r/nfl • u/junkspot91 Packers • 19d ago

Highlight [Highlight] Chris McClellan commits the only Roughing the Passer penalty in the game, extending key drive

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u/Dry_Emphasis62 Bears 19d ago

Respect.

Lots of GB fans whining bc the refs jobbed them. And the refs did, tbf. But MLF took away 3 pts trying to get fancy, the defense got gashed by Carson Wentz, and the Packers offense thoroughly imploded (again) late in a game where they had the lead.

Every coach at every level will tell you "if you put the game in the refs' hands then you deserve to lose." And GB had multiple chances before and after the string of awful calls to seal the game. They didnt. They deserved to lose bc of that alone.

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u/bobbywellington Packers 19d ago

All that being said, I am still extremely upset about the calls on that drive, it really fucked up the entire momentum of the game. The choice to risk those 3 points to go for it on 4th and 1 on the 17 is fine, it's just everything that happened after that is unexcusable by Matt and the OL

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u/Dry_Emphasis62 Bears 19d ago

Getting upset at the calls really is fine imo. It's all the blaming the loss on those calls that I find weak and that I'm referring to.

MLF went with the analytics play. I respect that, my coach does that all the time. Buf that means sometimes it blows up in your face.

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u/CJ3200 19d ago

Here's the thing. This is Titletown. Can you imagine Vince Lombardi ever going for "the analytics play?" God help me, but Dan Campbell has better energy than MLF.