Officiating any sport is a difficult job to do. Things move quickly, there’s a lot going on at once, and in the professional sports setting, it is loud and intense.
Missed calls are going to happen at times.
But what can’t happen is missing a clear offsides penalty pre-snap, especially if you’re a line judge looking straight down the line of scrimmage at the moment. For former NFL official and current NFL on CBS analyst Gene Steratore, who appeared on the 102.5 WDVE morning show Tuesday, that missed call in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ loss to the Green Bay Packers, one that helped change momentum in the game, was simply unacceptable.