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What gets fans pissed is the calls went against their team. As to grounding how many times do you see a QB launch one that lands 10 yds out of bounds. Happens probably 15 times a weekend. And a receiver 10 yds off the ball ?I think it's more the calls that they don't make that gets fans angry at the refs. You see some 50/50 things called, and then when they miss the obvious ones you scratch your head. And they missed a couple of big ones that almost had an impact on the result of the game.
In addition to the picture above, what about the Baltimore/Detroit fiasco? I know that they give the offense a bit of leeway, but they didn't snap the ball until 2-3 seconds after time expired on the play clock. And again, Jackson dropped straight back, and threw the ball OB and there was really no receiver in the vicinity. Did they change the rule for grounding this year so you can do that - as long as there's a receiver on that side of the field you can just chuck it 20 yards OB?
The overall issue is too many rules are left to interpretation with way to much grey area. Even the clock thing, I’ve seen way to many times the back judge give a 1 or 2 count “leeway “. Calls are going to be missed. Been happening for decades but the rules committee overreacts and puts out some vague rule that makes things worse.