Recap: NFL referees, top games on 'NFL Slam With Mark and Sam'

Recap: NFL referees, top games on ‘NFL Slam With Mark and Sam’

By Dan Loumena

Sept. 28, 2012 12 AM PT

&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Week 4 of the &amp;lt;a class=”taxInlineTagLink” href=”http://arstechnica.netblogpro.com/topic/sports/football/national-football-league-ORSPT000007.topic”&amp;gt;NFL&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; season is here, and the games continue to get more interesting.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;In Friday’s &amp;lt;runtime:topic id=”ORCRP006761”&amp;gt;Google&amp;lt;/runtime:topic&amp;gt;+ hangout with Mark Thompson, formerly the Mark part of KLOS’ dynamic morning duo, and Times NFL columnist Sam Farmer, topics include the return of regular officials and a review of Thursday night’s&amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;runtime:topic id=”ORSPT000038”&amp;gt;Browns&amp;lt;/runtime:topic&amp;gt;-&amp;lt;runtime:topic id=”ORSPT000161”&amp;gt;Ravens&amp;lt;/runtime:topic&amp;gt; game as well as a look at top matchups and story lines for the weekend.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Farmer admitted he’d “never seen anything like it” when the fans in Baltimore cheered for the return of the regular officials.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;As far as the Ravens defeating the Browns, 23-16, in a game that included two Hail Mary passes at the end of the game by Cleveland, Farmer simply said, “The Browns are still the Browns.” Farmer did admit that he “kind of liked the way &amp;lt;runtime:topic id=”PESPT0015007”&amp;gt;Brandon Weeden&amp;lt;/runtime:topic&amp;gt; looked at the end of the game.”&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;A preview of top games this weekend included discussions about the recently beaten &amp;lt;runtime:topic id=”ORSPT000057”&amp;gt;49ers&amp;lt;/runtime:topic&amp;gt; at the &amp;lt;runtime:topic id=”ORSPT000199”&amp;gt;Jets&amp;lt;/runtime:topic&amp;gt;, &amp;lt;runtime:topic id=”PESPT0014793”&amp;gt;RG3&amp;lt;/runtime:topic&amp;gt; and the &amp;lt;runtime:topic id=”ORSPT000226”&amp;gt;Redskins&amp;lt;/runtime:topic&amp;gt; taking on the Buccanners in Tampa Bay and what Thompson termed “an ugly but interesting” game between the &amp;lt;runtime:topic id=”ORSPT000197”&amp;gt;Giants&amp;lt;/runtime:topic&amp;gt; and Eagles.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;The Times’ NFL Google+ hangout begins at 11:30 a.m. Pacific time each Monday and Friday during the season.&amp;lt;span&amp;gt; If you have a question for Sam or Mark, please email them on Monday and Friday mornings to &amp;lt;a class=”smarterwiki-linkify” href=”mailto:sportshangout@latimes.com”&amp;gt;sportshangout@latimes.com&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; and they will try to address them during the chat.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;

Recap: NFL referees, top games on ‘NFL Slam With Mark and Sam’

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