I watched the Wednesday night Cowboys game and I'm getting the the Pats v Titans and the Saints v Skins. Have not noticed any difference in the quality of calls, despite Al Michaels repeated efforts to demean them by pointing out that they were eighth grade teachers, etc.

Edit: This is a serious question -- I hear a lot of commentators say we won't miss the refs until a blown call gets a name brand player injured. Other than missing an "unabated to the QB" call, how could a call or non call get someone injured? I may be missing something obvious....

You're not missing anything. Lions game was fine, Wednesday's game was fine too. They want they're judge and lawyer buddies back on the field.

They seem a little flag happy, but I don't see any more mistakes than the first string mistake makers.

For the most part they're fine. One thing I have noticed that they seem to be easily persuaded by the bitching on no-calls that then result in late flags flying with enough whining.

Well, with a nfl rules official on the field, they blew the time out call for an injury inside of two minutes. Can't really blame the refs, when the nfl doesn't know it's own rules.

Pats might have received a break on a no call early in the game in the end zone, pretty quiet the rest of the game. SF might have been jobbed on a reversed call clip on a late punt return TD by the Pack, but they won anyway.