While, in light of me fighting a cold, I knew I should have gone to bed early last night, but for some reason, I had a gut feeling that the end of the Monday night football game between the Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks was going to be one to remember. As seems to be typical, my gut was right.
Like many others, I have been rather critical of the replacement refs, but it didn't truly feel as if the referees had genuinely cost a team a game. There were a couple of games they potentially could have decided, but there wasn't that one game yet which stood out from the rest and provided such an uproar from players, fans, coaches and the media alike, that it basically demanded the league work something out with the regular officials. After Monday night's game, there can't be any questioning that potential consequence anymore, for the officials blew the game for the Green Bay Packers.
It should be noted that I'm not a fan of either Green Bay or Seattle. Actually, with Seattle being the home underdog, along with me being a fan of their energetic coach Pete Carrol and 5'10'' quarterback Russell Wilson, I was pulling for the Seahawks to win the game. In any case, the Packers should have come out victorious.
I'll even leave the other missed calls alone. The one people will remember took place on the last play of the game. Down 12-7, Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson heaved a 24-yard pass into the end zone. Receiver Golden Tate shoved a defender (Sam Shields) in the back, committing offensive pass interference for one. Then it appeared as if Green Bay's J.D. Jennings had his hands firmly on the ball and pulled it into his chest before Tate grabbed a hold of it, trying to persuade the officials that the two had equal possession of the ball, which would have resulted in a touchdown. In any case, one official indicated that it was indeed a touchdown while another appeared to be ready to call it an interception and touchback. Since the call on the field was that of a touchdown, upon further review, the play stood. While I'll hesitantly stand by the refs in saying that the call would "stand" regardless of what it was on the field, they should have conversed with one another and made certain to get the call right on the field and that didn't happen. The Packers are now 1-2, looking up at both Chicago and Minnesota who are a game ahead of them in the NFC North, when they should be even with those two squads and up a game on Detroit, whom they're now tied with.
In light of this awful call, I've decided to fill out an application to become an NFL replacement ref. The application must have been updated just recently, as it states in order to get the job, I'll be required to showcase the following: 1) Look good in a Foot Locker uniform, 2) Be able to see (not necessarily read) adequately out of one eye, 3) Know what a football looks like, 5) Be able to correctly count to four and 6) Be able to run a 35.50 40-yard dash.
Like many others, I have been rather critical of the replacement refs, but it didn't truly feel as if the referees had genuinely cost a team a game. There were a couple of games they potentially could have decided, but there wasn't that one game yet which stood out from the rest and provided such an uproar from players, fans, coaches and the media alike, that it basically demanded the league work something out with the regular officials. After Monday night's game, there can't be any questioning that potential consequence anymore, for the officials blew the game for the Green Bay Packers.
It should be noted that I'm not a fan of either Green Bay or Seattle. Actually, with Seattle being the home underdog, along with me being a fan of their energetic coach Pete Carrol and 5'10'' quarterback Russell Wilson, I was pulling for the Seahawks to win the game. In any case, the Packers should have come out victorious.
I'll even leave the other missed calls alone. The one people will remember took place on the last play of the game. Down 12-7, Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson heaved a 24-yard pass into the end zone. Receiver Golden Tate shoved a defender (Sam Shields) in the back, committing offensive pass interference for one. Then it appeared as if Green Bay's J.D. Jennings had his hands firmly on the ball and pulled it into his chest before Tate grabbed a hold of it, trying to persuade the officials that the two had equal possession of the ball, which would have resulted in a touchdown. In any case, one official indicated that it was indeed a touchdown while another appeared to be ready to call it an interception and touchback. Since the call on the field was that of a touchdown, upon further review, the play stood. While I'll hesitantly stand by the refs in saying that the call would "stand" regardless of what it was on the field, they should have conversed with one another and made certain to get the call right on the field and that didn't happen. The Packers are now 1-2, looking up at both Chicago and Minnesota who are a game ahead of them in the NFC North, when they should be even with those two squads and up a game on Detroit, whom they're now tied with.
In light of this awful call, I've decided to fill out an application to become an NFL replacement ref. The application must have been updated just recently, as it states in order to get the job, I'll be required to showcase the following: 1) Look good in a Foot Locker uniform, 2) Be able to see (not necessarily read) adequately out of one eye, 3) Know what a football looks like, 5) Be able to correctly count to four and 6) Be able to run a 35.50 40-yard dash.
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