If I recall correctly, the Packers got the benefit of some calls in the first half.
And of course, the cardinals (lower case, intentional) got a couple big ones at the end.
But I'm convinced that complaining about the officials is a rube's game. If you're a good team, you should be able to overcome a couple bad calls. Either after they are made or, in the case of those two at the end of this game, before they are made.
A good enough team doesn't get taken to overtime this way. A good enough team doesn't depend on the officials getting all the calls right, any more than it depends on every player playing mistake-free football.
A good enough team wins despite occasional mistakes. A good enough team is one made up of human beings, and human beings make mistakes. A good enough team overcomes.
This just isn't a good enough team yet.
I'm not going to crow about being right about this team going one and out, because, quite frankly, the last nine games have shown this team to be a lot better than I thought it was.
They're just not good enough yet. And that, nothing else, is why they lost.
But they're real close. Minnesota fans better hope that Favre takes them to the promised land this year, because they're going to have real problems getting back to the top of the division next year.
IMO, the Packers lost against the Cardinals for one reason and one reason only. They're just not good enough.
Yet.
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
Romans 12:2 (NKJV)