Thanks for your contribution to the board, antagonistic Vikings fan #452.

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Your membership is only 794.....so over half are Vikings fans?

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In the world. You're actually in a rather select group! Most Vikings fans aren't smart enough to be antagonistic.

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excellent post Wade...my sentiments exactly.

I get what people are saying about protecting the QB, and those were some botched calls, but we're all teetering on the edge of soundling like whinny fans here. If Rodgers hits a wide open jennings on 1st down, and there are no hits to the head that we're complaining about and blaming the outcome of the game on.

*Disclaimer* Rodgers was the reason we even got to OT, so I'm not blaming him, just saying players dictate the outcome.

This was a game where the last team that had the ball was going to win and IMO the refs blew the game. Period. Sure, there were plenty of reasons why we did not get a W yesterday but it's had to swallow when the refs miss a two obvious calls especially when the first one leaves them 2nd and 20 deep in on our own end of the field.

I guess all the talk about protecting players and doing everything they can to assure the safety of the player is just talk. Rodgers is one tough SOB to get hit smack in the face like that and get up and keep playing.

There was absolutely no evidence produced by Arizona that the Packers would not take the ball down and score. We scored, what, five time in a row leading up to the coin flip?

The Packers started out slowly, dug themselves a huge hole, but you have to be proud of the no quit attitude the offense took up in this game.

Either team deserved to win this game but neither team should have lost based on the officials standing there not calling obvious fouls. The hit to Rodgers headgear was no less blatant than the hold on Colledge.

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I just had the feeling while in the game chat, that we scored to soon that the end of the game. I was hoping for about 45 seconds remaining instead of 1:45.

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I agree. I would have liked to see 2 run plays before 2 pass plays to try and win the game. Then you go for a 2 point conversion, and that should leave around 30 seconds, or 1:30 with 1 ARI timeout left.

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And if Rackers nails a very makeable field goal... This is hardly the topic here. What is the topic is that the refs flat out blew two calls against the Packers in overtime that had a very negative effect on the outcome of the game. In fact, that fantastic game is tainted because of of the head official.

In the playoffs, you are suppose to have the best crews, not guys that blow calls like that with unubstructed views. Nothing we can now but vent a little bit. I see no harm at all in that.

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I'm not prepared to make any definitive statement about our chances in that game.

I won't say "don't complain about the calls, it's on our defense!"

I won't say "it's on the blown calls, that's the difference in the game!"

More plays could have been made. That's true. But it's hard to deny the potential impact of a handful of penalties -- particularly the 15-yard variety, and particularly the two plays in overtime.

It doesn't have to be an all-or-nothing issue. It isn't either just the defenses fault or Rodgers for not making the throw in OT or the refs for blowing some calls. We lost based on a confluence of factors. It just seems to me people prefer the narrative to have a singular explanation. Umm... the score was 51-45 -- clearly there were SEVERAL moments that led to that outcome.

Vikings fans who want to pour it on us are free to. I can't remember the last time I regarded one of their thoughts as pertinent or interesting. 😉

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