More Banjo: Week 2 versus Vikings

[Joemailman]

I was at the game and hadn't seen the Matthews penalty call until now. That might be the worst call I've ever seen.

[Fosco33]

I wish the NFL would just say - we fucked up and we’ll fix it. It won’t change the outcome and that game will loom large in playoffs.

[Guiness]

I haven't read much here about Davante Adams' TD catch that was taken away. Clearly - to me - he was on the ground with possession - hand pinning it to thigh or body - before the ball started to come loose. Anybody disagree with that?

Nah, replay showed he didn't really have the ball. He tried to pin it but it never stopped moving. Refs got that one right.

The Taylor call was flat out awful. Not sure what they saw there, the Vikings lineman slipped and fell, and in doing so drew a holding call that negated a TD!

[Tony Oday]

Best tweet I saw today was: The refs stole the game from the Packers and the Vikings drove the getaway car into a tree.

MVP for the Pack was Carlson and CMIII was the Vikes MVP.

[call_me_ishmael]

It was a bad call but there are lots of those throughout the game. Packers D blew it, they had the big lead and gave it all away. Don't get it twisted now. King going down really hurt the team. They needed to score touchdowns instead of field goals.

[pbmax]

And if you shove him and he doesn't throw the ball but stumbles away and then completes a 50 yard bomb?

I can't explain what Daniels thought he saw or timed. But Clay knew he was getting there are the ball and arm were coming forward.

The call was hideous, but you could just grab him.

[pbmax]

I saw someone, I thought a safety, drive a shoulder into a WR helmet late in the game. Though it looked dirty but on one replay it looked like the kinder option because if not a turning shoulder, it would have been helmet to helmet.

[Smidgeon]

I agree. And if you really want to be angry, just watch for what the officials/NFL say about this during the coming week. The will circle the wagons like nobody's business and tell you how stupid you are for not understanding and loving the 'rules.'

Good call. Now they're saying it's because it had nothing to do with his weight and because he "picked him up and drove him into the ground." Jobbed. Still.

[Smidgeon]

The last Matthews sees is Cousins with the ball cocked. He's one yard away moving full speed.
Matthews tackles him in the midsection just as ball is released.

Matthews had no chance to pull up there.

And don't forget Daniels let up earlier in the game because he thought Cousins let go of the ball...

[pbmax]

At least we have forgotten that we don't know what a catch is.

[mraynrand]

At least we have forgotten that we don't know what a catch is.

Not exactly. If Adams had established possession of the ball in the end zone, the play should have been over; he should not have to maintain control 'going to the ground.' This is the change I requested after the Pittsburgh/NE debacle last season.

[channtheman]

It was a bad call but there are lots of those throughout the game. Packers D blew it, they had the big lead and gave it all away. Don't get it twisted now. King going down really hurt the team. They needed to score touchdowns instead of field goals.

To be fair, we did score one TD that the refs decided to call holding on because a viking fell down. And then Adams was interfered with in the end zone late in the game too.

[pbmax]

Packer Report @PackerReport

Working on my postgame numbers piece, a bit belatedly. Amazingly, the Packers ran 49 plays on the Vikings' side of the 50 and went 1-of-5 in red zone. Talk all you want about penalties but this is why they didn't win.

Of course one of those missed opportunities was the "holding" by Lane Taylor.

[pbmax]

Is it possible that refs have too many things to watch?

If you call that trip a hold, you obviously aren't looking closely at the infraction. We saw this many times with Linsley. I can understand not needing details on hits/behavior that is regarded as unsafe, but holding doesn't seem to relate to sever injuries the way say a low block could.

Is there a rule about knocking a player over at the LOS who is already going to the ground?

[pbmax]

Anyone got a subscription? Curious what personnel decisions Bob thinks contributed to the tie.

https://t.co/IPQQRomqCq

Bob McGinn @BobMcGinn
At http://BobMcGinnFootball.com : Brutal miscues, personnel decisions led to the 29-29 deadlock between the Packers and Vikings ...

1. CB
2. Backup QB
3. OLB
4. Joe Thomas????