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From the stands it just seemed like the refs were horrible. Did those watching on television see most of the penalties as being valid?

I'd say it was a mixed bag, though the officials certainly seemed determined that their presence would be felt.

I saw some calls that were definitely correct, some borderline, a few atrocious - and several I simply missed that had no replays.

One of the bad calls I remember was the holding call on Murphy on the second drive (inexplicably assigned to Wright who was running with the ball).

Some of the PI calls were marginal and I think should not have been called, but I don't remember any where contact simply didn't exist. Not sure what happened on the PI flag they picked up on the deep throw to Irwin. Something odd clearly happened that impeded Irwin on his route, but they never showed a replay so I'm not sure what.

The block by Stallworth on the punt return by McCaffrey seemed marginal, but there were also a few to choose from so summed up that play was probably destined to come back.

There were a set of terribly stupid penalties. Chief among those was the targeting call on Shittu. The hit wasn't needed at all as a) MacGowan was already down and b) the linebacker (can't remember who) had already re-tackled MacGowan as Shittu came flying in - head down.

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From the stands it just seemed like the refs were horrible. Did those watching on television see most of the penalties as being valid?

I'd say it was a mixed bag, though the officials certainly seemed determined that their presence would be felt.

I saw some calls that were definitely correct, some borderline, a few atrocious - and several I simply missed that had no replays.

One of the bad calls I remember was the holding call on Murphy on the second drive (inexplicably assigned to Wright who was running with the ball).

Some of the PI calls were marginal and I think should not have been called, but I don't remember any where contact simply didn't exist. Not sure what happened on the PI flag they picked up on the deep throw to Irwin. Something odd clearly happened that impeded Irwin on his route, but they never showed a replay so I'm not sure what.

The block by Stallworth on the punt return by McCaffrey seemed marginal, but there were also a few to choose from so summed up that play was probably destined to come back.

There were a set of terribly stupid penalties. Chief among those was the targeting call on Shittu. The hit wasn't needed at all as a) MacGowan was already down and b) the linebacker (can't remember who) had already re-tackled MacGowan as Shittu came flying in - head down.