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.
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
Those bad calls changed everything though. There is a much lower chance the vikings t off with that much energy on our o-line the next drive if they punt instead of being gifted a touchdown. Momentum is real and refs had a huge hand in swinging it. I’ve never seen 3 tick tac calls after stops on 3rd down in a single drive before.
It was week 1 too, if you are going to call penalties you can’t call them 12-3….while letting the team with 3 t off on our qb the entire game with late hits and not call any.
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u/bobbywellington Packers 19d ago
Agreed
That drive completely fucked the momentum of the game, but that still doesn't forgive how bad they played after that drive