Roger Goodell's quote that officiating has 'never been better' backfired after an awful Super Bowl holding call
Mary Clarke
USA TODAY Sports
Days before Super Bowl 57, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell stated -- with absolute certainty -- that the league doesn't have an officiating problem.
Specifically, that the officiating has never been better in the NFL.
Funny Goodell said that, just days before an all-timer of a Super Bowl between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles was decided on a ticky-tacky holding call. Below the two-minute warning, James Bradberry got tagged for holding that turned an incomplete Chiefs' third down in the red zone to a first down, effectively ending the game.
The Chiefs then kicked the game-winning 38-35 field goal to ice the game and the Super Bowl victory.
If this is the NFL's officiating at its best, I'd truly hate to see it at its worst.