Jerry Markbreit rips NFL’s stance of officiating situation, says “shame” on replacements

Former NFL official Jerry Markbreit joined the show to clarify his comments about commissioner Roger Goodell. Markbreit shared his view on the commissioner. “Every comment that the commissioner has made has reassured the fans that the game is in competent hands,” Markbreit said. “It just isn’t.” Markbreit said that the officials have worked hard to make…

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Bobby Valentine discusses ups and downs of season in Boston

Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine joined the show to talk about his team’s struggles and what’s next in Boston. Dan asked if he can laugh at anything that happened this year. “Absolutely,” Valentine said. “I laugh about a lot of this stuff. But the record is no laughing matter.” Dan asked if he was down…

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Mike Pereira says replacement officials ‘sad’

FOX NFL officiating expert Mike Pereira joined the show to talk about the replacement officials. Pereira said the state of the officiating was “sad” because it’s undone work to get officiating where they want it. He said the League has been working on getting officials to control a game and keep it moving. And now…

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Arian Foster comments on state of game, replacement refs

Houston Texans running back Arian Foster joined the show to talk about his high expectations. Foster commented on the new emphasis in rules. He actually doesn’t like the NFL cutting out physical play. He said he grew up on old school football and guys like Ronnie Lott and he doesn’t like that the League is…

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Mike Florio says NFL could remain dug in on replacement refs

Profootballtalk.com’s Mike Florio joined the show to talk about the Monday Night Football game last night and more. Dan asked Florio his take on the officials in Week 2. Florio said they were good in Week 1, but reverted back to poor form this week. “It’s back to being the keystone cops we saw during…

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