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Yup, which I said I understand the anger. I would be too.You didn't answer any of my questions, how come?3rd and 1 and you have the lead, and they go for a tough pass and they punt. One would think you run it twice there to keep the drive alive.Having the ball at the 30 yard line is the same as a meteorite striking....with a team that has scored all of 3 points the second half and not a touchdown since the first quarter? More than likely, they kick a FG (if they make it), and Dallas is still down only 6 points.
I have written earlier in this thread that, like the Bartman Cubs, Detroit had a chance to win the game and failed to do so. They ARE the Lions, after all. However, to argue that the arc of the game wasn't altered by those two wrong calls, picking up the flag and failing to flag Dez, is somewhere between disingenuous, oblivious to the ebb and flow of games, and fantasy.
see Golden Tate's TD catch against GB in Seattle a few years ago during the Refs' strike
This is a very good comparison from the standpoint that even after the one play in question, there were opportunities for both teams to win the game. The PI call would have increased Detroit's chances of winning, but they still shanked a punk then allowed Dallas to drive 60 yards for the go-ahead score, giving up a 20-yard pass on 4th and 6 in the process. In addition, the Lions had 2:30 and 2 TOs to drive down the field to win the game. Not easy, but not impossible.
Wow, I'm very concerned for Benny. Being able to mimic Myron Medcalf's writing so closely implies an oncoming case of dementia.
Refs do not determine the outcome of a game. They can influence it, but they don't determine it. Score more points than the other team, and there's nothing the refs can do to take a win away.
I get where you coming from but in that situation the score was 12-7 before the bad call was made so yes the refs did directly affect the outcome IMO. Sure if Rodgers had thrown for 5 TDs that call wouldn't have mattered but that wasn't the case was it?
Not saying that is what happened, but it's one logical explanation for the controversial result of the play being the correct one. It also may explain why Dez Bryant was not called - the only reason Bryant came on the field was because the officials already knew they screwed up the call to begin with.
So ignoring 2 blatant infractions (on the field without a helmet and entering the field to begin with) is cool cause they were having an "oops my bad" moment? So by that logic, it would be logical or make sense for an NBA ref to not discipline a player who throws a punch at an opponent because 5 seconds before, they had mistakenly called a charge when the defender was clearly in the restricted area. Already messed up, might as well just move along.Whatever the outcome of the 3rd and 1 play, its a moot point because there is absolutely NO excuse for Bryant doing what he did and escaping all manner of penalties.
Semantics perhaps, but I would argue that it was the Packers (or Seahawks) who failed to control the outcome of the game by putting the refs into a position to directly affect the last play of the game, which indirectly led to them affecting the outcome of the game.
Still one of my favoriteam regular season moments
No. When you have the lead and you intercept a pass in the end zone you should have won the game. The fact that the refs ruled that it was a touchdown despite it clearly being an interception means the refs screwed you over and lost the game for you.
Two bad calls in that drive. Jeron McMillan's interception overturn on a bad PI call was the first.
It's all you Bear fans have the last 20 plus years now isn't it? Living vicariously through another teams win over Green Bay.
The reaction from all the Packer fans on my floor was more enjoyable then the game. I had 3 guys try to fight me because I was trolling them by saying it was a good call. I wouldn't have cared if I hadn't gotten a reaction.
Do you ever stop and think about, gee, what if that happened to the Bears? I mean seriously, that call should have been an offense to anyone who calls themselves a football fan.
Absolutely, I admit it was a terrible call but it doesn't make it any less funny. The fact that they were ready to fight me was effin hilarious.