After multiple controversial officiating decisions in last Sunday's playoff-shaping game between the Los Angeles Rams and Seattle Seahawks, multiple executives and coaches believe the NFL needs to re-evaluate how it chooses and trains its officiating staff for future seasons.
Those same executives and coaches think game officials and the league missed multiple calls that helped key the Seahawks' overtime victory over the Rams that sent Seattle to Saturday's wild-card round and prevented the Detroit Lions from reaching the playoffs.
Even the NFL's competition committee is aware of what one source described to ESPN "as the worst officiated game of the year.