I watched the tape of the game today...........Stevens of the Seahawks cost them the game more then the refs did. He dropped EASY catches! And the TD by Big Ben.........i watched it several times. and BEFORE he hit the ground, the NOSE of the ball, croocked in his arm, DID break the white line of the endzone. The push off by the Seahawks WR in the endzone was right in front of the ref........he DID push off. He didn't shove the guy down, but his push IS what gave him the chance to catch the ball. Randy Moss did that, and much worse almost everytime he had a pass thrown his way, and 99 out of 100 times he didn't get called for it. Michael Irvin did it all the time too, and got away with it. But the guy DID do it, and got caught.
The only thing i did NOT understand is........the guy on defense on Pittsburgh, on the left side of the line, appeared to be offsides on almost every play late in the forth quarter, yet never was called for it. When i slowed down the tape, he would be over the line of scrimmage before the ball was snapped several times.
So yes, there were some bad calls. But if Seattle would have played decent, which they did not, they would have overcome a few bad calls. The fact is, they didn't. And that TD pass from Randle El was a thing of beauty! He hit Ward in stride perfectly! The refs didn't give that to anyone......or run the 75 yards for the other TD by the Steelers.
They earned the win, by just doing enough to win. Seattle had MANY chances, and blew it.
CONGRATS PACKINSTEEL!!!!! :wink:
