Except that isn't the beef that they whine about primarily. With that not being called, the rest of what the refs did was 100% accurate. And that night when they were going over it, the announcers said something to the effect of on hail mary plays they typically let that go, so letting it go was consistent on how it is typically called.
I agree. No one could determine possession, so when in doubt, the tie goes to the receiver. And you're right, most Packer fans complain about the decision on the catch, not the no call OPI, which was every bit as flagrant as the one they missed in the Rams-Saints NFCCG.
While I agree it was blatant, the consistent standard is no-call on a hail mary play.
The problem isn't that Rodgers refused the shot. It was his right and he wasn't the only one. The problem is that he lied about it to the press and the fans then willfully disregarded the protocols that had been agreed to by both the league and the player's union.
Yeah, I've heard that used as a defense, and I could understand if it was just jostling or chicken fighting. But that one was so over the top that it had to be called. Tate pushed one player to the ground who as he was falling, knocked another defender away from the flight of the ball.
At the time I went back and dug up multiple recent hail mary plays. There was worse than that uncalled and I think I found one out of the 40 I looked at that had pass interference called.
Yeah, well people from other fan bases say the same thing about Seahawk fans complaining about XL. Pissing and moaning is part of the game for us fans.
Except not calling a NT for lining up clearly offsides and an edge rusher for coming offsides before the the snap and then instead calling an OT for holding the edge rusher who came offside when no hold occurs, all on the same play is not at all the same thing as a penalty that goes uncalled 95% of the time.
Or how about calling Matt Hasselbeck for an illegal block while he was making a tackle? A penalty he was literally incapable of committing at that point.
It is a division game, Detroit would like nothing more then to knock the Peckers out of the playoffs, they don't like each other as well, that whole division wants to see Rodgers fail.
There are also a lot of fans of teams who were not involved with XL who believe that was the worst officiated (important) game of all time, or who see it as proof that the NFL is rigged. Heck, the head ref ADMITTED they messed up the calls and impacted the game.
And similar to my above response to the moon beam anti vaxxer, I'm not going there with you. XL happened nearly 17 years ago, and it's not appropriate for this discussion. Time to move on.
Pretty much the entire country outside the rustbelt agreed with us, though. I've lost track of the number of sympathies I got from fans of other fan bases over XL when traveling in the years following XL. Plus, Leavy coming out years later admitting he kicked some calls...pretty bad analogy.
So Hmm, you don't remember the fake f^@#*ng no calls on the Packers Defense ON SEVERAL PLAYS that WENT UNCALLED in that game, leading up TO that one play???? Their Defense got away with a whole bunch of shit ALL GAME LONG, RD, so that "Fail frikken Mary" was F-A-I-R & DUE to set shit straight in the end of that game...Erin can talk sh*t until the cows come home, but the FACT of the matter, EERIN LOST THAT GAME---FAIR & SQUARE!!
You're right, "Sh*t happens" RD, so QUIT SNIVELIN' Aaron and all his apologizers it's time to SUCK IT UP and move on.
Man, I'm tired of being right.
