ESPN: GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Few quarterbacks, if any, are better at taking advantage of free plays thanAaron Rodgers. He thought he had one in the first quarter of the Green Bay Packers' NFC Championship Game loss on Sunday when he saw Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennettcross the line of scrimmage.
So he took a shot and threw to rookie receiver Davante Adams in the end zone, but cornerbackRichard Sherman picked it off.
Since there was no flag for on offside penalty, so the interception stood.
Two days after the game, Rodgers remained convinced the officials missed the call.
"I think it's pretty evident on the film," Rodgers said Tuesday on his ESPN Milwaukee radio show.
A review of the game film shows Rodgers has a legitimate gripe.
It potentially cost the Packers points because it was a third-and-10 play from the Seahawks' 29-yard line. At worst, an incompletion there would have set up a 47-yard field goal by Mason Crosby, who was 5-for-5 in the game. A penalty would have given the Packers a third-and-5 play from the 24 yard line.
It was one of two interceptions Rodgers threw in the 28-22 overtime loss.
After the game, he explained them both.
"Felt like we might have had an offsides on the first interception," Rodgers said at the time. "Corey [Linsley] snapped it early -- I figured it was a free play -- and Davante was the only route that was going in the end zone. Sherm made a good play. The second one, just miscommunication between Cobb and I."
Two days after the game, Rodgers remained convinced the officials missed the call.
"I think it's pretty evident on the film," Rodgers said Tuesday on his ESPN Milwaukee radio show.
A review of the game film shows Rodgers has a legitimate gripe.
It potentially cost the Packers points because it was a third-and-10 play from the Seahawks' 29-yard line. At worst, an incompletion there would have set up a 47-yard field goal by Mason Crosby, who was 5-for-5 in the game. A penalty would have given the Packers a third-and-5 play from the 24 yard line.
It was one of two interceptions Rodgers threw in the 28-22 overtime loss.
After the game, he explained them both.
"Felt like we might have had an offsides on the first interception," Rodgers said at the time. "Corey [Linsley] snapped it early -- I figured it was a free play -- and Davante was the only route that was going in the end zone. Sherm made a good play. The second one, just miscommunication between Cobb and I."
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! I mean don't get me wrong, the Packers did everything in their power to lose that football game, but this is so clearly why they lost. Instead of an interception here you get at worst, a field goal. That's the game. And who knows, maybe if they had that field goal already they woulda gone for it on 4th and goal from the one yard line one of the two times they were in that situation. This is just another reason why this game should have been 42-0 at the half. The Packers could have flown to Arizona at half time if it weren't for this call in my mind. Aaron Rodgers KNOWS when someone jumps offsides on him 10000 trillion percent of the time. So when he knows someone's offsides, he looks down field or in this case, the end zone and throws it regardless of the coverage just to see if he can get a touchdown on the free play instead of just the five yard penalty. This guy is beyond offsides in this picture and Rodgers wouldn't have made this throw otherwise. Worst case scenario if they get this call is 25-22 Packers win in regulation. Realistic case if they get this call is 84-0. God I can't wait until next year. Every drive might be a touchdown. Gonna be so fired up. Fuck this man.
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