How was officiating?

[CGI_Ram]

I will say that the hitting a defenseless receiver penalty on NRC was ridiculous (we would've gotten the ball back as it would have been 3rd and 20+ for the Patriots) and the weak holding call on Gurley's run definitely helped turn the tide of the game.

NRC has to be allowed that tackle.

I thought that changed the early part of the game.

Terrible call.

We never captured any momentum in this game, so it’s hard to argue it would have made much difference, but this call was still in the part of the game where tone is being set.

Very unfortunate.

 

[bwdenverram]

That defenseless receiver call in the beginning was really bad. That was behind the line and was a perfect tackle.
Outside of that though I think the game was played by the players. We just got outplayed. Sad, but is what it is. Goff missed some wide open opportunities. Next time we will win this thing for sure.

 

[snackdaddy]

I thought the holding on Sullivan was a very bad call. Looked like normal interior line play. It stalled what looked like might be a promising drive. The one on NRC made me think they were trying to appease people who were still pissed about the Saints game. Other than that the officiating was decent. The Rams just played a poor game offensively. Can't blame officials on that.

 

[nighttrain]

I thought the holding on Sullivan was a very bad call. Looked like normal interior line play. It stalled what looked like might be a promising drive. The one on NRC made me think they were trying to appease people who were still ticked about the Saints game. Other than that the officiating was decent. The Rams just played a poor game offensively. Can't blame officials on that.

two calls that shouldn't have been, in highly charged circumstances were sadly game changers. Once agin the Refs ruled the day
train

 

[Ramstien]

Yea the Officials sucked like they always do just ask the Saints. It is part of the game that we have to learn to live with. The fact is the Rams had opportunities to win this game but did not take advantage of so this loss is on the offense and McVay, not the refs.

 

[Poppinfresh]

The officiating was bad/in New England's pocket, but not nearly to the extent I thought they would be. To be sure, New England only got flagged when it was so blatantly obvious that it couldn't be ignored, but you have to expect that.

Notable calls that New England got that they shouldn't have:
-NRC getting called for a textbook hit on a receiver
-That "hold" on Sullivan on Gurley's breakout run, effectively killing a good drive

Big non-calls that should have been flagged:
-PI on that throw to Cooks that would have been a touchdown
-There was a pretty significant facemask early in the game. Can't remember who the victim was, but it was a big deal
-I saw Donald get outright tackled on 3 occasions....no flags
-One of the bigger Edelman catches should have had offensive pass interference tied to it
-Brady should have gotten an intentional grounding flag for a throw he made trying to avoid a sack


I think our offense was so bad last night, the officials just didn't have to go out of their way to make sure to keep whomever was going against the supposed "GOAT" was going to suffer.

 

[Montanaramfan]

I'll say the same thing I said after the Saints game. Instead of focusing on the one or two things the refs did wrong to lose the game (I do think the Sullivan call was bogus) let's focus on the 10-20 things the Rams did wrong to lose the game. How about an inept offense that lead to a Super Bowl record eight consecutive punts for starters?

 

[kmramsfan]

That was the one I was referring to. It came at an inopportune time. I couldn’t really see what was flagged. Otherwise it seemed pretty square.

The play where NRC was called for helmet to helmet when he made a crucial TFL was marginal. It gave the Cheats a big 1st down. But all in all, the refs were mostly a non factor.
As they should be.

 

[hotanez]

I'll say the same thing I said after the Saints game. Instead of focusing on the one or two things the refs did wrong to lose the game (I do think the Sullivan call was bogus) let's focus on the 10-20 things the Rams did wrong to lose the game. How about an inept offense that lead to a Super Bowl record eight consecutive punts for starters?

please no more with the 8 consecutive punts, it just hurts to much

 

[badnews]

The play where NRC was called for helmet to helmet when he made a crucial TFL was marginal. It gave the Cheats a big 1st down. But all in all, the refs were mostly a non factor.
As they should be.

I dont know. I watched the game in Pittsburgh with cowboys fans and steelers fans.
They thought the officiating was definitely in the Pats favor and I agree.... I think we just dont want to bitch about it because of the Saints game.... its understandable.

 

[Ram65]

The NRC tackle
The phantom hold
PI on a couple of plays Cooks and Reynolds,

Peters got away with a PI

Considering how the Rams played they could have used the penalties to be switched with more calls going their way.

 

[Steve808]

The officiating wasn't that bad. But I will say this. Goff took some hits that were not penalties but the same hits on Brady would have had the field littered with yellow.

 

[Ants]

I noticed most of what was mentioned above.
But just like that NRC non-call wasn't the reason the Saints lost...I don't think these calls and missed calls caused the Rams to lose.
...well, A.D. gets tackled on pretty much every play, no? I'm thinking something needs to be done about that. It's just an unfair advantage for our opponents.

 

[JoeBo21]

The bullshit penalty on NRC when our defense was setting the tone early and beating the shit out of them. Changed the whole momentum and let the Pats get settled.

The weakest holding call I’ve ever seen when it looked like we finally would get Gurley going and at least come away with 3 on that drive.

Both swung momentum to the Pats so fuck them for those two

Other then that they were fine though. We had our chances

 

[Ramlock]

I thought the holding on Sullivan was a very bad call. Looked like normal interior line play. It stalled what looked like might be a promising drive.

Could have been a no-call just like all the holding done on Donald all game. How he doesn't draw 3-4 per game is beyond me.

Other than that the officiating was decent. The Rams just played a poor game offensively. Can't blame officials on that.

Having said the above about the hold, I was surprised that the officiating was decent.

 

[Mojo Ram]

Overall i thought the officiating was okay. Nothing that bruised the outcome whatsoever for either team.

Worst call was the Sullivan holding. A ghost call in that situation really. A game steering flag.

The NRC tackle was also just a reactionary flag to a great play by the defender.

 

[Mojo Ram]

The officiating wasn't that bad. But I will say this. Goff took some hits that were not penalties but the same hits on Brady would have had the field littered with yellow.

This is true.

 

[ramdonnie]

There were some crappy calls - particularly the "hold" on Gurley's big run in the 4th - but I don't think we can blame them for the loss at all.

Our offense had trouble all day, no doubt, but at the moment we were finally moving the ball and about to take the lead, the refs called the phantom hold on Gurley's run (Announcers commented it was not holding). We can't blame the refs for all the poor offense, but they did change the score at that time. We would have scored 3 or 7 and taken the lead. Who knows what would have transpired after.