NFL VP of Officiating admits the refs missed a key call in NFC Championship game

[Sandy Claws]

It's like watching a Great Dane hump a squirrel!

I'll take your word that the analogy is accurate but have to ask;

How much time have you spent watching this?

and

How did you ever get the Great Dane and the squirrel to play along?

[weyco2000]

I have a Cocker Spaniel that will hump a elephant, now reverse that. Drew Brees is a little tiny fellow and is chased by big defensive players, read between the lines?

[top dawg]

The Vikings got a lot of calls... So no, I'm not joking. Saints didn't get 4 or 5 cheap shots. If you feel that way, then we will have to just disagree. The QB is allowed to get hit. Apparently, the Vikings are allowed to take cheap shots as well? As Brees was hit in the very situation Favre was. Both happened in back to back sets of downs. Favre got the call, Brees didn't. Both plays were end-arounds.

Yes, the Saints player deserves to get fined for the knee thing, but if you expect the guy to stop playing- you're insane. People are so easily caught up in this new NFL rule that they forget the defensive players can't do anything to play the game anymore.

The fine is deserved. But it was not a cheap shot. He isn't going to stop until the whistle is blown. Any player to quit on a play is a player I do not want. The RT shouldn't be allowed to put the defensive player in a position where he is at knee level.. Make it fair. The guy didn't line up and aim at Favre's knee. He was put to the ground and kept playing, getting after the QB. It's unfortunate that he was only able to make a play that happened to be at knee level. So I completely disagree with your assessment about a cheap shot.

I don't know about you all... but I want my defense putting licks on the QB every play. That is crucial to a good defense...

The Saints got a lot of penalties, and not all were deserved... The Refs also missed a lot of calls that would have went in the Saints favor. I disagree that any missed calls were an excuse after that being said.

Here, dude:

The refs may have missed call one way, but they missed probably 4 to 6 going the other way---four of which were missed on the game winning drive (which may have included a pass rusher being blocked from behind on the throw and catch that really wasn't a catch IMO). To have so many missed, err bad, calls on the final drive going one way is just a tad irregular in my estimation.

[Sandy Claws]

I have a Cocker Spaniel that will hump a elephant,

Where did you find this elephant?

[GRWatcher]

Where did you find this elephant?

Circus is in town!

[rodeo]

karma for all the uncalled knee-dives of Jared Allen.

[bleys]

for real.. I stated there were missed calls. Vikings got a few calls in their favor and a few were missed in their favor.

To say the Saints were putting on cheap shots is where I take issue. And also, my point is that the missed calls on that last drive shouldn't have changed the outcome considering the Vikings had their moments which make up for it...

I am really taking an interest in the cheap shot statements... I think that word is easy to use more so than true..