Scab refs and the playoffs

[taterguy]

We hear a lot about Russell Wilson, but somehow his bogus TD against the Packers in September is never mentioned.

No way the Seahawks make the playoffs if not for that blown call.

Two questions:

1) Who's in the playoffs if Seattle doesn't get in?

2) Is the media silence on this topic part of their way of serving the oligarchy?

[JonLP24]

1. If everything else stayed the same

They would be seeded the same since the own the tiebreaker over the Vikes & Chicago. The biggest difference is Minnesota would have had to travel to San Francisco instead of Green Bay for the opening round.

[taterguy]

2. It wouldn't have stayed the same

Carroll didn't know what he had until that play.

They'd be wallowing in mediocrity.

[JonLP24]

3. It's easy to assert in scenarios that can never happen

Carroll knew he had a terrific D which sacked Rodgers 8 times in the first half, and was dominating offenses. If you're referring to Wilson, Carroll went with him by the 3rd game of pre-season. Stuck w/ him even though he threw 3 picks against the Rams.

[taterguy]

5. I was referring to Wilson

Before that game, Carroll's plan was to run, run, run; and just hope Wilson didn't fuck up.

[JonLP24]

6. Against Arizona

He threw what would have been a game winning pass if the receiver didn't drop it, in a game where he had 34 pass attempts. Though Seattle benefited from a free timeout on that drive. I don't know what it is about the Green Bay game that changed anything since he fucked up a lot in the following game. If anything changed, it was the Panthers game where only had 6 incompletions and 8.8 YPA but his pass attempts appear to have stayed at the same rate, only going over 30 attempts a couple times.

[taterguy]

9. Go ahed, spoil my rant with facts

[bluedigger]

4. Don't forget the Raven's phantom field goal against the Patriots.

Would have given the Pats the #1 seed, and changed the rest of the match-ups, too.

[JonLP24]

7. Here is the FG (for those not familiar w/ it)

Personally, I think it was inside, it went outside the goal post after the ball crossed it IMO.

[bluedigger]

8. It was close enough not to make an issue of, but not to forget.

Thanks for posting the video.

[chollybocker]

11. Heh.

One inch to the right, and it might be

BAL @ NE (game of inches)

instead of

HOU @ NE (recent blowout)

This might have been a very "good call" for the Pats.

[chollybocker]

10. Heh.

If the Packers beat the Niners, and the Seahawks beat the Falcons, then it's a SEA/GB re-match, @ GB this time, with real refs.