Nov 5th 2008 5:00PM by Matt Snyder (author feed)
Filed under: Bears, Broncos, Texans, AFC South, AFC West, NFC North, NFL Referees

I thought it was a relatively slow weekend when it came to officiating controversies, relative the usual list of twenty calls where everyone thought their favorite team got “screwed.” Sure, the Patriots are whining — which is a shocker — and Matt Schaub was hit low twice by Jared Allen. Overall, though, things went smoothly. Let’s just hit a few things here:

1. Brandon Marshall hit with an offensive pass interference call after a 77 yard would-be-touchdown catch (pictured above right). For guidance here, check out “incident two” from this past Zebra Report. I gave a run down of the philosophies and principles involved in calling pass interference. It should be noted that I said those were for DPI. Offensive players are held to the same standard, as long as both players are playing the ball, because both sides have an equal right to the football.Continue Reading