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This afternoon on Mad Dog Radio on Sirius/XM the afternoon host (who probably did the onsite play by play last night at his alma mater's homecoming game) stunned me with a statement about Monday's game and the return of the real NFL officials. He said we should expect the returning refs to give...

Thanks for the look, I guess my impression was skewed by all that was going on. Are we sure that the timer on the review has been active during the run of "The Replacements"? Normally you have time to get a beer and, um, eliminate a couple of old ones; the first three weeks it seems we've had...

Actually I saw a super slo-mo GIF closeup and Tate's left hand slides down below the tip of the ball and begins to close with nothing in it and the BACK of his fingers are what is touching the ball before it is blocked from view; this is at the same time his right hand is on Jennings arm, not...

Not that it matters at this point but when instant replay was used to uphold the call on the field it seemed to me that the IR process was much quicker than in the past and certainly faster than it has been these first three weeks this season. This may not be proven to be true due to everything...

11:46 PM ...NFL.com says "It's done!"

"NFL, referees closing in on deal." As per Nfl.com right now.To paraphrase Mark Twain: Reports of the death of the lockout are exaggerated."

And yet you still had the referee Monday night night say that after review the final play was a touchdown and "the game is over". Any reasonably astute NFL fan knows that the point(s) after must be attempted except in sudden death - too bad that wasn't covered in all that training.

Exactly why a strike or total boycott would never work, but even just dinging the teams' pocketbooks a bit would get their attention. Of course there would still be those who whine and complain the most about everything NFL but would see the beer line was shorter than ever before and say "#####...

Fans have only the power they take.

a)Not sure what you're asking but people do buy merchandise weekly.b)Again not sure if you have a question, but if every stadium sells 10,000 fewer beers this week because people don't spend that extra half hour inside, the teams and league will get a million and a half to two million less...

Of course, but it is certainly the root of the problem; I welcome the accountability aspects. On the other hand, money and keeping some of it out of the pockets of the teams and leagues is the only leverage the fans hold.

It is time for the fans to serve notice on the NFL that we will no longer stand for their destruction of the game we love. It is our understanding that the real, qualified officials and the NFL have been reported to be only four million dollars apart for the season in reaching a settlement to...