Tom Brady mocks his own relationship with NFL referees
"Normally I would be yelling at the referee, I was pretty much known for that."
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Tom Brady calls ‘BS’ on Chiefs favoritism conspiracy: ‘Refs are trying to do their best’
"Sometimes the calls go your way, sometimes they don’t"
Troy Aikman urges NFL to get calls right amid gambling partnerships: ‘We owe it to the fans’
"There’s a lot of money that’s changing hands with these calls."
Even Dean Blandino’s brother believes NFL is rigged for Taylor Swift and the Chiefs
"My brother who is convinced that the league is rigged, that is convinced that I signed an NDA when I left the league office"
Josh Allen says ref interaction wasn’t favoritism, was telling him to dial down criticisms
Many assumed ref Bill Vinovich was apologizing to Allen for a missed call, but Allen said their conversation was far different.
Terry McAulay questions why officials picked up penalty flag on critical play
"He's a defenseless player. That's forceable contact."
Aaron Rodgers blasts ‘ridiculous’ penalties after ‘MNF’ loss
"Might as well play Sarcastaball if we're gonna call those things."
Kevin Burkhardt and Mike Pereira discuss intentional grounding non-call: ‘Cowboys get lucky there, right, Mike?’
"I think that is right. You don't have an ineligible player take you off that."
Joe Thomas urges NFL referee to resign after ‘criminal’ holding penalty
"The referee needs to turn in his certificate for being an official."
Aaron Rodgers says problem with NFL officiating is that TV took all the good refs
"These guys are all on TV because they pay more...If the league was smart, they would go grab one of those guys, pay them whatever the hell they want"
Fox’s Mike Pereira punts instead of providing analysis on controversial no-call in Vikings-Saints playoff game
"Mike, I'm gonna defer to you."
Fox’s Joe Buck, Troy Aikman and Mike Pereira blasted “killer mistake” by officials that wiped out a Saints’ TD
"Just a killer mistake that hurt the Saints so badly. When it's that close, you have to lead the fumble. You can always come back and kill it with incomplete. But even though they give the ball to the Saints here, and it gives them the ball, it doesn't correct the mistake that really should have resulted in a touchdown."
Marcus Peters threw an official’s flag into the stands, then left the game, astounding Ian Eagle and Dan Fouts
Peters picked up a thrown flag and hurled it into the stands, then headed to the locker room.
