I get it, Detroit Lions fans, you’re pissed off. You don’t think that should have been called a facemask and you don’t think the Green Bay Packers should have gotten that final play that won them the game over your Leos.
First, of all, take a look at the play in question again.
Yes, it’s most definitely iffy. Rodgers did some selling there, but at the same time, Devin Taylor did touch his facemask. It was more like a brush, but whatever.
There are three things that we have to say about that.
- If you watch the play live, it most certainly looks like a facemask. And the officials obviously had to make a judgment call watching it live and it’s hard to argue they could have seen it any other way.
- This is probably most important, so let’s cut to the chase. Make the play. You play the hand you’re dealt and you were maybe dealt a shitty one, but the fact of matter remains, the Lions should have been able to stop the Packers on the final play of the game from 60 yards out. I mean, rush more than three guys or, I don’t know, COVER SOMEONE IN THE END ZONE! You can shove your sour grapes up your ass because if your team wasn’t the picture of failure on that final play, we wouldn’t even be having this conversation.
- If anything, the facemask was a make-up call.
What am I talking about?
The blatant pass interference that wasn’t called the play before.
The announcers and Mike Carey were quick to paint this as, “Well, the defensive back was looking back for the ball, so it’s not a penalty.”
Think about that for a second.
That’s some of the dumbest analysis I’ve ever heard. Just because a DB is looking back for the ball, doesn’t mean he can plow right over the receiver and take him out of the play. And that’s exactly what happened here.
Jared Abbrederis was tracking the ball effectively and knew he had to pull up to make a play on it. The DB, because he was looking back, ran right through Abbrederis when this happened. Pass interference.
If, as the NFL Network morons suggested, all a defensive player has to do to be excused from pass interference is look back for the ball, then they could interfere on every play. Why not just shove the receiver to the ground? As long as you’re looking back for the ball, no flag!
So even if the facemask wasn’t a facemask, the Packers were owed a make-up call for this bullshit. In the end, the got exactly as many plays as they deserved.
Yes that was a bad no call PI.on the flip side that was a great sell by our California boy ARod, acting is natural to him! Full speed that play looks like a facemask though.
It wasn’t acting. What advantage could be gained by intentionally turning your head away from the play to feign a facemask penalty when you aren’t even sure they will call it, and as a result the game is over?
Btw, this definitely makes up for the fact that the refs completely missed Aaron rodgers being tackled by his facemask in the 09 playoff game against arizona. At least a little anyway.
No it doesn’t make up for that call! I honestly feel like we could have won the Super Bowl that year. We had a dirty team.
We had no d what so ever… It played out ok, we got robbed but we would’ve gave up 70 to the saints that year.
RC=PUSSY
My mistake. RC = HUGE PUSSY
After the no call face mask from Arizona in the playoffs and the fail mary, I could give a shit less what anyone says about that call yesterday.
Anyone see McCarthy make the comment of “at least our guy really caught the ball in this one. You can quote that.”
Why would that defender even reach out and risk getting the penalty? He’s got 10 other defenders behind him to tackle Rodgers. Rodgers was 20 yards behind the next offensive player so he was in a helpless situation with no one to lateral to. Lions fans should be pointing their fingers at the defensive player who was flagged. Idiots!
Our defense was 1st against the run and 2nd against the pass that season. Woodson DPOY. That wildcard game was Kurt Warners last attempt to get to the Super Bowl. That was that Cardinals teams best shot. Look up 2009 Packers on Wikipedia.
Golden Tate threw DB to ground in Seattle but I guess that was OK because he was looking at ball. Ridiculous.
I hated Seattle fans justifying the Fail Mary because they got fucked in SBXL, that had nothing to do with us. Similarly, not gonna say this makes us even for the Fail Mary, as that didn’t involve the Leo’s (except Golden Taint.)
That said, it was a clear face mask. Someone on reddit slowed and reversed it; Rodge’s helmet moves laterally in only the way it would if it was pulled on a different angle from his direction of travel. It’s not a head turn, his head was yanked.
Jerry Rice clearly fumble the ball to the Pack in the Playoffs in Holmgrens last game. You know what the refs said it wasn’t a fumble. The Pack D should have stopped the 49ers from scoring, on that final drive, after the apparent fumble and recovery. It is part of the game(s). Besides Rodgers head was clearly turned by the opposing players hand to the face mask twisting The runners head. Go Pack!
Let me know. If this link doesn’t work, but holy shit did Aaron Rodgers throw the fuck out of that ball…
https://www.instagram.com/p/-23JkXJnKl/
Whatever – it was meant to be….
Lead in to one of the most memorable plays in my time as a GB fan… !
There wasn’t PI, both players were turned around competing for an under thrown ball.
The facemask was correct though, in real time.
Although the ump in the middle looking at the play didn’t throw a flag, the back judge did.
With the rebound play working on an untimed down the lions will be raising a banner “2015 beat Packers for 120 minutes.” The good thing it will give work to a sign company along with the standard billboards indicating the refs screwed them.
A friend and I had this thought: It didn’t appear to be a face mask violation but it did appear to be a horsecollar tackle, which is also a personal foul penalty. Make of this thought what you will.
Who the fuck are you? Pussy Vikings fan?
So giving up 531 yards and 51 points was just a fluke? There were major problems going on there, including but not limited to Brandon Chillar, AJ Hawk, Jarrett Bush, Brady Poppinga, Atati Bigs, etc. We will never know but the eye test says the Saints smoke them, and yes they did get hosed on the face mask..agreed… But winning the SB? That’s a stretch.
RC, how old are you? Or maybe how sober are you? I simply asked the question about the horsecollar. If it wasn’t a face mask penalty, it should have been called for a horsecollar personal foul. Either way, the Lions committed a personal foui penalty and the Pack deserved another play.