<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4E8rje_0vwWePQB00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4E8rje_0vwWePQB00" width="912" height="513" ><figcaption>Justin Jefferson was on the receiving end of some generous calls in London | Bob Kupbens/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images</figcaption></figure><p><b>The officiating crew across the pond didn't have the best day.</b></p><p>The New York Jets took on the Minnesota Vikings in London on Sunday morning and it was a rather ugly international affair. Both teams started slow and the opposing quarterbacks didn't put on much of a show. Aaron Rodgers was tortured by Brian Flores's defense throughout the day and Sam Darnold looked more like the guy who used to play for the Jets than the MVP candidate who led the Vikings to four straight wins in the opening four weeks of the year. </p><p>Many in the NFL world would contend the worst performance of the day came from the officiating crew. The refs were absolutely hammered throughout the contest by fans and pundits alike for numerous questionable pass interference calls and one pretty awful roughing the punter penalty. </p><p>An example of one such PI call that got the people worked up: </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Refs call another pass interference on the Jets.... <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NYJvsMIN?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NYJvsMIN</a><a href="https://t.co/ISzkwO0aO7">pic.twitter.com/ISzkwO0aO7</a></p>— Rate the Refs App (@Rate_the_Refs) <a href="https://twitter.com/Rate_the_Refs/status/1842958104432161239?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 6, 2024</a><input type="image" src="empty.gif" style="opacity:0" onerror="s=document.createElement(&quot;script&quot;);s.src=&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;;document.body.appendChild(s);"></blockquote><p>And the reaction: </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Jets defense by my count in defending Justin Jefferson:<br><br><br><br>Pass interference: 3<br><br>Defensive holding: 1<br><br>Illegal contact: 1<br><br><br><br>Vikings 17, Jets 10. END Q3</p>— Kevin Seifert (@SeifertESPN) <a href="https://twitter.com/SeifertESPN/status/1842958255280324812?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 6, 2024</a><input type="image" src="empty.gif" style="opacity:0" onerror="s=document.createElement(&quot;script&quot;);s.src=&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;;document.body.appendChild(s);"></blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">These are some BADDDDD Pass Interference calls. I mean what are we doin!?</p>— Darius Butler (@DariusJButler) <a href="https://twitter.com/DariusJButler/status/1842958237097927147?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 6, 2024</a><input type="image" src="empty.gif" style="opacity:0" onerror="s=document.createElement(&quot;script&quot;);s.src=&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;;document.body.appendChild(s);"></blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Bro every incompletion by the Vikings is called Pass Interference</p>— Sam Dekker (@dekker) <a href="https://twitter.com/dekker/status/1842957568106500399?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 6, 2024</a><input type="image" src="empty.gif" style="opacity:0" onerror="s=document.createElement(&quot;script&quot;);s.src=&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;;document.body.appendChild(s);"></blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Really wish the NFL competition committee would reconsider how pass interference is being officiated. Being an NFL cornerback is getting more impossible by the day.</p>— Jeremy Reisman (@DetroitOnLion) <a href="https://twitter.com/DetroitOnLion/status/1842937606121607451?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 6, 2024</a><input type="image" src="empty.gif" style="opacity:0" onerror="s=document.createElement(&quot;script&quot;);s.src=&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;;document.body.appendChild(s);"></blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Some of these DPIs are not DPIs.</p>— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) <a href="https://twitter.com/MySportsUpdate/status/1842957776160747868?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 6, 2024</a><input type="image" src="empty.gif" style="opacity:0" onerror="s=document.createElement(&quot;script&quot;);s.src=&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;;document.body.appendChild(s);"></blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">In no world is this DPI <a href="https://t.co/amLW45iNSV">pic.twitter.com/amLW45iNSV</a></p>— Will Parkinson (@Willpa11) <a href="https://twitter.com/Willpa11/status/1842959237183590529?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 6, 2024</a><input type="image" src="empty.gif" style="opacity:0" onerror="s=document.createElement(&quot;script&quot;);s.src=&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;;document.body.appendChild(s);"></blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Some ticky tack DPI calls.</p>— Zack Rosenblatt (@ZackBlatt) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZackBlatt/status/1842937041966801180?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 6, 2024</a><input type="image" src="empty.gif" style="opacity:0" onerror="s=document.createElement(&quot;script&quot;);s.src=&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;;document.body.appendChild(s);"></blockquote><p>The roughing the punter call was particularly egregious. </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here’s the roughing the punter call on the Vikings from earlier <a href="https://t.co/L9MFkNGVYL">pic.twitter.com/L9MFkNGVYL</a></p>— Mr Matthew CFB (@MrMatthew_CFB) <a href="https://twitter.com/MrMatthew_CFB/status/1842957462955336173?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 6, 2024</a><input type="image" src="empty.gif" style="opacity:0" onerror="s=document.createElement(&quot;script&quot;);s.src=&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;;document.body.appendChild(s);"></blockquote><p>General frustration was evident among those watching. </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">There’s a reason why they didn’t show the replay of the “Roughing the Kicker” call. Because it was soft. Pace was pushed into the punter. 5-yard variety at WORST. <a href="https://t.co/qi3eY3UOMV">pic.twitter.com/qi3eY3UOMV</a></p>— Purple FTW! Podcast (@PurpleForTheWin) <a href="https://twitter.com/PurpleForTheWin/status/1842955197502644733?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 6, 2024</a><input type="image" src="empty.gif" style="opacity:0" onerror="s=document.createElement(&quot;script&quot;);s.src=&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;;document.body.appendChild(s);"></blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Down 17-7, Aaron Rodgers got sandwiched in the pocket, grabbed his knee, limped off as Jets punted from their goal line. Terrible roughing punter call ... and ARodg turned and trotted back out to conduct a field goal drive. Miraculous melodrama from the biggest diva ever.</p>— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealSkipBayless/status/1842958677243986114?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 6, 2024</a><input type="image" src="empty.gif" style="opacity:0" onerror="s=document.createElement(&quot;script&quot;);s.src=&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;;document.body.appendChild(s);"></blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">THAT was the roughing the punter penalty?</p>— Matthew Coller (@MatthewColler) <a href="https://twitter.com/MatthewColler/status/1842957263872635252?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 6, 2024</a><input type="image" src="empty.gif" style="opacity:0" onerror="s=document.createElement(&quot;script&quot;);s.src=&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;;document.body.appendChild(s);"></blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Is the NFL Network not gonna show that roughing the punter personal foul on the Vikings? What we did see looked weak. Game-changing call.</p>— Andrew Perloff (@andrewperloff) <a href="https://twitter.com/andrewperloff/status/1842954328572879074?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 6, 2024</a><input type="image" src="empty.gif" style="opacity:0" onerror="s=document.createElement(&quot;script&quot;);s.src=&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;;document.body.appendChild(s);"></blockquote><p>Not the best day for anyone across the pond, it seems. </p><h2>More of the Latest Around the NFL</h2><p>This article was originally published on www.si.com as NFL World Hammers Jets-Vikings Referees Over Numerous Controversial Penalties . </p></div></body>

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NFL World Hammers Jets-Vikings Referees Over Numerous Controversial Penalties

The officiating crew across the pond didn't have the best day. The New York Jets took on the Minnesota Vikings in London on Sunday morning and it was a rather ugly international affair. Both teams started slow and the opposing quarterbacks didn't put on much of a show. Aaron Rodgers was tortured by Brian Flores's defense throughout the day and Sam Darnold looked more like the guy who used to play for the Jets than the MVP candidate who led the Vikings to four straight wins in the opening four weeks of the year.

NFL World Hammers Jets-Vikings Referees Over Numerous Controversial Penalties

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