God this has become a joke. I was rooting for the Seahawks but this is just ridiculous. With each game it gets gets worse and worse.

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That was a HORRIBLE call, but damn that was a spectacular ending.

Spectacularly wrong on every level :bowrofl:

Exactly. If this doesn't get the NFL to bring the original refs back, I don't know what the hell will.

I think the only thing that will truly force the NFL to cave is if the fans stop watching.

The Packers were ROBBED!!!!! and I'm not a cheese head.

So does that game go down as a tie between Green Bay and the Seahawks... and a win for the refs?

Yup. They won the game, closed it out with an INT.

I can see the team owners pressuring the league to get the refs back after everything that's happened this week.

yeah no doubt i dont care who you like ... there is no room for interpretation on that play. it was an interception

also horrible pass interference but even if you dont call that which sometimes they dont on plays like that... interception by jennings all day long

wow!

That game ended with a full on raping of the integrity of the NFL.

And even before that the roughing the passer call. I think it was the Packers vs the Refs for that drive.

Packers got robbed. These Refs NEED to go!!!! Ray Lewis was right, they are taking away the integrity of the game. they obviously have no clue what they are doing.

how is a ball NOT intercepted when the defender has BOTH hands on it AND against his body? while the reciever PUSHED a defender to the ground and got 1 hand on the ball AFTER they went to the ground?!

holy F*ck. this needs to straighten up lol

What's the one thing we have in common with the Taliban?

We both want the real refs back!

watching McCarthy's post game press conference is bringing back memories of Dennis Greene's famous

" they are who we thought they were.....and we let them off the hook!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

ESPN had an excellent explanation of the rule for this situation. Normally if 2 eligible receivers take simultaneous possession of the ball (i.e. they both catch it at the same time) the catch goes in favor of the offense. However, if one of the receivers establish possession first and then the second receiver gets joined possession of the football, then the catch goes in the favor of the first receiver. That's exactly what happened with Jennings getting possession of the ball first.

Also, good call by McCarthy about not commenting on the refs. The league really can't say anything to him now.

Unbelievable. Bring the real refs back!!!

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Wow, was that a joke! I can't believe what my NFL has become. So sad... So sad.

yeah they just explained the simultaneous catch rule on ESPN and that made it even more clear that it wasnt that..

Yup I explained it right here. Looks like twitter has been blowing up with responses from other players and all of them say the same thing.

That was the actual conversation they had. True story. :icon17:

Just thinking out loud, but shouldn't the NFL have to answer to every Packers shareholder that wants to know how/why their team lost off of what is obviously a bad call? I mean, this game could have playoff implications which would impact team revenues... if i'm a shareholder I'd call the NFL to the carpet on this one.

I just laughed out loud, well done.

It's funny, I was actually just thinking the exact same thing. :tup:

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Not taking away from the Seahawks. They played a great game.

But there were some BAD calls at the end of that game. Horrid.

Hell, the Pack got the advantage on a bad call on their last scoring drive. The integrity of the game is on shaky ground.

IIRC the shares the packers sold are a novelty and don't represent actual ownership in the team.

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Of all of the teams to lose because of a blown call, the packers are the best option. Any other team has one owner that can just call old Roger and complain, now he is gonna have to deal with an angry public.

At least the pack showed great class by going out for the meaningless pat. Pete carroll could have also been classy by ordering a kneeldown, but whatevs, a farce is a farce.

What integrity?

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I don't like winning games like that just as much as I don't like losing games like that.

:shakes head: yep........ that was 100 percent a catch by the WR..... :shakes head:

Looks like the NFL will be addressing the call sometime today and I can't wait to hear what kind of BS they come up with now.

Here's an interesting result that I hadn't even considered before
Seattle-Green Bay touchdown call could have altered $250 million in bets | Shutdown Corner - Yahoo! Sports

Agreed. I heard there were some shady calls at the end of the Ravens game that shifted the balance, and it's upsetting.

Again, you can't take anything away from the Seahawks and their performance. They were in that game and never gave up. Same with the Packers. The frustration is with the NFL and the Referee Union. It's tainting the product on the field.

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the way I look at it... the call at the end of the packers call was NOT the worst call ive seen. there is a little bit of hard to call in real time for that one. And the type of play was just not reviewable so it was unfortunate. And it had a clear impact on game results.

But overall there have been alot more blatant miss calls or blatant bad calls. But this happens to both teams in every game so its hard to really determine who benifits in the end.

BUUUT its still very clear that its all ******** and needs to stop regardless.

I don't understand this crap. This isn't controversy. The call was simply wrong, plain and simple. I haven't heard anyone argue that it was correctly called. I don't understand why they can't fix it. The whole scenario is absurd. It was the last play, and would be over either way, so fix the d%#n call and give the win to the Packers. If the Seahawks had any integrity they would give up the win. I'm sick of the political correctness BS. There was a mistake, suck it up and fix it, regardless of whether the Seahawks get butthurt about it.

They said the play wasn't reviewable. Well, why not? "It's not in the rules." Seriously? I'm more concerned with getting the call right, regardless of what's in the "rules" for what is reviewable or not reviewable. This is why I can't watch baseball.

The play was definitely reviewable and in fact was reviewed, with the TD call upheld after that review. There is no excuse for that call. All scoring plays are automatically reviewed as are all turnovers so either way it goes, it is an automatically reviewed play. The situation would not have been as bad if they reversed the call after the review, but they did not.

I heard, though, that possession is not reversible.