NFL referees will sometimes get their wires crossed and call a penalty on the wrong player. Sometimes those referees will even call a penalty on the wrong team. But in Sunday’s game between the New York Giants and Seattle Seahawks, referee Jerome Boger took it a step further. He called a penalty on a team that not only wasn’t even playing in the game but in fact, doesn’t play in the NFL.
In the final minutes of Seattle’s win, the Seahawks were penalized for sideline interference. But when Boger announced the penalty, he went in another direction. The referee said that “the coaching staff of the Seattle Mariners was in the restricted area.”
Both the Seahawks and Mariners naturally had some fun with it.
Didn't realize you were in the building, @Mariners. 😂 #EmbraceTheChaos pic.twitter.com/Oh9U6bYQh8
— Seattle Seahawks (@Seahawks) October 30, 2022
chaos never rests https://t.co/lrEXtI8zgp pic.twitter.com/EsdwPGvzQg
— Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) October 30, 2022
They were not the only ones. Football fans had a lot of fun with Boger’s flub.
The Mariners should not be in the restricted area so it adds up https://t.co/5CDvl1l2iv
— Jeff Howe (@jeffphowe) October 30, 2022
Mariners ended their postseason draught so naturally their next challenge is winning the damn Super Bowl pic.twitter.com/PiwBBu6wdO
— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) October 30, 2022
This is like a cop spelling your name wrong on a ticket. It doesn’t count right? https://t.co/5hPdbEopdQ
— Tom Crabtree (@itsCrab) October 30, 2022
GE-NO GE-NO GE-NO chants ringing in the stadium while Jerome Boger calls the Seattle Seahawks' coaching staff the Seattle Mariners. What a day to be alive.
— Corbin K. Smith (@CorbinSmithNFL) October 30, 2022
Referee Jerome Boger just called a penalty on the "Seattle Mariners" coaching staff. He hasn't announced a single penalty correctly today.
— Jordan Raanan (@JordanRaanan) October 30, 2022
Jerome, the Mariners are a baseball team. You are an NFL official. https://t.co/FHcQKrGtEK
— Charean Williams (@NFLCharean) October 30, 2022
Jerome Boger delivers every Sunday https://t.co/HCfG3HGyVN
— Doug Kezirian (@DougKezirian) October 30, 2022
This feels like the makings of a #Snickers commercial. https://t.co/NC6IyKg0ma
— Teresa Woodard (@twoodard8) October 31, 2022
It’s been a long season for Boger, who was also front and center during one of the year’s most controversial moments. Fortunately, this was more humorous than irritating. And truthfully, we’re impressed that he didn’t call a foul on the San Francisco Giants.
The Mariners did enjoy a great season, making the playoffs for the first time in 21 years. That season, though, came to an end in the American League Divisional Series more than two weeks ago. Perhaps Boger has yet to catch up on his DVR.
[Seattle Seahawks on Twitter, Photo Credit: Fox]
