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Just after the NFCCG was played and LOST by the Vikes, there was quite a bit of gnashing of the teeth on sour grapes. But still?
Look for a link to a previous thread from earlier this year that "sorta" goes along with this:
"The Vikings’ players felt they outplayed the Saints and had to be choking hard while watching the Saints go on to beat the Colts. That was their Super Bowl, or it should have been, they felt."
http://www.profootballweekly.com/2010/04/20/2010-schedule-wont-thrill-saints
The following is a repost of a similar, but a bit out-dated thread
Make sure to read the comments at the bottom from the Star-Tribune article below:
Mike Pereira, the NFL's vice president of officiating, admitted on the NFL Network's "Total Access" show this week that referee Pete Morelli's crew should have called a 15-yard penalty against the New Orleans Saints in the third quarter of the NFC Championship Game on Sunday when Vikings quarterback Brett Favre absorbed a low hit from defensive end Bobby McCray.
Favre was hit low by McCray and high by nose tackle Remi Ayodele and injured his left ankle on the play. His pass was intercepted by linebacker Jonathan Vilma. New Orleans took over at its own 31 with the score 21-21 but did not score on the ensuing series.
A penalty would have nullified the interception and given the Vikings the ball at the Saints 19. Pereira called it "pretty much a direct shot into the back of [Favre's] legs," which isn't legal because of rules about going after a quarterback's knees.
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Yes yes yes, it was obvious the refs made lots of bad calls at the end
Up to the end the refs called more calls on the Saints but in the 4th quarter they became allies of the Saints. How can they miss the low hit on Farve, while engaged with linemen high. Dirty play, the Saints already say they are going to play dirty against Manning. It's called smash mouth football, but there is a difference between smash mouth and dirty play. The Saints hit Farve many times after the whistle, I'm sure the refs overlooked it because it was so noisy. But a penalty is a penalty no matter what. Since it was the home crowd noise that caused them not to hear the whistle penalize the team and them the home team players would beg them to tone it down allot to avoid the penalty again. Having crowd noise is an advantage but in no way should you not call a penalty when it is a penalty. What would have happened had Farve got injured badly on a play like that? Oh my too bad the whistle blew but the player couldn't hear? If it wasn't too noisy do ya think the refs would have call a penalty? Maybe then huh? He got dumped 3 or 4 times after the whistle stopped the play. Call penalties that should be called. The Saints are very beatable.
It was 100% obvious...................
to me, as well as many, many others, that this game was rigged by the refs....... (google it) the calls (and non calls) were absurd to say the least. Shiancoe nearly has his under shirt ripped off him, with a ref standing right there... "no call", Favre gets hit below the knees with a ref standing right there, "no call", and on, and on, and on..... watch the replay... Jared Allen he'd( actually tackled) at least a dozen times, "no call".... NOT whining, just telling the truth....
posted by Bubba2m on Jan. 28, 10 at 10:42 PM |
http://saintsreport.com/forums/showthread.php?t=149026
Look for a link to a previous thread from earlier this year that "sorta" goes along with this:
"The Vikings’ players felt they outplayed the Saints and had to be choking hard while watching the Saints go on to beat the Colts. That was their Super Bowl, or it should have been, they felt."
http://www.profootballweekly.com/2010/04/20/2010-schedule-wont-thrill-saints
The following is a repost of a similar, but a bit out-dated thread
Make sure to read the comments at the bottom from the Star-Tribune article below:
Mike Pereira, the NFL's vice president of officiating, admitted on the NFL Network's "Total Access" show this week that referee Pete Morelli's crew should have called a 15-yard penalty against the New Orleans Saints in the third quarter of the NFC Championship Game on Sunday when Vikings quarterback Brett Favre absorbed a low hit from defensive end Bobby McCray.
Favre was hit low by McCray and high by nose tackle Remi Ayodele and injured his left ankle on the play. His pass was intercepted by linebacker Jonathan Vilma. New Orleans took over at its own 31 with the score 21-21 but did not score on the ensuing series.
A penalty would have nullified the interception and given the Vikings the ball at the Saints 19. Pereira called it "pretty much a direct shot into the back of [Favre's] legs," which isn't legal because of rules about going after a quarterback's knees.
Comments:
Yes yes yes, it was obvious the refs made lots of bad calls at the end
Up to the end the refs called more calls on the Saints but in the 4th quarter they became allies of the Saints. How can they miss the low hit on Farve, while engaged with linemen high. Dirty play, the Saints already say they are going to play dirty against Manning. It's called smash mouth football, but there is a difference between smash mouth and dirty play. The Saints hit Farve many times after the whistle, I'm sure the refs overlooked it because it was so noisy. But a penalty is a penalty no matter what. Since it was the home crowd noise that caused them not to hear the whistle penalize the team and them the home team players would beg them to tone it down allot to avoid the penalty again. Having crowd noise is an advantage but in no way should you not call a penalty when it is a penalty. What would have happened had Farve got injured badly on a play like that? Oh my too bad the whistle blew but the player couldn't hear? If it wasn't too noisy do ya think the refs would have call a penalty? Maybe then huh? He got dumped 3 or 4 times after the whistle stopped the play. Call penalties that should be called. The Saints are very beatable.
It was 100% obvious...................
to me, as well as many, many others, that this game was rigged by the refs....... (google it) the calls (and non calls) were absurd to say the least. Shiancoe nearly has his under shirt ripped off him, with a ref standing right there... "no call", Favre gets hit below the knees with a ref standing right there, "no call", and on, and on, and on..... watch the replay... Jared Allen he'd( actually tackled) at least a dozen times, "no call".... NOT whining, just telling the truth....
posted by Bubba2m on Jan. 28, 10 at 10:42 PM |
http://saintsreport.com/forums/showthread.php?t=149026
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