What would a Browns game be without some questionable officiating? The Week 12 matchup in Jacksonville proved more controversial than usual, and that’s saying something.
The worst infraction–though certainly not the only one–from referee Jerome Boger and his crew came late in the fourth quarter. With the Jaguars driving, Browns DE Olivier Vernon sacked Mike Glennon. But the 6-2 Vernon was flagged for helmet-to-helmet contact with the 6-7 Glennon on a play where his helmet literally never touched Glennon. The blown call kept the drive alive for the Jaguars, who eventually scored a touchdown on the drive.
It’s not often the volume of folks with blue checkmarks on their Twitter profiles almost unanimously attack the officiating, but that’s how bad this call was from Boger.
You have to be kidding me with that flag on Olivier Vernon.
— Marc Sessler (@MarcSessler) November 29, 2020
That is a beyond ridiculous. Vernon did not deliver any type of excessive force or hit on that play. My goodness.
— Daryl Ruiter (@RuiterWrongFAN) November 29, 2020
Browns just got jobbed on that Vernon call
— Jeff Risdon (@JeffRisdon) November 29, 2020
Is this the bottlegate officiating crew? #Browns
— Kenny Kidd (@MrKennyKidd) November 29, 2020
For real, @NFLOfficiating is either completely corrupt or completely incompetent. There is no possible third option.
— DawgPoundNation.net (@DawgPoundNation) November 29, 2020
whew that’s an awful call on Vernon
— Mina Kimes (@minakimes) November 29, 2020
#Browns I’m not one for bashing officiating, but this…this has been rather atrocious.
— Cody Suek (@CodySuek) November 29, 2020
No way. No way. Terrible call.
— The Browns Wire (@TheBrownsWire) November 29, 2020
Browns have had multiple opportunities to put it away, but the officiating has been atrocious the past few minutes.
— BrownsDailyMockDraft (@BrownsMockDraft) November 29, 2020
I'm not one to blame wins or losses on officiating–in fact, I can't stand when people do–but today's calls are testing me. They really are.
— Brent Sobleski (@brentsobleski) November 29, 2020
