So what will it take now?

A head linesman biting a ref's nose? A back judge calling icing? An official in uniform cashing a winning ticket at the Mirage sports book?

If the Monday Night Mess in Seattle isn't the straw that breaks the Goodell's back, then what will? If embarrassment, humiliation and the winning team flying home as the loser doesn't get NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to settle this petty-cash squabble with his referees, then what will?

A: Owners.

If the NFL's owners don't step in right now and make Goodell get a deal done this week, then they deserve what they get: clown games with red noses that would be funny if people's careers weren't at stake.

We could see worse, I suppose. But I never thought I'd see what I saw Monday night.