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Originally Posted by browna
As I said, its mainly Packer fans that toss on those other so so calls (one side of them anyways) as further justification why Seattle supposedly shouldn't have won.
The general public "outrage" is over the final call, that has gotten into the mainstream media and is up for debate. Most of the other fans know that those other judgement calls go, and have gone, both ways, in this game and in football week in and week out, replacements officials or not.
As for the specific PI peice, as was a big part of that link, which makes me think you didn't bother to see the points made with in it and just rolled out your opinion that you've made up your mind with from the start; the last 87 Hail Mary attempts there has been 1 PI called, and that was on the defense. Its one of those unwritten rules that goes both ways.
Bottom line...was the catch of the TD the wrong call? Possibly, maybe probably. But taking a look at links like this broken down a bit more then Gruden and Tirico making comments to the continent in the heat of the moment and without the benefit of detailed analysis, (and given that its' replacement refs, on Monday night etc etc) make you open your mind a bit more and think that its not such a blatant and egregious error as is/was/will continue to made out to be, or, quite as large as an "affront" or slap in the face to league integrity or whatever you want to make this out to be.
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Believe whatever you like, read whatever you want, but please please dont tell me that call at the end of the game was "possibly" anything than what it was....cause it was wrong...period.
Everyone and their blind dogs know it...its why all of a sudden there were regular officials working less than 72 hours later...NO other reason for the immediate settlement beyond it....cuz til that moment and even 16 hours later, everything was okie dokie.
Good for the hawks on getting the W as it stands in the column, but enough with ANY of the BS justifications about it...the game was decided the wrong way on the last play...end of story....the condescending crap about Tirico and Gruden aside.