well, almost everyone. >> a little sad right now. >> reporter: not jerry hughes. refs who have now themselves been replaced. >> one more week, if for no other reason, to say goodbye to the crew. >> you got close with these guys? >> we were close. >> close, perhaps, in the way that soldiers share a fox hole are close. because for these replacement refs, it seems like everyone was against them. >> the one day you're working at the foot locker, the next day you're in the n.l. >> reporter: you all became sort of the butt of jokes, the national punch line. >> it comes with the territory. it's out of our control. >> reporter: hughes made it through his three regular season games relatively unscathed, with no major botched calls. though there was this. >> you know the st. louis story. >> reporter: tell me, what happened? >> doing the game last week, chicago and st. louis. there was an interception, then a fumble back and forth. we had to go to replay. >> st. louis gets the ball on the 36 yard line. >> i think nothing of it. i have the tape to watch. i get to that point a