NFL VP of Officiating admits the refs missed a key call in NFC Championship game

[Dpantherman]

Posted by Mike Florio on January 27, 2010 10:41 PM ET (ProFootballTalk)

During the on-air portion of the "Official Review" segment of NFL Network's Total Access, V.P. of officiating Mike Pereira admitted that a flag should have wiped out the third-quarter interception thrown by Vikings quarterback Brett Favre, due to a low hit applied by Saints defensive end Bobby McCray. (MDS has more on the non-call right here.)

It's possible that referee Pete Morelli swallowed the whistle because he had called a roughing the passer penalty only a few plays earlier, extending the drive. But Pereira explained that the driving of Favre into the ground was "poster-child" evidence of a personal foul, despite the fact that FOX's Troy Aikman strongly disagreed with the call. So there should have been no need for a make-up call -- especially since the hit to Favre's lower legs was obvious.

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[Guest DrewBreesIsGod]

pussy post son....keep looking for excuses boy

[jasonluckydog]

[Dpantherman]

pussy post son....keep looking for excuses boy

dude don't start any crap with me. Did i give an opinion on the issue? Its the offseason for the Panthers. I didn't care who won. My team isn't in it, so when i come across interesting football news, im going to post it. If you don't like it I really don't care. but get off my back.

[CatMan72]

...at this point "it is what it is".

Regardless of the penalties, etc the Vikings had a chance to put the Saints away at the end of the game and failed to seal the deal.

12 men in the huddle + a stupid pass by Farve = No superbowl for you!

[Guest DrewBreesIsGod]

It was obvious then and it's obvious now. What, does anyone actually think that the aints won because they're the better team?

no idiot, we won because we scored more points than the opposition; try it sometime

[Guest DrewBreesIsGod]

dude don't start any crap with me. Did i give an opinion on the issue? Its the offseason for the Panthers. I didn't care who won. My team isn't in it, so when i come across interesting football news, im going to post it. If you don't like it I really don't care. but get off my back.

fair enough old man; thought it was a sour grapes type deal...

[Dpantherman]

fair enough old man; thought it was a sour grapes type deal...

well it wasn't. Stuff happens when your team isn't in it. Just news.

[Guest DrewBreesIsGod]

Maybe we could just dig a hole below sea level and move Charlotte there. Then when it inevitably floods we'll act shocked and become the next "feel good" story. That way we can hit opposing qbs low and draw pass interference on balls thrown 15 yards past the wr.

hahahahaha, jealousy morphs into rage and name calling....classic

[Snake]

I really wish ban to smack worked.

[OneBadassCat]

You know I think there were some hard shots on Favre that were kind of controversial. But the Vikings totally buried themselves that game and QBs are totally babied around the league so I'm not going to bitch about this.

[AKPantherFan]

Mike Perera is retiring in a few months, no reason for him to lie.

Just another show of how the refs fail in the biggest games.

[DaveThePanther2008]

Wasn't it obvious that the Vikings weren't going to get an opportunity to win that game. The final drive had what 2 or 3 questionable calls and even under review weren't overturned. The phantom PI fall. Over his head and barely, if any contact. Good thing about AFN I get to watch the game again. What a shame. God forbid that they don't give them the Super Bowl too.

But I am sure the Saints have already been given the green light from the referee assoc. to go after Peyton, flop after missing a pass and run into receivers and get favorable calls.

This only solidifies my grown hatred of the Saints. God rest the souls that lost their lives in Katrina but, how many years do we have to hear about the "Poor Saints" and how they saved a city.

It wasn't some freak of nature. Hurricanes have been hitting cities in the gulf long before Katrina hit. If you can't deal with the catstrophy the LEAVE. I didn't see New Orleans giving N.C. any love in 1996 When 2 hurricanes Bertha and Fran hit Wilimington.

[Jangler]

...and this effects my life.....how?