NFL officials, like kindergarten teachers finally hitting the one-month mark of a new year and reaching a stimulation overload after a kid named Liam jammed the pencil sharpener with Goldfish crackers, collectively spazzed on Sunday. One official flagged Mike Vrabel for saying the f-word—which, my brother, if you’ve ever watched a game from the sideline, is not a rare occurrence—and another, Adrian Hill, flipped out at Vikings linebacker Eric Wilson, who was pushed into Hill and was trying to help the referee to his feet. Jeff Seeman, already under some unspoken NFL punishment by virtue of officiating Cardinals-Giants, said F--- you to Trey McBride three times all within view of a CBS camera.
The referee who flagged Vrabel wasn’t punished, though Vrabel called him soft in public, which, honestly, may have been worse. Both officials were suspended on Monday: Hill for one game, and Seeman, who used the mother of all curse words, will be out for two weeks. We cannot confirm if he had his mouth washed out with a bar of soap.
