Just as the NFL hoped a critical mistake by replacement officials would not swing the balance of a game, the league now has to hope the botched outcome of Mondays Packers-Seahawks game doesnt swing the balance of the standings such that it affects the playoffs.
The Fail Mary as many have called it Monday Russell Wilsons touchdown pass to Golden Tate on the final play of the game no doubt spurred along talks between the officials and NFL resulting in a labor agreement Wednesday night.
Now, its back to football with regular crews working this weeks games, including the Cleveland-Baltimore game on Thursday night.
We hope the whole thing is behind us now because we played with the regular officials on Thursday night and did a good job, the NFLs executive vice president of operations Ray Anderson told me this morning at a hotel where the officials were meeting. Part of our message to this crew was we are delighted to have them back and were excited about this weekends slate of games so we can get back to pure football.
But is the NFL concerned the Green Bay-Seattle game will have a significant impact on the postseason?
We are not overly concerned, Anderson said. That was the third week of the season. We have 13 more weeks to go. There are a lot of things that impact how teams do overall, including their own performances. We will let that natural laws of the NFL take care of themselves and well see where we are at the end of the year.
Source: National Football Post
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The Fail Mary as many have called it Monday Russell Wilsons touchdown pass to Golden Tate on the final play of the game no doubt spurred along talks between the officials and NFL resulting in a labor agreement Wednesday night.
Now, its back to football with regular crews working this weeks games, including the Cleveland-Baltimore game on Thursday night.
We hope the whole thing is behind us now because we played with the regular officials on Thursday night and did a good job, the NFLs executive vice president of operations Ray Anderson told me this morning at a hotel where the officials were meeting. Part of our message to this crew was we are delighted to have them back and were excited about this weekends slate of games so we can get back to pure football.
But is the NFL concerned the Green Bay-Seattle game will have a significant impact on the postseason?
We are not overly concerned, Anderson said. That was the third week of the season. We have 13 more weeks to go. There are a lot of things that impact how teams do overall, including their own performances. We will let that natural laws of the NFL take care of themselves and well see where we are at the end of the year.
Source: National Football Post
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September 27, 2012
