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<blockquote data-quote="broguy" data-source="post: 693435" data-attributes="member: 11278"><p>A lot of people tend to forget that part of the Fail Mary play was a terribly obvious offensive pass interference that the refs missed. The NFL pointed out the missed call in their official statement on the game, noting that the refs should have thrown a flag, which would have resulted in a Packers win. So whichever way you want to look at it (catch vs. interception), there's no doubt that the Packers should have won that game regardless...and most likely would have, with competent officials.</p><p></p><p>As an aside, the NFL also ruled that the refs made the correct decision in upholding the call upon review. This may be a little too conspiratorial for some, but I'd bet a lot of money that they decided to back the ruling because they didn't want to be faced with even more calls to overturn the outcome of the game. I think pointing out the missed penalty was a nod to the Packers having been deserving of the win. But refs miss calls all the time, and penalties aren't reviewable, so there would be no precedent or large outcry to award the Packers a win after the fact. On the other hand, if the league ruled that the review that took place on the last play of the game was incorrect, it would have been logical to argue that the Packers should be awarded the win (and there would have been a lot of outcry from the other side if that happened). I think at that point they just wanted to avoid any more controversy, take their medicine, and move on.</p><p></p><p>P.S. While this post might indicate otherwise, I'm totally over that game. I obviously thought they blew the call, but it was a regular season game that ended up having no impact on our final playoff seed. I was over that one within a week or two. Still haven't fully recovered from the 2014 NFC championship game though, and not sure I ever will. At least that one was self-inflicted.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="broguy, post: 693435, member: 11278"] A lot of people tend to forget that part of the Fail Mary play was a terribly obvious offensive pass interference that the refs missed. The NFL pointed out the missed call in their official statement on the game, noting that the refs should have thrown a flag, which would have resulted in a Packers win. So whichever way you want to look at it (catch vs. interception), there's no doubt that the Packers should have won that game regardless...and most likely would have, with competent officials. As an aside, the NFL also ruled that the refs made the correct decision in upholding the call upon review. This may be a little too conspiratorial for some, but I'd bet a lot of money that they decided to back the ruling because they didn't want to be faced with even more calls to overturn the outcome of the game. I think pointing out the missed penalty was a nod to the Packers having been deserving of the win. But refs miss calls all the time, and penalties aren't reviewable, so there would be no precedent or large outcry to award the Packers a win after the fact. On the other hand, if the league ruled that the review that took place on the last play of the game was incorrect, it would have been logical to argue that the Packers should be awarded the win (and there would have been a lot of outcry from the other side if that happened). I think at that point they just wanted to avoid any more controversy, take their medicine, and move on. P.S. While this post might indicate otherwise, I'm totally over that game. I obviously thought they blew the call, but it was a regular season game that ended up having no impact on our final playoff seed. I was over that one within a week or two. Still haven't fully recovered from the 2014 NFC championship game though, and not sure I ever will. At least that one was self-inflicted. [/QUOTE]
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