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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pokerbrat2000" data-source="post: 843304" data-attributes="member: 7261"><p>Yeah that play was way down on the other end of the field and hidden to me, I never saw it close up or from the right angle.  When I said "the refs really need to do a better job spotting the ball after a play", I was talking in generalities.  Yesterday, I saw quite a few, what I refer to as "lazy spots" by the refs.  Spots where they really weren't focused enough on where the ball actually was in relation to where the player was tackled or went out of bounds.  When you are a bit bored sometime, watch the players knee/foot or whatever body part makes him down/out of bounds and then look where the ball is at that exact moment and then where the refs place the ball.  Way too many times I have seen the refs mark the ball down at least a half if not a full yard behind where the ball actually was and in some cases ahead.  Refs also tend to cheat you out of 1/2 yard on a return, if you are tackled at the 22 1/2 yardline, they seem more likely to mark it at the 22 to begin a new series.  I know its knit picky on my part, but in a game where inches can matter, I get annoyed when refs seems to casually take away 18 or so inches with one bad spot.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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