This post is addressed to those of you who feel I am constantly critical of the officiating at Packer games, and do not believe that the calls consistently, year after year, go against the Packers. This, despite the fact that I have tapes, pictures, and articles illustrating these bad calls.
One week after blatantly stealing the bear game from the Packers, making the division race much closer than it should have been and keeping the bears’ playoff hopes alive, the referees stole two touchdowns from the Packers, which could have cost them a game they won 17-14 against Washington. This game could have been lost due to these calls, and the Packer radio announcers pointed out at the time that they were bad calls. However, as one might think the Packer announcers, who are objective, are biased, please note the following from Peter King’s “Monday Morning Quarterback” column on cnn.com. This is a national writer at a very credible company who is objective.
Goats of the Week
Referee Terry McAulay’s crew at Green Bay-Washington, for an overall poor job and costing the Packers two legitimate touchdowns. First, there was a pathetic holding call on right tackle Mark Tauscher, negating one Favre touchdown pass; there was nothing close to a hold on the play. Last year, the officials were told not to call offensive holding unless it was something an official actually saw. Well, there’s no way an official saw holding on Tauscher. Never happened. Then, a second Packers TD throw was negated when Bubba Franks cleanly caught a pass in the corner of the end zone with one foot down before getting driven out of the end zone by Washington cornerback Fred Smoot. Incomplete. Insane.