancelled my NFL Sunday ticket and rarely watch any NFL games. The refereeing in this game is horrendous. And these are supposedly the best of the best refs. 2 garbage calls cost the Lions the game. Constantly games are stopped for reviews that we can figure at home seeing reviews in a fraction of the time it takes officials. If we have so many angles in 10 seconds watching on tv why doesn’t the people in charge of the game have the same options. By the time the ref gets to the camera or replay thing on sidelines, the call should already be figured out. And if they insist on constantly stopping play, their not gonna do it in penalty situations where automatic first downs are given. The first garbage hands to the face call resulted in a 5 yard penalty on 3rd down with automatic 1st down, instead of a sack for a 6 or 7 yard loss. Next couple of plays the packers score when they should have punted had not been for a bad call. Then last series of the game, the same call was made on same player. Between the stoppages, bad calls, ridiculous protection of qb, and the fact no one knows what targeting is has made the NFL unbearable to watch