Nov 12th 2008 12:30PM by Ryan Wilson (author feed)
Filed under: Packers, Vikings, NFC North, NFL Fans, NFL Referees

Okay, try to keep up: last week, Mike Pereira, NFL head of officiating, declared that players publicly criticizing officials is “not acceptable.” He continued: “We have 120 of the most professional people in the world working their tails off. To openly criticize this group - which I think has the toughest job of anybody on the field - I don’t like it.”

Which is why it makes perfect sense that he would … criticize the officials during a Wednesday morning appearance on Sirius NFL Radio. In response to the question of why running back Adrian Peterson wasn’t flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct after removing his helmet near the end of the Packers-Vikings game, Pereira offered this (via PFT):Continue Reading