Mike Pereira said it was the right call , and was just interviewed to explain exactly why it was the correct call , He said people may not like the rule but it is very clear . Even if it wasn't reversed and Cowboys got a touchdown there was still plenty of time left and the Packers were moving the ball well and could have gotten a touchdown or a field goal was all they would have needed to still win the game .

I hate the Cowboys (let's not confuse with their cheerleaders) However that was a hell uva catch, and it sure look like he was trying to push the ball forward to the line! This fing rule has to change! Also I do feel for Detroit they got shafted big time!

Don't worry everyone hates NE, so you are welcome to hate others as well.

He explained it all right and who decided if he was pushing the ball forward or "making a football play" That's the bull crap about the whole thing! I don't like Cowboys as I stated but taking catches like this out of football because someone decides its not a play????

I picked the pack to win that one but I they got away with one on that Des Bryant reversal.

The second I saw that replay before they even said it, I thought of he Calvin Johnson call. I was pissed at that time cause the Bears walked away with the game. Rules are rules that was very gray area but it was a review and league office even can have a say on that replay and they called it no catch.

Wish we had that luxury years ago in the fail mary.

GO PACK GO!

Karma is a bitch and Seattle got it coning to them big time .

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Tom Brady thinks that you should go back and STUDY THE RULE BOOK!

Before 50 other people make the comment, regardless if that call was not reversed, that WAS NOT the end of the game.

Let's stop acting like it was the last play of the game and Dallas was robbed. They may have been, who knows but did it looks like Dallas could stop GB in the end, I would have bet on GB to rally for points. But whatever, haters gonna hate, Pack is moving on, I'll take it!

The way I view it is SO many plays in the NFL fumbles are not ruled fumbles when the ground causes the fumble. The offense gets that benefit of the ground when runners reach out to try for extra yards and fumble so in my view coming down and reaching for extra yards on a catch they lose the benefit. It has always been in the NFL the ground can't assist a catch. Dez got greedy trying to make an amazing play into a play for the ages and a TD and cost himself the catch. Just another view when I look at it.

Pack turned it on when they needed 2nd half and Rodgers showed why he is the NFL MVP, he is amazing!

Exactly there was a ton of time left and all the Packers really would have needed was a field goal .Even if Dallas would have went for 2 and got it after a touchdown a field goal would have still tied it .

It's funny how football fans make fun of the refs' calls during the world cup and here on the flip side refs are dictating the game in the playoffs. So much drama, so much yellow...Anyway, that's my random thought of the day.

Enjoy colts vs Broncos. I'm 3 for 3 on my pics this week; I got the Broncos but want to see luck and the colts pull off the upset. I'd take an Internet nut punch for that

Let it go. Green Bay is a good team and your fans are too classy to dwell on a questionable call in a regular season game 3 years ago. Celebrate your win today and let's look forward to a great game next week.

Packer fans are not classy. Sorry.

http://www.si.com/nfl/audibles/2013/09/09/calvin-johnson-still-doesnt-understand-the-calvin-johnson-rule-and-hes-not-alone

Questionable?

Yeah questionable, I'm assuming you don't think it was the right call! I see lots of packers fans questioning the refs call.

GreenBay signs Tom Wrigglesworth!
looks the same and hoping he plays the same.
Just in case the calf gives out.

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Hahahahahahahahaha

Feel free to double check me on this and add your name as needed,
but after 3 of 4 divisional play-off games this weekend,
the following Pinsiders are 3 for 3 on their picks:

Erik, Eskaybee, Kkouppamaki, Pinball-is-great, and Whysnow.

Not the refs fault. It is a stupid rule that the refs were just enforcing. Rule needs to be changed.

Fans of football lost today.

55 minutes of that game were absolutely great. I was giddy with laughter at the back and forth scores and well fought game (I'm a Raiders fan, so I didn't care who won. I just wanted to see a fair fight.)
Then with 5 minutes remaining, the rule book, AND the referees got in the way, and brought the awesome game to its knees. Tuck rule, take 2.
NFL 1, Fans 0.
Game could have gone either way after an inevitable Cowboys TD and 0 or 2 point conversion. I just wanted to see the game end fair and square with 00:00 left on the clock, and instead it was ended prematurely with 5:00 on the clock.

Jason Garrett and his team get my props for that insanely great call, and Romo and Dez did great on the play.

Check out the stats on that game, nearly equal. Football doesn't get much more exciting than that game.
http://scores.espn.go.com/nfl/boxscore?gameId=400749518

-mof

so much for the refs not getting involved today. Really is a shame what a sham the 'sport' has become. I thought for sure this game would have played out on the merits of the teams, but yet again the entire outcome of the game drawn into question with some silly reffing.

i'm challenging this decision

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Flanker, if the shoe was on the other foot I am sure you would be telling a different tale.

That game was a blast to watch for the first 55 min and then the last 5 min was just so very sad. Real fans of the sport should feel robbed when stuff like that happens. Insanely bad call and ruins the integrity of the sport.

By playoffs, the refs are supposed to be firing on all cylinders just like the guys playing the game, yet it seems like more and more shady calls each year.

This says it all.

Refs on the field and everyone else live action saw it as a catch and then making an action of advancing the football.

I thought replays supposedly needed irrefutable evidence to overturn?

Seems to me the refs made a new interpretation of what happened on the field to suit their desired outcome. I honestly think they need to make some changes if they want to salvage the sport and bring it back to what it once was. Were there all these confrontational calls 10 years ago? I never remember so many close and botched calls.

The thing is it looked very similar to the Calvin Johnson catch that was also reversed. In this case it is the bad rule and not the refs fault.

After seeing the last few posts, I rescind my prior statement that I just wanted to see another Pats Carolina super bowl, and replace that with I wanted to see all the epic butthurt had they beaten Seattle and Green Bay, lol. Too bad, that would've been comedy gold. You guys are way the f too touchy for something you have no personal hand in. Hilarious.

3 for 3 so far...

Are broncos gonna make me 4 for 4? It is the one I feel the least confident about. I may have over shot score also.

Are you kidding me? That was a stupid call that was way to risky on a fourth and one considering the Dallas running back would almost certainly plow for a couple of yards for the first. Even if Dez did score they would have left too much time on the clock for Rodgers. Stupid call.

I don't believe Demarco Murray was on the field for that play

I just noticed that we now have two votes for the 3rd choice.

Who are the goofballs that voted this way: "no but I'm a complete moron" : (2 votes)

LOL. Come on Flanker, I was even rooting for the fudgepackers, just wish they could have done it without the assist.

Exactly. Why not? Horrible play calling.

Apparently not. Ball touched the ground in the first half without doubt and they called it a catch for GB - no reversal. Second half catch was made by Cowboys and football play too and it was reversed in GB favor despite irrefutable evidence. Oh well. Sure glad my team was not in this game. It's one of those games that gets an asterisk in the history book.

Oilers and Packers