NFL admits eff ups in Vikings game

[Dpantherman]

This is the one Childress did not challenge

On the second play of the second quarter, a touchdown pass from Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers to tight end Andrew Quarless should have been ruled an incompletion. Quarless bobbled the ball after he landed out of bounds. (In the field of play, it's OK to bobble the ball when hitting the ground as long as the ball doesn't touch the ground. When landing out of bounds, possession must be maintained without bobbling. And, yes, these rules are indeed simple and clear.)

Though Vikings coach Brad Childress inexplicably failed to throw the challenge flag, the officials should be expected to be in position to see whether or not a pass is complete, especially in the end zone.

This one was challenged:

Later in the quarter, Vikings tight end Visanthe Shiancoe made a diving catch in the end zone, after running back Adrian Peterson bought time for quarterback Brett Favre with a crushing block on a blitzing linebacker. Though the ball hit the ground, the ball never moved. The call on the field was correct.

The Packers challenged, and referee Scott Green took away the touchdown, explaining that Shiancoe had "used the ground to help make the catch."

The league office apparently doesn't understand, either. Per Judd Zulgad of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, coach Brad Childress said on Monday that the league office has informed him the call had been blown.

[Brooklyn Bully]

I saw the ball move on that second one. I'm not even getting into all these rules, as some of them piss me off, but it definitely move skyward as the nose hit the turf. He had a hold of it though, it's not like it was a wild movement. But it did indeed move.