Pereira's Take On Sunday's Officiating

and beautifully illustrates the problem with the “what-if”scenarios:

Instead of the Falcons having a third-and-10 situation from the Giants’ 30-yard line, the penalty turned it into a third-and 15-from the 35.

Ryan then completed a 14-yard pass to Roddy White, which would have been a first down had the penalty yardage not been assessed. Rather, it was a fourth-and-1, Ryan was stuffed on a quarterback sneak and the Giants took over.

The Giants would not be back in coverage allowing a 14-yard gain, nor would ATL be making that same call, on 3rd and 10. You cannot say “we woulda shoulda coulda” based on previous circumstance. We don’t know if Atlanta makes a first on 3rd and 10.

and the saddest part is we had one of the BETTER officiated games even though the Falcons were not called for a single non-procedural (false start, 12 men) penalty ALL GAME. That pales in comparison to the Brees fumble or Ben’s non-called backwards lateral that should have been a huge turnover, etc, etc, etc. The league should be ashamed.

there will always be questionable calls on both sides. I have no beef with the refereeing so far in the playoffs. To me it hasn’t been any worse than any other year. at the end of the day I truly believe it all evens out and whoever plays better on the field will win. Like someone said above perrierra is a blowhard.

Pereira, when phoning in during other Giants games, during challenges, usually says the call will go against the Giants, then Coughlin gets it right, and he looks dumb. Yesterday was the first time he agreed a call or two should have gone the Giants way. Maybe he’s learning.

It’s horrible. Every game there are several game-changing mistakes. Through randomness or subconscious perception issues with the referees, sometimes these terrible calls are in a preponderance against one team. It changes games, it changes outcomes.

The NFL must make it a priority to improve the officiating. Get full time referees. Improve the training. make people culpable for their mistakes. For Christ’s sake can’t I ever just watch one game where the officiating is not an issue?

He’s a POS. Always has been. He will support the refs and blame crap on other people at any time, if possible.
I remember him, after our terrible loss to San Fran years ago, saying that the last play was called correctly.
He is either blind, retarded, or a combination of the two (no offense to anyone with blind or mentally challenged family).
These refs are part timers, and they give it part-time diligence. Walt Coleman has been terrible for years, and somehow still remains in the ref pool.
My main problem is that I think we were flagged for holding what, 4 times? How mant times was Atlanta? I am so sick of holding calls and wish that they would either use it across the board or not at all. I would speculate that maybe it gives insight as to who the refs want to win. Can’t be proven unless some of them talk.