{"id":417093,"date":"2023-01-31T18:35:42","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T18:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=417093"},"modified":"2023-01-31T18:35:42","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T18:35:42","slug":"i-think-the-refs-suck-pat-mcafee-rips-nfl-officiating-after-questionable-no-calls-on-championship-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/i-think-the-refs-suck-pat-mcafee-rips-nfl-officiating-after-questionable-no-calls-on-championship-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I think the refs suck&#8217;: Pat McAfee Rips NFL Officiating After Questionable No-Calls On Championship Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the Monday episode of\u00a0<em>The Pat McAfee Show<\/em>, host Pat McAfee went off on the quality of officiating in the AFC Championship game on Sunday between the Cincinnati Bengals and Kansas City Chiefs.<\/p>\n<h2>Pat McAfee Rips NFL Officiating After Questionable No-Calls On Championship Sunday<\/h2>\n<p>Pat McAfee, a former NFL punter and prominent sports figure, can be added to the list of folks who weren&#8217;t pleased with the officials&#8217; performance on Championship Sunday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We have a real officiating problem in the NFL.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;The NFL is aware of that and I would expect some significant discussions this offseason on how to make them better&quot; &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapSheet?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RapSheet<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PMSLive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PMSLive<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yV6KvXQVQm\">pic.twitter.com\/yV6KvXQVQm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatMcAfeeShow\/status\/1620482451389952001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 31, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Kansas City Chiefs-Cincinnati Bengals AFC Championship game, in which Harrison Butker kicked a 45-yard game-winning field goal to send Patrick Mahomes and company back to the Super Bowl, received the most criticism.<\/p>\n<p>Referee Ronald Torbert and his staff from that game have drawn a lot of criticism from experts and fans alike, whether it was a questionable pass interference call, completely redoing a third-down play that might have forced the Chiefs to punt, or what might have been holding on the final Mahomes rush that led to a crucial unnecessary roughness penalty.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;You can acknowledge bad officiating and you can acknowledge that the Bengals missed opportunities&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrewGarrison?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DrewGarrison<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PMSOverreactionMonday?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PMSOverreactionMonday<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q7KIdfG1f3\">pic.twitter.com\/q7KIdfG1f3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatMcAfeeShow\/status\/1620131079125622786?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>McAfee said his piece on his &#8220;The Pat McAfee Show&#8221; on Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I do think we have a massive officiating issue. I think refs suck \u2013 not all refs. There are some refs that suck, and they shouldn\u2019t be in playoff games. Why are they in playoff games, especially when there\u2019s only two games and there\u2019s going to be 15 million people watching? That\u2019s a great question.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We have a MASSIVE officiating issue in the NFL<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PMSOverreactionMonday?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PMSOverreactionMonday<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bbpEv8Woyy\">pic.twitter.com\/bbpEv8Woyy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatMcAfeeShow\/status\/1620111208199372800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Since they\u2019re not completely committed to the NFL, there\u2019s a chance that somebody can get a hold of them,&#8221; McAfee said. &#8220;Now, I think they get paid well, but what is well? What is the line? Especially with how much money is potentially being made off of these games.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;I think refs suck.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Pat McAfee absolutely UNLOADED on NFL officiating on his show today, delivering a lengthy rant.<\/p>\n<p>Check out his comments HERE \ud83d\udc47<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iBMfJpx7Mf\">https:\/\/t.co\/iBMfJpx7Mf<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dDjFMuAXxt\">pic.twitter.com\/dDjFMuAXxt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pro Sports Feed (@ProSportsGoats) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProSportsGoats\/status\/1620170578056613888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;So, make them full time, boom, we can eliminate that distraction of potentially getting swayed elsewhere,&#8221; McAfee added. &#8220;Like all politicians because they don\u2019t get paid enough, so they\u2019re easily swayed by Big Pharma, Big Gas, f&#8212;ing alcohol, tobacco, whatever, you can get named into it.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">He&#39;s not wrong<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OG2zHBrzC3\">https:\/\/t.co\/OG2zHBrzC3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BroBible (@BroBible) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BroBible\/status\/1620376639791046656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 31, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In addition to the calls in the Bengals-Chiefs game, the NBA also made headlines for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KingJames\/status\/1619585191055618049\">poor officiating<\/a> on Saturday night after a non-call on LeBron cost the Lakers the game against the Boston Celtics.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LCKLqlsetvg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE NFL UPDATES-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Andy Reid: When I Came Here, I Was Told Nick Sirianni Is Really A Special Coach\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/andy-reid-when-i-came-here-i-was-told-nick-sirianni-is-really-a-special-coach\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Andy Reid: When I Came Here, I Was Told Nick Sirianni Is Really A Special Coach<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes\u2019 Father Sends Joe Burrow A Message: \u201cI\u2019m smoking on that Joe Burrow\u201d\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/chiefs-qb-patrick-mahomes-father-sends-joe-burrow-a-message-im-smoking-on-that-joe-burrow\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes\u2019 Father Sends Joe Burrow A Message: \u201cI\u2019m smoking on that Joe Burrow\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the Monday episode of\u00a0The Pat McAfee Show, host Pat McAfee went off on the quality of officiating in the AFC Championship game on Sunday between the Cincinnati Bengals and Kansas City Chiefs. Pat McAfee Rips NFL Officiating After Questionable No-Calls On Championship Sunday Pat McAfee, a former NFL punter and prominent sports figure, can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":417094,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[2211,4905,4904,4903],"class_list":["post-417093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl","tag-nfl-news","tag-nfl-officiating","tag-pat-mcafee-nfl-officiating","tag-pat-mcafee-rips-nfl-officiating"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417093\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}