Based on the last two weeks of the NFL playoffs, the refs are going to cause the Green Bay Packers to lose to the Seattle Seahawks in the NFC Championship
Two weeks of NFL playoff football, two crazy weeks marred by controversial calls.
Does anyone else see a trend developing in the NFL Playoffs?
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In the wild-card round against the Dallas Cowboys, the Detroit Lions were screwed over by a called-and-then-uncalled pass interference penalty with eight minutes left in the fourth quarter. Detroit went on to lose the game.
In the Divisional round, the Dallas Cowboys went for it on fourth-and-2, and Tony Romo hit Dez Bryant streaking toward the end zone. Bryant leapt up over the defender, caught the ball, was knocked off-balance by the defender, took three steps, hit the ground, and then the ball popped out at the two-ish yard line. It was called a catch on the field, because, duh, it was a catch.
By the NFL’s stupidest rule, Bryant’s catch was ruled an incomplete pass because you have to maintain possession throughout the process of falling on the ground. Here’s the exact verbage used by the NFL:
"“If a player goes to the ground in the act of catching a pass (with or without contact by an opponent), he must maintain control of the ball throughout the process of contacting the ground, whether in the field of play or the end zone. If he loses control of the ball, and the ball touches the ground before he regains control, the pass is incomplete. If he regains control prior to the ball touching the ground, the pass is complete.”"
It’s so painfully obvious that Bryant caught the ball, but whatever. The rule is the rule.
If you’re keeping track at home, that means we’re 2-for-2 rounds of the playoffs marred by controversy, specifically NFC playoff rounds.
The Green Bay Packers took over on downs with about four minutes left in the game and were able to seal the victory, moving on to play Seattle in the NFC Championship game.
This week, because of the last two weeks, the Green Bay Packers are going to lose in Seattle. It’s like the NFL’s version of “Ball Don’t Lie.”
Dallas caught a break from the refs in the wild-card round, so the refs screwed them over in the next game. Green Bay caught a break against Dallas, so the refs are going to screw them over this week in Seattle. Just watch!
So, by which stupid NFL rule will the Packers, the beneficiaries of the blown call by the refs last weekend, lose in Seattle this weekend?
I’ve picked out my top four nominations for the crazy NFL rule that, whether it’s called correctly or incorrectly, will cost the Green Bay Packers on Sunday in Seattle.
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