The NFL’s replacement referees are off to an inauspicious start, bumbling numerous calls while officiating the first preseason games. Onion Sports takes a look at the worst blunders.
Failed to penalize team for unsportsmanlike behavior after player exhibited slightest bit of emotion after touchdown
Awarded a bronze medal to Algeria
Forgot to collect scorecards from the players as they left the field
Took the Hall of Fame Game seriously like a bunch of goddamn maniacs
Showed up on field in Eli Manning replica jerseys
Neglecting to call any holding penalties, which, regardless of whether there’s holding, are always a real crowd pleaser
Ruling everything outside the hash marks out of bounds
Replacement referee Rick Jansen made a terrible call, according to sad, decrepit humans watching preseason football in a bar
Crossing a picket line, screwing over colleagues, destroying any chance of every getting into pro referee union
