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Can someone explain this to me? How is it the refs make a ton of bad calls and our coach is under review for running onto the field for a time out and comments after. So the refs can make all these bad calls and SP cant say a word without possibly being fined! What the hell happened to the NFL?!?!?!?!?!

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NFL looking at Payton's actions toward refs; some think he tripped Clete Blakeman

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/n...lete-blakeman/

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Really Cletus..Cletus.. now we know what his problem is. Cruel Parents naming a kid Cletus.

Cletus W. "Clete" Blakeman (born June 23, 1964)[1] is an American football official in the National Football League (NFL); former backup quarterback for the Nebraska Cornhuskers (1984-1987); and partner in the law firm of Carlson & Burnett in Omaha.[2] His uniform number is 34.

Blakeman began his American football officiating career in the Big 12 Conference, moving to the NFL in 2008 as a field judge for the first two seasons of his pro football officiating career, and subsequently refereeing for the 2010 NFL season, after Don Carey returned to the back judge position.[3]

Selected in 2013 as the alternate referee for Super Bowl XLVIII, Blakeman officiated Super Bowl 50 in 2016.

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If in fact Coach Payton tripped Cletus intentionally, I'll tell you that's
Off The Hook. Just the thought of SP even contemplating that is unbelievable.
I guess the next thing will be Cletus accusing SP of sneaking in the Refs locker room
and pulling a Tonya Harding on his knees.

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Wait so there's more to this Head Case..

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So what can happen beyond being fined? He was penalized for it. Isn’t that supposed to be the consequence to his action? What are they trying to do suspend him?
I’m seriously starting to buy into the idea that the NFL does not want the Saints in the playoffs. They are going to use the officials and the media to drum up as much distraction as possible.

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Starting to buy into it as well, Arthur is one of RG's darling Boy's. The heavy investment into Atlanta needs to bring results.

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Here is an interesting read.

A Few Good Men -- Why the Atlanta Falcons are the NFL team America needs right now

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Mr. Benson has heard about the closed door meetings but he never
gets an invite.

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Yikes how did we all miss all that, I guess the NFL needs a new
Americas Team. Sorry Jerry your time in the Sun has faded.

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FAKE LEAGUE :rolleyes:

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Hey it's Cletus W. "Clete" Blakeman again..
This time screwing Brady..

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She talks too much. Just shut up and write about football. If I want good writing I’ll read a book.

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Actually I was hoping for Drew to pull a Crewe

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Drew would probably throw a pick before it reached the ref.

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"Intent is 9/10 of the Law"

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There is an actual web-site for Ref complaints, this Dude was fired up.

Fan Complaints

D Powell – dannp08@gmail.com
December 8, 2017 by mickey Leave a Comment

I have seen some bad calls in my life but never wrote in about them. However, after seeing the refereeing in the Saint-Falcons game on Thursday, 12/7/17, I simply had to write in, and it was truly “the” most disgusting display of cheating by the referees I have ever seen in all my years of watching professional football. You have a Falcons player poking a Saints player in the eye through his face mask — an illegal and very serious offense for which the Saints player could have lost his sight and for which the Falcons player should have been removed from the game — and yet no flag was thrown or penalty called by the referees. You then have a Falcons player hit a Saints player hard in the small of the back, potentially damaging the Saints player’s spine and/or kidneys — another serious and illegal offense which should have been called as unnecessary roughness — and yet no flag was thrown or penalty called by the referees. Then, at the end of the game, the referees fail to call holding or pass interference on the Falcons defensive player who put both hands on both shoulders of the Saints receiver thereby preventing him from catching a touchdown pass, and instead call an interception for the Falcons. UNBELIEVABLE!!!! And don’t get me started on the call before half time, in which the referees called back the field goal and refused to put time back on the clock thereby ending the half with a tie. And you actually have the nerve to say your referees are not biased! WHAT A JOKE!!! Atlanta only won that game as a result of the referees cheating time and time again — and in two instances — on plays that could have resulted in very serious injuries to the Saints players. These bad calls are even more glaring when you consider what had just happened in the Pittsburgh game the previous week in which a player ultimately had to have surgery to realign his spine. I can’t help wondering: How much did the referees in the Saints-Falcons game get paid to throw that game to the Falcons? The referees in the Saints-Falcons game are an embarrassment to the referee profession. They should be fired or, at the very least, suspended for the rest of the season and post season. But, as usual, you will do absolutely nothing, just as you always do. YOUR PROFESSION HAS BECOME AN ABSOLUTE JOKE. YOU ARE QUICKLY DEVELOPING A REPUTATION FOR BEING EVEN MORE DISHONEST THAN USED CAR SALESMEN AND MORE CORRUPT THAN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS … AND THAT’S PRETTY BAD. After the Saints-Falcons game, I will never have the same respect for referees that I once did. I thought you were fair and honest people, but after the Saints-Falcons game, I now realize how very wrong I was about referees. You’re just a bunch of crooks who don’t care about the players. You’d rather ignore serious, potentially life threatening penalties and make some extra money to throw a game for the crooks and gamblers out there, than call a game fairly and justly. To the Saints-Falcons referees: I feel very sorry for you. What pathetic and desperate human beings you must be to find it more rewarding to cheat and make a few extra bucks to throw a game than to be an honorable person who takes pride in being the best, fairest, most honest referee in your profession. So sad.

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They've been pointing out on the radio and elsewhere that the Saints might have a case for bias by the NFL. Someone observed the Saints have the most road games on Thursdays than anyone else...historically. Someone observed that in this case we played the late game the previous week making our turnaround even shorter. We play on the road on a short week late in the season against Atlanta a lot. More than anyone else. It can't just be by accident. There is a pattern and it is clear.

This someone was one of the hosts on one of the NFL shows on the NFL channel on Sirius/XM, I don't recall which show or who it was, but the guy was railing about it all, on top of the calls we endured Thursday night.

My point is that it isn't just us. Other fans and otherwise independent professional observation kinda sorta seems like it isn't an accident. This guy even pointed out that all this happened on the heels of Roger signing his new deal. It's whatever show is on around 9am pst on the weekdays. I'll figure it out and post it.

Just sayin...

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I couldn't tell from the video clip if it was intentional or not. I say if it was intentional the ref would have fallen down.

Why didn't the refs hear Payton calling for a timeout?

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because Sean Payton doesn't write their paycheck. Roger Goodelle pays them to make bad calls against small-market teams.

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The problem is roger goodwill who seems. To make his own rules and sign his own checks they wonder why they can’t fill stadiums anymore

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I have friends as far as s. Dakota telling we got had / ripped off. NFL is behind this bull

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Paul Tagliabu

That has to be it. Why else would Goodell has this vendetta against us if he got what he wanted in 2012?

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Of course local media is going to say that but I want to see the national media take. There was one article on ESPN but I think it was written by someone who covers the Saints.

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The NFL won't suspend Jefferson from the Seahawks for attempting to rush the stands or Bennett's role on the Jags Lineman but they will consider Payton because of a choke sign or some BS. The league doesn't like small market teams and it shows!