Falcons fans having a petition to fire Moreli

Is there a petition for an independent investigation into who ordered the last minute substitution of an ex-Falcon player ref replacing a ref without prior notice or even having his name listed correctly for Saints coaches?

What calls in particular are they pissed about? I only saw 2 clear missed calls (DPI no call and DPI picked up flag) and I don’t think either affected the score. I know on the picked up flag they ran for a 1st down the next play almost to the point where a penalty would have put them.

There are worse officiated games every week somewhere in the league.

Two weeks ago they were laughing at Saints fans being pissed about offiating....

Karma is a bitch.....

Those idiots take it a step further....

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I have yet to see how the Saints got screwed in week 14. It was nothing like what we saw this past Sunday. Not even in the same universe.

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We had 11 penalties. They had 9 first downs from penalties. How do you just ignore this?

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5 of their penalties were false starts, off sides or illegal subs

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Agreed. However, on your "butt-caption" one of your DE's also lined up offsides (1). He was well over the blue line (which isn't always accurate) and also his hand was past the ball. Was not called against the Saints. Was on ATL.

(2 and 3) 2 DPI's. 1 picked up and ruled uncatchable. Even the announcer asked the question, "how would they know if it was uncatchable if the defender didn't even allow Julio to make the catch because he was interfering?"
(4) Only then to get a PI against Atlanta even though Brees's pass was a solid 5 yards higher than the receivers head.

(5) You had a touchdown get upheld even though 1/3rd of the ball was beyond the white line.

(6) You had some random unsportsmanlike conduct against freeman even though both players were yapping at each other.

In short, New Orleans had 0 penalties in the 1st half (which I think was the 1st of their whole season) while ATL had 6-7 in the first half. Some their own fault, some were garbage.
Neither game seemed to be officiated very well and yet both visiting teams had a chance to still win.

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We had 11 penalties. They had 9 first downs from penalties. How do you just ignore this?

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I don't think Falcons fans are ignoring it. I think our defense is that of those 11, 1-2 of those directly resulted in 1st downs from the plays themselves. A few more were on 1st or second down where we picked up a lot of yards on that down even if the penalty had not happened.

In our game, they gave us first downs - ok. Saints still had chances to stop us. In this last game, they blatantly took away 7 points and even helped to put ATL in a 1st and 40 situation. 1st and 40, cmon.

It's silly to keep arguing about refs, we're both 1-1. We both have good teams, albeit the falcons are more inconsistent and that's evident by having 2 fewer wins than NO this year.

Game 1 penalties that resulted in 1st downs:

1) 2nd and 2 at ATL 33
(9:12 - 1st) M.Ryan pass incomplete short middle to Ju.Jones (M.Lattimore). PENALTY on NO-M.Lattimore, Defensive Holding, 5 yards, enforced at ATL 33 - No Play.

2) 1st and 10 at ATL 38
(9:05 - 1st) M.Ryan pass short right to D.Freeman to ATL 43 for 5 yards (M.Te'o). PENALTY on NO-D.Onyemata, Illegal Use of Hands, 5 yards, enforced at ATL 38 - No Play.

3) 3rd and 11 at ATL 46
(10:19 - 2nd) (Shotgun) M.Ryan pass incomplete short left to M.Sanu [S.Rankins]. PENALTY on NO-S.Rankins, Roughing the Passer, 15 yards, enforced at ATL 46 - No Play.

4) 1st and 10 at ATL 25
(13:04 - 3rd) D.Freeman left tackle to ATL 31 for 6 yards (D.Onyemata). PENALTY on NO-D.Onyemata, Defensive Holding, 5 yards, enforced at ATL 31.

5) 1st and 10 at ATL 36
(12:46 - 3rd) T.Gabriel left end pushed ob at ATL 45 for 9 yards (V.Bell). PENALTY on NO-V.Bell, Face Mask (15 Yards), 15 yards, enforced at ATL 45.

6) 3rd and 1 at ATL 40
(0:36 - 3rd) M.Ryan pass short right to J.Hardy ran ob at ATL 42 for 2 yards (C.Robertson). PENALTY on NO-M.Lattimore, Defensive Holding, 5 yards, enforced at ATL 40 - No Play.

7) 1st and 10 at ATL 45
(0:10 - 3rd) M.Ryan pass incomplete deep left to D.Coleman (M.Te'o) [S.Rankins]. PENALTY on NO-K.Crawley, Illegal Contact, 5 yards, enforced at ATL 45 - No Play.

8) 1st and 20 at NO 48
(13:52 - 4th) (Shotgun) M.Ryan pass incomplete short right to T.Coleman. PENALTY on NO-C.Robertson, Defensive Holding, 5 yards, enforced at NO 48 - No Play.

9) 2nd and 7 at ATL 23
(1:13 - 4th) D.Freeman left end to ATL 24 for 1 yard (M.Mauti). FUMBLES (M.Mauti), recovered by ATL-W.Schweitzer at ATL 24. PENALTY on NO, Unsportsmanlike Conduct, 15 yards, enforced at ATL 24. Ball was recovered at the ATL 25 and advanced to the ATL 27, but was placed at the spot of the fumble (ATL 24) by rule.

Falcons fans

Just messing with you. Both games were hard fought on both sides. Good, competitive games. Good luck Sunday. frick the falcons.

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I do wish that in the NFL they have FULL TIME refs and that they be held accountable for the SLEW of bad calls that have gone one all across the league this year but I also realize they're human and fallible. But just this series alone where in 2 games one team is substantially penalized more than the other just seems silly.

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I don't understand this either.