"The whiners only remember the calls that went against them. In addition to those above, there was also a missed -- and blatant -- block in the back on the INT return."
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Well said. Thank you. I know how some of these Seattle fans and others feel. Some calls seem very arbitrary. I've seen it for 50+ years. But, Seattle simply was not that good last night. They had "alligator arms" all night long, and their receivers never "created space" for themselves on the sidelines. In short, they lost to a Steeler team that looked flat for about an entire half.
Seattle will be back again if they're good. They certainly play almost no one in the regular season.
5-of-17 on third downs doesn't even begin to approach "good."
IMHO it was a lousy game, which had too many bad calls, but the Steelers won. So, they get the kudos.
It just seems to me the Steelers played much better ball in all the play-off games up to the Superbowl.
Gee, you must have been watching the same game I was watching. Yes, Seahawks QB was not knocked down by contact, he slipped and was touched WHILE HE WAS UP, NOT AFTER HE WAS DOWN! That was a fumble recovery that was denied the Steelers by the officials.
On the fumbled pass by the Seahawks receiver that was ruled not a fumble, IT WAS A FUMBLE! The Steelers would have recovered if the OFFICIALS hadn't blown the whistle to stop the play.
But all the whiners say all the officiating went against the poor, unfortunate Seahawks, who would have won the game without the bad calls. Huh?