Guaranteed ref bias against Hawks next week vs Falcons

After seeing the plethora of media today talking about how the refs missed calls against the Hawks last night it is almost a surety that next weeks game vs the Falcons they will be watching for every and any opportunity to flag the Hawks. Believe that you will also see the Julio non pi call from our first matchup all week which will only fuel the fire for the refs to makes up for it. You will see a ton of OL holding calls and probably pi calls against Seattle. I'd bet money on it,

Just preparing myself and the rest of you for what is to come.

The Seahawks don't need biased refs to get penalties. They're pretty good at getting them on their own.

If the Hawks were playing against a "Storied Franchise" I might buy what you're selling. The Falcons, not so much. :beach:

There won't be any bias. Serious question, but do you actually think the refs will get together before the game and plan to help out Atlanta? They may blow some calls that go against us, but it won't have to do with a bias against us.

Hawk-Lock":30uaynvs said:

There won't be any bias. Serious question, but do you actually think the refs will get together before the game and plan to help out Atlanta? They may blow some calls that go against us, but it won't have to do with a bias against us.

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Ok maybe bias was the wrong choice in words. Instead how about they will be watching to catch any Hawk infraction so they are not shown to keep missing calls in Hawk games.

Foghawk":2awt7mar said:

If the Hawks were playing against a "Storied Franchise" I might buy what you're selling. The Falcons, not so much. :beach:

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I don't think the NFL would benefit from seeing ATL get past this round.
A Cowboys/Hawks NFC champ game would do #'s and that's what makes the $

The Breh":1vpd3jr0 said:

Foghawk":1vpd3jr0 said:

If the Hawks were playing against a "Storied Franchise" I might buy what you're selling. The Falcons, not so much. :beach:

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I don't think the NFL would benefit from seeing ATL get past this round.
A Cowboys/Hawks NFC champ game would do #'s and that's what makes the $

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Yup. Total agreement. I think we will get an even or better break in Atlanta from the refs.
The announcers will, of course, whine and screech and point out how the Seahawks are getting all the breaks from the refs, but I'm good with that, as long as we come out with the W.

Yep. Just like after the last Falcons game when Sherman interfered with Julio and everyone was upset about that, we went into New Orleans the following week and got hosed with penalties left and right

I never look to the Officials for a break, we have been on the ugly end of that stick to many times.

The refs are showing a real reluctance to throw flags this post season. That's good! Only talking heads with motivation to stir the pot care about "missed" calls. Too many penalties make games unwatchable.

My impression is that the refs tend to let them play in the playoffs. It seemed that a fair amount went uncalled last night with one of the most trigger happy refs.

better refs in playoffs. refs don't cheat on national tv

I think we all know Ryan will be throwing up deep balls to Julio and every single incomplete one will have every Falcon player & fan calling for a flag.

Got to think refs buckle under that pressure given the build up is all going to be about Sherman's arm bar with no mention of the head slap. Wouldn't surprise me to see 2 or 3 30/40 yard DPI calls in Atlanta's favour unfortunately.

Followthelegion":1y43urbz said:

I think we all know Ryan will be throwing up deep balls to Julio and every single incomplete one will have every Falcon player & fan calling for a flag.

Got to think refs buckle under that pressure given the build up is all going to be about Sherman's arm bar with no mention of the head slap. Wouldn't surprise me to see 2 or 3 30/40 yard DPI calls in Atlanta's favour unfortunately.

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I noticed that while watching the GB-NYG game tonight that even the "voice-overs" could not believe the "non calls" during the game. Should we barely win the game next Saturday, I can guarantee that the officiating will be in the middle of the post game discussions.

Hawk-Lock":234pct3h said:

There won't be any bias. Serious question, but do you actually think the refs will get together before the game and plan to help out Atlanta? They may blow some calls that go against us, but it won't have to do with a bias against us.

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Beliefs guide behavior. Subconsciously, officials are more likely to flag a team that's perceived as deserving it more, regardless of whether they should or intend to.

northseahawk":383b71mm said:

better refs in playoffs. refs don't cheat on national tv

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Wrong, see XL* as exhibit A.

I was wrong on the type of calls but knew we'd be screwed by bad calls somehow.