The absolute worst mind numbing what were you smoking calls

Poorboy · 03-30-2025, 12:31 PM

The absolute worst nfl calls ever
The ones that make you crazy twenty years or more after they happened!

You have to wonder if the refs were on something…
It was as clear as day and they missed it ….
The kind of calls where the folks in the dining room were yelling at the tv.
What say you ?

JustRachel · 03-30-2025, 01:12 PM

Not the refs fault but I'd say the Bears drafting Trubisky in 2017 with the #2 pick was a pretty bad call.

anusinha · 03-30-2025, 01:40 PM

The "fail mary" was the one that comes to mind, but TBF, those were the scab refs.

Siberian13 · 03-30-2025, 03:17 PM

Poorboy · 03-30-2025, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by JustRachel

Not the refs fault but I'd say the Bears drafting Trubisky in 2017 with the #2 pick was a pretty bad call.

lol that's a good one/.........

Poorboy · 03-30-2025, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by anusinha

The "fail mary" was the one that comes to mind, but TBF, those were the scab refs.

im gonna have to look that one up boss

Poorboy · 03-30-2025, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Siberian13

thats brutal gee whizzzzzzzzzzz daham!!!!

slyguy · 03-30-2025, 04:15 PM

This one was terrible. Crazy no-call facemask-offensive-PI-for-a-long-TD in a close game that was also a SuperBowl.
It cost me a good bit of money (Rams won, but didn't cover spread).
...although it did seem to wake up the Rams, and they won the game.

Siberian13 · 03-30-2025, 05:11 PM

Siberian13 · 03-30-2025, 05:13 PM

gomiamigo · 03-30-2025, 07:55 PM

Calvin Johnson. The original obvious catch to EVERYONE but the refs.

Last year Dallas Goedert got tackled so hard by his facemask he was out several weeks, somehow missed.

Siberian13 · 03-30-2025, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by gomiamigo

Calvin Johnson. The original obvious catch to EVERYONE but the refs.

Last year Dallas Goedert got tackled so hard by his facemask he was out several weeks, somehow missed.

Darnold last year face mask was hilarious

Poorboy · 03-31-2025, 12:08 AM

Lord those are some horrible missed calls

Archangel1775 · 03-31-2025, 03:20 AM

As a Niners fan, I still felt bad for them. If there was a year Romo, Dez & Company were going to do it, that was it.

4barrel · 03-31-2025, 11:43 AM

The Browns general manager who made the call to give Watson that goofy contract…

Poorboy · 03-31-2025, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by 4barrel

The Browns general manager who made the call to give Watson that goofy contract…

It’s everywhere lol

Fenway55 · 03-31-2025, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by gomiamigo

Calvin Johnson. The original obvious catch to EVERYONE but the refs.

Don't blame the refs on that one, blame the rules.

duwal · 03-31-2025, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by JustRachel

Not the refs fault but I'd say the Bears drafting Trubisky in 2017 with the #2 pick was a pretty bad call.

while not an all-pro by any means he was still pretty good during his Chicago days. His last 3 seasons (after his rookie year) he had 57 TDs to 30 INTs, 65% comp % and the team went 25-13 in his starts

JustRachel · 03-31-2025, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by duwal

while not an all-pro by any means he was still pretty good during his Chicago days. His last 3 seasons (after his rookie year) he had 57 TDs to 30 INTs, 65% comp % and the team went 25-13 in his starts

Given the rest of the top ten that year, I have difficulty taking this response seriously.

CardClub2Elect · 03-31-2025, 03:23 PM

1999 Bills. Doug Flutie leads the Bills to a 11-5 season. Big money QB Rob Johnson plays the final game of the season and plays ok so Wade Phillips starts Johnson over Flutie in the playoffs and the Bills lose first round to the Titans. I watched a lot of Bills games that year and I will admit to being a Flutie fan. He wasn't great and his numbers probably look pretty bad by modern standards but were fine for the era. The fact is that the Bills were his team that year, the team responded to him and he was a true leader.

His playoff benching will always be one of the biggest NFL coaching blunders in my mind.

Poorboy · 03-31-2025, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by CardClub2Elect

1999 Bills. Doug Flutie leads the Bills to a 11-5 season. Big money QB Rob Johnson plays the final game of the season and plays ok so Wade Phillips starts Johnson over Flutie in the playoffs and the Bills lose first round to the Titans. I watched a lot of Bills games that year and I will admit to being a Flutie fan. He wasn't great and his numbers probably look pretty bad by modern standards but were fine for the era. The fact is that the Bills were his team that year, the team responded to him and he was a true leader.

His playoff benching will always be one of the biggest NFL coaching blunders in my mind.

i was a flutie fan

Siberian13 · 03-31-2025, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by CardClub2Elect

1999 Bills. Doug Flutie leads the Bills to a 11-5 season. Big money QB Rob Johnson plays the final game of the season and plays ok so Wade Phillips starts Johnson over Flutie in the playoffs and the Bills lose first round to the Titans. I watched a lot of Bills games that year and I will admit to being a Flutie fan. He wasn't great and his numbers probably look pretty bad by modern standards but were fine for the era. The fact is that the Bills were his team that year, the team responded to him and he was a true leader.

His playoff benching will always be one of the biggest NFL coaching blunders in my mind.

Didn’t the Patriots bench a DB. Think it hurt them too.

Fenway55 · 03-31-2025, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by CardClub2Elect

1999 Bills. Doug Flutie leads the Bills to a 11-5 season. Big money QB Rob Johnson plays the final game of the season and plays ok so Wade Phillips starts Johnson over Flutie in the playoffs and the Bills lose first round to the Titans. I watched a lot of Bills games that year and I will admit to being a Flutie fan. He wasn't great and his numbers probably look pretty bad by modern standards but were fine for the era. The fact is that the Bills were his team that year, the team responded to him and he was a true leader.

His playoff benching will always be one of the biggest NFL coaching blunders in my mind.

To this day, I cannot think of a single example of a QB starting all the games during the regular season (except the meaningless game at the end), making the playoffs, and being benched for the playoffs (with, like, no injury or anything like that).

There was something going on behind the scenes which I guess we will never know.

Poorboy · 03-31-2025, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Fenway55

To this day, I cannot think of a single example of a QB starting all the games during the regular season (except the meaningless game at the end), making the playoffs, and being benched for the playoffs (with, like, no injury or anything like that).

There was something going on behind the scenes which I guess we will never know.

may be right

coltsnsox07 · 03-31-2025, 07:56 PM

Seattle throwing on 2nd and goal at the 3 with 20 seconds left in the Super Bowl.

03-30-2025, 12:31 PM	#1
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gomiamigo Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: in your head Posts: 10,962 esmoney gomiamigo	Calvin Johnson. The original obvious catch to EVERYONE but the refs. Last year Dallas Goedert got tackled so hard by his facemask he was out several weeks, somehow missed. __________________ IG: KevinDurant35Cards

03-30-2025, 01:12 PM	#2
JustRachel Member Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 5,663	Not the refs fault but I'd say the Bears drafting Trubisky in 2017 with the #2 pick was a pretty bad call.

03-30-2025, 01:40 PM	#3
anusinha Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 13,641	The "fail mary" was the one that comes to mind, but TBF, those were the scab refs.

03-30-2025, 04:15 PM	#8
slyguy Banned Join Date: Jan 2025 Location: SW USA Posts: 1,057	This one was terrible. Crazy no-call facemask-offensive-PI-for-a-long-TD in a close game that was also a SuperBowl. It cost me a good bit of money (Rams won, but didn't cover spread). ...although it did seem to wake up the Rams, and they won the game.

03-31-2025, 12:08 AM	#13
Poorboy Banned - PBM Join Date: Dec 2024 Posts: 1,635	Lord those are some horrible missed calls

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Archangel1775 Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Cali baby! Posts: 21,861	As a Niners fan, I still felt bad for them. If there was a year Romo, Dez & Company were going to do it, that was it. __________________ *There are the intangibles that set someone apart from the pack.So the blur isn't your inability to see his greatness, it's merely the inability to measure it.*

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4barrel Member Join Date: Oct 2022 Location: Georgetown, Kentucky Posts: 859 fourbarrelsmith	The Browns general manager who made the call to give Watson that goofy contract…

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CardClub2Elect Member Join Date: Feb 2025 Location: New England Posts: 57	1999 Bills. Doug Flutie leads the Bills to a 11-5 season. Big money QB Rob Johnson plays the final game of the season and plays ok so Wade Phillips starts Johnson over Flutie in the playoffs and the Bills lose first round to the Titans. I watched a lot of Bills games that year and I will admit to being a Flutie fan. He wasn't great and his numbers probably look pretty bad by modern standards but were fine for the era. The fact is that the Bills were his team that year, the team responded to him and he was a true leader. His playoff benching will always be one of the biggest NFL coaching blunders in my mind.

03-31-2025, 07:56 PM	#25
coltsnsox07 Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 22,166	Seattle throwing on 2nd and goal at the 3 with 20 seconds left in the Super Bowl.