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The New York Giants missed a chance to secure a divisional win, while Arizona and Atlanta each needed late field goals to remain unbeaten. Here's a recap of all of Sunday's action:

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Bye weeks begin as the NFL enters its fourth week of the 2012 season. Here's a preview of all of this week's action:

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As you may have heard, hobos and miscreants are in charge of refereeing NFL games now! Or, rather, the NFL has decided to use high school referees as replacements while it negotiates with the actual referees' union, which has led to the occasional minor controversy. And while Monday's night's disastrous ending to the Packers-Seahawks game is probably the pinnacle (or nadir) of this sad saga, there were already plenty of questionable, puzzling and downright infuriating officiating decisions leading up to it.

Let's have a look, shall we?

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By now, even non-football fans have heard about the officiating debacle in last night's showdown between the Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks (just check your Facebook feed). Facing a 12-7 deficit with just seconds left to play, Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson rolled out of the pocket and threw a desperation heave into the end zone, resulting in a game-clinching interception for the Packers.

Except it wasn't. Instead, the NFL's much-maligned replacement officials inexplicably ruled the play a touchdown for the Seahawks, ignoring an obvious offensive pass-interference penalty and cementing the phrase "simultaneous catch" into the lexicon of poor sports officiating.

This screw-up will, hopefully, lead to the return of the real refs—but let's not forget that they too have made their share of awful calls over the years. Here's a look at some of the NFL's most controversial officiating decisions:

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This is the controversial ending of Monday night's NFL game between the Green Bay Packers and the Seattle Seahawks.

Seahawks' receiver Golden Tate pushes a Packers' defender out of the way, and wrestles the ball away to give the Seahawks a 14-12 win on the last play of the game.

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Heading into Monday night, the NFL continued to feed the public absurd comments on how admirable of a job the replacement officials were doing. Stay tuned for another likely idiotic vote of confidence from the league after the debacle at the end of Monday night football. In case you missed it, on the final play of the game, Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson...

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Two battles between unbeaten teams and a rematch of last season's AFC title game highlight the Week 3 NFL schedule. Here's a preview of all of the week's action:

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And who says receivers don't block down field in the NFL?

Here, Seattle Seahawks' reciever Golden Tate nails Dallas Cowboys' linebacker Sean Lee with a crushing block.

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The New York Giants rallied, the Arizona Cardinals pulled off an upset and the San Francisco 49ers kept rolling. Here's a recap of Sunday's Week 2 NFL action:

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The NFL enters Week 2 with several interesting games between potential playoff teams. Here's a preview of all of this week's contests:

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