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Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan
First off, the Steelers would not have kicked a FG on 4th and goal from the 1 inch line. That's crazy talk. No coach would kick a FG from there unless it was tying up or winning in the last couple of minutes of the game.
Secondly, it doesn't matter how many fingers Jackson used. What matters is that he took the defender out of the play. You could see him struggling to overcome the push off and stay with him. That's PI. Grazing a shoulder inadvertently is NOT pass interference. Personally, I think they call defensive PI way too often and offensive (always for push offs) not nearly enough. The key is does it effect the other player's ability to make a play on the ball. If it does, it's PI.
Finally, if it's ok with you for your team to throw WR screens with under a minute to go in a half I have to wonder why. You didn't notice that the next to the last play of the half took over 30 seconds to get off? That's **** poor clock management by anyone's standards. There's 3 plays in there if done correctly. Saying a TD wasn't in the cards is just excuse making. They had an opportunity and ****ed it away. At the very least, they should've been able to get a better FG attempted. And at the end of the game, out of hand or not, if my players quit on me in the Super Bowl I get ****ed. Why don't you?
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Anything could've happened on 4th down. The way the Steelers were going, taking those 3 points would've likely been satisafactory at that point. They weren't moving the ball well at all up until that drive, and even when they got down there, they had gained 3 yards on the 3 plays.
Regardless, the linesman and referee decided to make those "what if's" on 4th down moot, embarassingly incorrectly.
As I said on the Jackson, that could/should (if Jackson's touching was a call)/has been called illegal contact on an eligible reciever 5yds past the LOS, or holding, not full blow PI. If he didn't make the catch the penalty would've been 5 yds + a first down. Since he did make the catch, the penalties would then wash.
You can't honestly tell me that you've seen more blatant offensive PI calls not called, plus, you also can't tell me that you haven't ever seen the little rub the Steeler safety gave him never called either.
End of the game? The Seahawks went 80 yards in under 2 minutes, and have several attempts at the endzone...I hardly call that the Seahawks giving up.