REPLACEMENT REFS GONE BAD

After a relatively quiet Week 1, NFL replacement officials have made memorable mistakes in the ensuing two weeks. USA TODAY Sports’ Jon Saraceno gathered 10 of them, in no particular order of egregiousness:

1 Golden Tate made a miracle touchdown “catch” as time expired in the Seattle Seahawks’ 14-12 win Monday. Tate shoved Green Bay Packers defender Sam Shields out of the way, then wrested the football from M.D. Jennings while on the ground.

2 In a game Sunday at the Minnesota Vikings, the San Francisco 49ers twice were allowed to challenge calls — even though they were out of timeouts and not entitled to challenges. Minnesota prevailed despite the gaffe.

3 The Tennessee Titans were the benefactors of bad math when officials marked off 27 yards on a 15-yard penalty Sunday. The Titans beat the Detroit Lions 44-41 in overtime.

4 An official inexplicably threw his cap into the end zone in Sunday’s Dallas Cowboys -Tampa Bay Buccaneers game. Dallas receiver Kevin Olgetree took the proverbial banana slip after skidding on it, thwarting a potential touchdown catch.

5 Oakland Raiders receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey was knocked silly by the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Ryan Mundy on an obvious (and banned) helmetto-helmet hit Sunday. Heyward-Bey was on the ground motionless for several minutes. No penalty.

6 Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh was flagged for . . . excitedly attempting to call a timeout? That’s precisely what transpired Sunday vs. the New England Patriots. The official ruled Harbaugh was guilty of unsportsmanlike conduct.

7 In the final seconds of a game Sunday, the Washington Redskins watched as 25 yards worth of penalties — instead of 20 — were marched off against them in a 38-31 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals.

8 Must be something in the coffee in Seattle: In a Week 2 game, wide receiver Tate hit Cowboys linebacker Sean Lee with a devastating — and illegal — crackback block. No yellow hanky was tossed.

9 Officials inadvertently allowed 29 seconds to tick off the clock in the second quarter of the Bengals’ 34-27 triumph against the Cleveland Browns in Week 2.

10 St. Louis Rams coach Jeff Fisher was allowed to challenge a play that was not reviewable in Week 2. He should have gotten a 15-yard flag for challenging a fumble. Instead, the call was overturned, and the Rams kicked a field goal in a 31-28 win.