One month into the NFL season, referees are the biggest story

NBC News reports: There are no new alerts at this time When New England Patriots coach Mike Vrabel cursed out an official last week for a defensive holding penalty he described as a “terrible . effing call,” it was hardly the first time he’d complained to that level. “I’ve said that 87 times since I’ve been a head coach,” Vrabel said. “It was nothing derogatory.” It earned Vrabel an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty all the same and led him to call the official “a little sensitive.” Tension between officials and those who must abide by their rules has existed since sports began and is so commonplace as to go mostly unremarked.

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