This officiating crew needs to be fired immediately

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@Vikergirl said:

@Max said:
On the “taunting” by Keenum, why did they not call excessive celebration on the Lions? Isn’t it still illegal to do group celebrations on non-TD plays?

Apparently it's ok unless it's the Vikings. I thought that taunting penalty was ridiculous. I will have to rewatch but that facemask on Kendricks looked weak. And of course that lack of pass interference on Diggs was insane. They overcame the refs. 

The facemask was a super weak call. His wand lightly grazed the facemask. 8 years ago it would have been one of the five yard variety, but that rule was eliminated and now to get a penalty it has to be a full grasp or push, not just incidental contact. 

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Seriously - what was the taunting call for? They never showed a replay on the screen at the stadium and I still don't know what Keenum did to get that call.

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@Nichelle said:
Seriously - what was the taunting call for? They never showed a replay on the screen at the stadium and I still don't know what Keenum did to get that call.

He gently tossed the ball about 3 feet after getting tackled and it hit a defender. How a player who just got stopped on 3rd down and sat defeated on the ground can be seen as “taunting” an opponent is beyond me...

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@Nichelle said:
Seriously - what was the taunting call for? They never showed a replay on the screen at the stadium and I still don't know what Keenum did to get that call.

He threw the ball. It was more like a gentle toss and he wasn't throwing it at his opponent. He wasn't even looking at him. I thought it was bogus he wasn't being unsportsmanlike. 

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@Max said:

@Nichelle said:
Seriously - what was the taunting call for? They never showed a replay on the screen at the stadium and I still don't know what Keenum did to get that call.

He gently tossed the ball about 3 feet after getting tackled and it hit a defender. How a player who just got stopped on 3rd down and sat defeated on the ground can be seen as “taunting” an opponent is beyond me...

@Vikergirl said:

@Nichelle said:
Seriously - what was the taunting call for? They never showed a replay on the screen at the stadium and I still don't know what Keenum did to get that call.

He threw the ball. It was more like a gentle toss and he wasn't throwing it at his opponent. He wasn't even looking at him. I thought it was bogus he wasn't being unsportsmanlike. 

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@Nichelle said:

@Max said:

@Nichelle said:
Seriously - what was the taunting call for? They never showed a replay on the screen at the stadium and I still don't know what Keenum did to get that call.

He gently tossed the ball about 3 feet after getting tackled and it hit a defender. How a player who just got stopped on 3rd down and sat defeated on the ground can be seen as “taunting” an opponent is beyond me...

@Vikergirl said:

@Nichelle said:
Seriously - what was the taunting call for? They never showed a replay on the screen at the stadium and I still don't know what Keenum did to get that call.

He threw the ball. It was more like a gentle toss and he wasn't throwing it at his opponent. He wasn't even looking at him. I thought it was bogus he wasn't being unsportsmanlike. 

Thanks. It made no sense at all. I kept wondering how a QB who just got tackled start taunting someone. No one around me understood either but they were Lions fans who were just happy to see another flag.

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@"BarrNone55" said:
Omfg...total incompetence

For some reason I do not have a reply button to the topic so I can only reply by quote.

Did anyone notice the last TD by the Lions when Stafford was injured?  That should have been a flag by the offense for holding.  If you watch the play carefully, look at why the Viking's defensive player rolled into Stafford.  He was held and PULLED down to the turf by the offensive lineman.

That last Lions TD should not have counted.

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The game today made up my mind that the Vikings will never win a Super Bowl. Not because they arent talented enough, but that the NFL does not want them to succeed.

Maybe it was in the original agreement for a franchise in Minnesota that the Vikngs can never win the big one. (Don’t even try and say anything about the ‘69 NFL Championship, that was a bone they threw the Vikings for being fucked for the rest of their existence)

It was obvious that the NFL wanted a close game and that they were going to do everything in their power to provide one, and hopefully make it so the Lions won.

The review of the catch on the Lions TD before the half when the call stood was absolutely ridiculous. The ball hit the ground and moved, he clearly didn’t have control of the ball.

If you are going to call PI, then fucking call it. It goes both ways. The non call on Diggs happened when I was drivng to my sister’s house and both of the Westwood One radio guys were saying it was the worst non call they had ever seen.

Top all that off with a BS call on Keenum for taunting, WTF!.

Fuck the NFL!  When Stafford got rolled into, I verbally said, “Good, screw the Lions”.  Of course in a house full of Bears fans, they all were agast that I would be glad he got hurt.

I’m tired of the bullshit that we have to put up with as Vikings fans. There will be some bullshit call that fucks the Vikings out of homefield advantage this season, and if they happen to overcome that, the NFL will stick to us in the Super Bowl!

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Here's another thing...the first four or five plays of our first drive the Lions appeared to have at least two lineman lined up offside... Anyone else see that?

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@"BarrNone55" said:
Here's another thing...the first four or five plays of our first drive the Lions appeared to have at least two lineman lined up offside... Anyone else see that?

I notice D linmen lining up offsides a lot.  It almost never gets called. I don’t understand it. How frickin hard is it to look down the line of scrimmage and see a guy lined up off sides?