Media Goes Insane Over Final Play

The league came out supporting the final call of Monday night's football game.

Basically, the play was too close to call to get it overruled. Which has been my take since the call was made.

If you watched the news yesterday, it was impossible NOT to see the slow motion replay over and over again from every angle.

The simultaneous catch ruling in ultra slow-motion actually holds some weight. The play isn't over until BOTH players have BOTH feet touch down in the end zone. WHEN that moment occurred, BOTH players had BOTH arms around the ball. The Seattle receiver got his arm in last BUT he did get it in by the time his feet touched the ground. By definition THAT its a simultaneous catch and by LEAGUE rule that catch goes to the passing team.

IF the officials had ruled an interception on the play, the league said they would have supported that as well, because the play was "too close to overrule either way."

They might have been replacement officials, but full-time officials could very well have made the same call.

That's football. And if you haven't noticed that ref calls determine winners in most close games, you simply have not been paying attention over the years.

WHEN the full-timers come back, I'll still be complaining about bad calls just like I've always complained about bad calls.

THIS, however, was not a bad call. It was close enough to go either way. Real sport's fans are smart enough to know the difference once the emotions calm down. Only jerks continue to argue this one all day long KNOWING they are right.

The refs missed the push-off. I'll give them that. But if you want to argue the catch at this point, find something else to use your anger on. (Like how refs ALWAYS miss push-off plays in the end zone...)

Complain about the obvious missed calls, not the ones that aren't so obvious.

If it were me, I'd be complaining about that push-off for the next several years. In fact, I probably will.