The Official We got bent over by the officials thread

[ND72]

3. I don't care if it's sour grapes, but we straight up got screwed. Twice in OT Rodgers gets hit in the helmet, NO F'n call!?!

It's been well established during the regular season that helmet to helmet hits on Rodgers aren't penalties. There's precedent for this.

Good point. He needs to whine to the officials more evidently.

[ThunderDan]

3. I don't care if it's sour grapes, but we straight up got screwed. Twice in OT Rodgers gets hit in the helmet, NO F'n call!?!

It's been well established during the regular season that helmet to helmet hits on Rodgers aren't penalties. There's precedent for this.

Good point. He needs to whine to the officials more evidently.

What he really needs is a SB ring like Manning, Manning, Warner and Brady.

Hey, that could be a law firm.

[TravisWilliams23]

I certainly hope these group of officials don't get another playoff
game this year. There were so many missed calls.

At least one of Fitzgerald's TD's should have been offensive pass
interference. The final series no helmet to helmet and the non-call
of the last play face mask were totally bullshit non-calls.

None of the announcers would touch any of the missed calls. I think
maybe the NFL has ordered them to keep any official bashing off
the air. What else could explain the non-comments?

I always hate to put the outcome on officiating, but this was in fact
decided by numerous bad non-calls.

[Fosco33]

1. If you call illegal touching of the helmet on Warner, YOU HAVE TO call it later.

2. Fitzgerald's running over of Woodson is proof in the pudding that this is a Offensive Star driven league.

3. I don't care if it's sour grapes, but we straight up got screwed. Twice in OT Rodgers gets hit in the helmet, NO F'n call!?!

They actually missed another PF when a defender hit Rodgers (as he side stepped the sack and threw a complete pass to Finley - which also garnered the PI).

[Freak Out]

Clearly the fix was in.

[Scott Campbell]

I hated the officiating today, but kept thinking that despite all the crap calls, we got severely outplayed and didn't deserve to win.

[Fosco33]

I hated the officiating today, but kept thinking that despite all the crap calls, we got severely outplayed and didn't deserve to win.

+1

[packers11]

http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcnorth/post/_/id/8719/did-missed-face-mask-cost-the-packers

I'm surprised a media site would even dare report about it

[channtheman]

No two ways about it. We got fucked... again. I'll let others decide if that cost us the game or not, but we got fucked.

Agreed. And yeah we gave up those points, so what. The refs, AGAIN, couldn't just fucking call the game how it should be called. BTW, Rodgers got butt fucked two plays in a row there. First a helmet to helmet, then the facemask.

[channtheman]

Fitzgerald push-off on Woodson in the endzone? There were other calls too.

Yeah Fitzgerald had TWO offensive pass interference calls that weren't called on BOTH of his TD's. Cards probably still score but still, the refs fucked up. And then I'll add this: Giaordiana (whatever his name is, the safety) retaliated and hit a Cardinal and got flagged. 2 or 3 of those happened against the Packers and no calls.

[pbmax]

Whatever you may think about the calls, no way was the fix in by the broadcasters. They would have paid handsomely for a shot at Vikes/Pack III.

[bobblehead]

You all forgot the dude that decided to shove finley while he was laying on the ground. Ref standing 5 feet away, finley jumped up looking for a flag, but hitting a guy well after the play isn't a penalty anymore than Fitz flattening Woodsen, Warner taking his helmet off on the field to yell at his teammate, or hitting rodgers helmet to helmet.

I will say we set the tone for the loss with our 2 immediate turnovers, but when your guys battle all the way back it would be nice to get a fair call.

PS...forgot to mention the only reason Jenkins slapped warner in the head is he was being obscenly held and back pedalling to warner with a guy grabbing his jersey.

[Smidgeon]

Fitzgerald push-off on Woodson in the endzone? There were other calls too.

Yeah Fitzgerald had TWO offensive pass interference calls that weren't called on BOTH of his TD's. Cards probably still score but still, the refs fucked up. And then I'll add this: Giaordiana (whatever his name is, the safety) retaliated and hit a Cardinal and got flagged. 2 or 3 of those happened against the Packers and no calls.

Except for those two "incidents" with Fitzgerald, has Woodson ever fallen down twice on routes like that? They weren't "he slipped on the field" or "he dove for the ball" moments. I think he kept sitting up expecting to see flags after those moves to see TDs instead...

[Harlan Huckleby]

The two non-calls on the final series of the game weren't flagrant. I didn't see Rogers head get twisted by the face mask, which is usually when the refs notice it. The helmet-to-helmet was a little more nasty, but its the sort of play that gets called about half the time.

I would say the Packers got screwed, but gently, with ample lubrication.

[pbmax]

You all forgot the dude that decided to shove finley while he was laying on the ground. Ref standing 5 feet away, finley jumped up looking for a flag, but hitting a guy well after the play isn't a penalty anymore than Fitz flattening Woodsen, Warner taking his helmet off on the field to yell at his teammate, or hitting rodgers helmet to helmet.

I will say we set the tone for the loss with our 2 immediate turnovers, but when your guys battle all the way back it would be nice to get a fair call.

PS...forgot to mention the only reason Jenkins slapped warner in the head is he was being obscenly held and back pedalling to warner with a guy grabbing his jersey.

That might have been legit. Was Finley down by contact or not? Usually if there is a question, officials will allow additional contact. The replay didn't show how he went down and there was no sound to indicate a whistle.