Scott Green, an NFL official for 23 years, had some harsh words not just for the commissioner, but for officiating chief Dean Blandino, too.

NFL officials will forever be loathed by fans for those questionable holding calls and missed pass interference penalties, but the NFL made it a point this season to discipline those refs who make crucial mistakes, and one former zebra isn’t buying it.

“A few very visible errors in recent weeks has rightfully put NFL officiating in the public spotlight,” Scott Green, a former NFL official for 23 years, wrote for USA Today.

“The League is predictably handling the issue no differently than the others that characterize Commissioner Roger Goodell’s regime: arbitrary punishment of an individual for a fast public relations fix,” Green wrote. “It’s a reactive approach that may give some short-term satisfaction to one team’s fans, but it doesn’t address improvement.”

Green is referencing the famed batted ball that helped the Seahawks hold off the Lions in Week 4 and the game-clock debacle in San Diego in Week 5, both on Monday nights. Both officiating mistakes resulted in discipline for the officials involved.

But Green’s critical words went beyond Goodell, who has become a virtual punching bag over the past two seasons, to NFL Vice President of Officiating Dean Blandino.

Green credited Blandino as “a master of technologies and replay,” but pointed out that Blandino has never officiated an NFL game.

“His view and understanding of the game and its officiating are exclusively through video, which is a far cry from being on-field with 22 large, fast and extremely skilled players colliding for three hours,” Green said. “Yet Blandino is now the sole decider of what is and isn’t a catch, of what calls will and won’t be overturned on replay.”

Green, who served as an official in three Super Bowls, called for the NFL to update it’s evaluation system for officials, focusing more resources on training and expanding replay.

“The NFL has been content to say, ‘It’s not reviewable,’ and move on. Hogwash!” Green wrote. “I watched Game 5 of the ALDS, and MLB umpires were faced with an extremely unusual play. It may not have been ‘reviewable,’ but you better believe the umpiring crew chief was on the headset to MLB’s Command Center. Ultimately, they got the call right, which is what the players and fans deserve.”