Arrowheadlines: The NFL “all-star” referee experiment should end

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Not since LeBron James’ rookie NBA season did a sports moment entering with such gigantic media hype exceed the outsized expectations. It was labeled as the game of the season; it will be darn near impossible to top.

With help from the NFL Research department, let’s run down a list of superlatives, records, and down-right mind-boggling stats from Monday night’s enthusiastically draining affair.

Why NFL’s ‘all-star’ game was sloppy, and why experiment should end | ESPN

Was that matchup, and those teams, less important to the NFL? Probably. Should the NFL signal it so obviously? No. On Twitter, former NFL referee Terry McAulay wrote that he was “thoroughly disheartened” at the…