They obviously has a different objective than what it is told their job is supposed to be.

I agree with what Ry said a couple days ago.

The referee's job these last few years or so has shifted to keeping the game close so that people don't turn the channel. Throw the illegal hands on the defense when a team cant get a first down. Throw a pass interference penalty when a team can not complete a pass. Throw a roughing the passer penalty when the pass rush will not let the QB get the pass off, if they can.

Any of those calls can keep the team that is behind on the scoreboard drives alive.

I think the best way to combat those kind of penalties is the pass rush, and getting sacks, because then the pass interference is out of the question. But then you run the risk of the roughing the passer calls, like Van Ness vs the Vikings and Cowboys.

Though the refs really didn't seem to try to keep the Packers drives alive during the Falcons game, at least from what I remember.