Raiders defensive coordinator flips refs the double-bird after questionable call

Jason Tarver was unimpressed with the officiating on Sunday. In the Oakland Raiders-Pittsburgh Steelers game, won 21-18 by the Raiders, it's fair to say that

Doug Farrar | Oct 27, 2013

Raiders defensive coordinator flips refs the double-bird after questionable call /

Jason Tarver was unimpressed with the officiating on Sunday.

In the Oakland Raiders-Pittsburgh Steelers game, won 21-18 by the Raiders, it's fair to say that John Parry's officiating crew struggled a bit. Parry spent enough time under the review hood to finish Shogun in its unedited entirely, and in the third quarter, Oakland defensive coordinator Jason Tarver went a bit unhinged after cornerback Mike Jenkins was penalized 15 yards for unnecessary roughness -- a sketchy call, to say the least. Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger threw to running back Le'Veon Bell, but the ball was tipped, and Jenkins' contact appeared to be incidental at best.

Parry eventually picked up the flag, but not before Tarver explained his feelings on the matter. (Please be warned that video below contains an offensive gesture.)

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Published Oct 27, 2013

DOUG FARRAR

SI.com contributing NFL writer and Seattle resident Doug Farrar started writing about football locally in 2002, and became Football Outsiders' West Coast NFL guy in 2006. He was fascinated by FO's idea to combine Bill James with Dr. Z, and wrote for the site for six years. He wrote a game-tape column called "Cover-2" for a number of years, and contributed to six editions of "Pro Football Prospectus" and the "Football Outsiders Almanac." In 2009, Doug was invited to join Yahoo Sports' NFL team, and covered Senior Bowls, scouting combines, Super Bowls, and all sorts of other things for Yahoo Sports and the Shutdown Corner blog through June, 2013. Doug received the proverbial offer he couldn't refuse from SI.com in 2013, and that was that. Doug has also written for the Seattle Times, the Washington Post, the New York Sun, FOX Sports, ESPN.com, and ESPN The Magazine. He also makes regular appearances on several local and national radio shows, and has hosted several podcasts over the years. He counts Dan Jenkins, Thomas Boswell, Frank Deford, Ralph Wiley, Peter King, and Bill Simmons as the writers who made him want to do this for a living. In his rare off-time, Doug can be found reading, hiking, working out, searching for new Hendrix, Who, and MC5 bootlegs, and wondering if the Mariners will ever be good again.