PackFoo posted:
Armed and dangerous. Armed with a rocket of an arm.
Fedya posted:What would he have said to Janis! on that play?
Stay the **** out of the way?
PackFoo posted:
If I had the skills to edit Bayless's head onto Antoine.
Troy posted:Fedya posted:What would he have said to Janis! on that play?
Stay the **** out of the way?
You--go deep!
Ref who made the correct call had the best seat in the house. Second best was the DB. 
From one of the live versions, there's a guy in white shirt and credentials in the background who's just opposite Cook. You can read what that guy says: "F***!!! How did he do that?!!"
We truly are the luckiest fans in the world! 
Something I don't think was noted earlier, but I loved how on the last play Lane Taylor sprinted out and blocked the LB to give Rodgers enough time to let go of the ball. He could have held it a bit longer, but on the other hand, I'm sure he didn't want to risk a holding penalty either. Unsung guy doing his job. Just as he's done all year.
Fedya posted:What would he have said to Janis! on that play?
Get off the field, you useless POS
Hungry5 posted:It might be that it wasn't a structured call per se, but rather AR mixing and matching routes for individuals?
Correct, it is a practiced and planned for scenario. MM said it was a called sprint out left, that sets the protection, specifically the LG Lane Taylor......and then there are different WR route combinations that work with that protection and QB launch point.
Watching the play I think they talked about Adams taking the CB deep so Cook could get to the sideline underneath him.
Tauscher said during post game that all the sprint out plays and scramble drills have sideline route concepts to them.
Hungry5 posted:Once again, Dallas's playoffs are ended with a Catch.
Didn't the guy behind him have to overrule the guy in front of him? How the F do either of those refs not call that a catch?
Ref facing the camera ruled incomplete. Ref facing Aaron called it correctly. If you watch the replay, The ref that ruled incomplete actually ran up to the other ref (that got it right) and gave him a nice open handed slap on the ass for bailing him out and getting it right.
How a ref, running directly toward the play, got it wrong is unbelievable.
The ref facing the camera could not be in a better position if you walked up and placed him in Cook's hands.
SanDiegoPackFan posted:good observation about Adams maybe not picking up the ball right away...because he really didn't make much of an attempt to go back after it or anything....
....just saw the reply on NFL GameDay. He did lose sight of the ball right at the end as it was coming down. His head is still looking back as the ball is dropping to the ground behind him a bit. He really looks like he doesn't notice it until #38 dives for it.
I can't wait for some one to post an all22 shot of the last pass. It first looked like AR was loading up for a shot toward the EZ and then at the last second spotted Cook and fired. I'm curious how close the deepest WR was to the EZ and what was going on back there, how DAL was playing it, etc.
good point, DH. Maybe he was thinking a deep throw to Adams and either a catch (with a quick TO or PI ??
Hard to tell for sure, but it looks like the ref facing the camera is looking at the ball while the ref facing Rodgers is looking at Cook's feet.
Wonder if either is the same guy who didn't call holding on Dallas when Adams faked two guys out of their jocks and they almost undressed Adams? How you not call holding when a guy's shoulder pad is flapping outside of his jersey is horrible.
Crissy Carter said on a morning show that Cobb was trailing Cook on a deep crossing route. The LB (#31) was caught between. Rodgers looked the LB off to Cobb before firing to Cook. Rodgers actually said in the post game presser he thought about throwing to Cobb. In the replay, he looks like he's gonna throw somewhere to the middle of the field (Cobb), pulls the ball down and then reloads before the strike Cook.
Carter actually did a nice job of breaking the play down. Thought the Packers actually expected a blitz which is why Ripkowski was in the backfield. When it didn't come, it gave Rodgers (and Lane) a chance to dash out to the left. Packers scout looks said on dashes to left or right, Cowboys LB spy would rush Rodgers. Thus, keeping Rip in the backfield and pulling Lane as Rodgers personal protector on the roll out. With a timeout, AR had the whole field to play with. He just need to get a deep enough completion. Which he did. So to quote Skippy:
THAT WAS A CATCH!!!
NFL Network replaying the game, for I swear the 10th time already.
It's a whole lot easier to watch these final 3 minutes knowing the outcome.
I'm watching this again, and I don't see any problem with Dallas clocking it 1st and 10 with 48 to go. You want to save the TO for the FG if you can.
I think anyone bitching about that after the fact is fooling themselves. It was the right call there.
20-20 hindsight.
They were thinking TD.
How did he not fumble that? Jesus Christ. That had strip sack, Dallas kicks GW FG 2 plays later written all over it.
MY GOD.
The game winning drive in the Ice Bowl started on the 32.
Rodgers got the Packers in game winning FG range from there with one throw.
Dallas fans didn't even boo when the catch was confirmed. Just Packer fans cheering.
They were in shock.
So was I. Dang, it's good to be a Packer fan every day, but especially this week!
CAPackFan95 posted:How did he not fumble that? Jesus Christ....
Divine intervention from St. Vince.
DH13 posted:I can't wait for some one to post an all22 shot of the last pass. It first looked like AR was loading up for a shot toward the EZ and then at the last second spotted Cook and fired. I'm curious how close the deepest WR was to the EZ and what was going on back there, how DAL was playing it, etc.
Just saw it. That play really had no other chance but to go to Cook. Everybody deep was bracketed and around the DAL 20. Cobb was coming across just a few yards short of Cook but further from the sideline - throw to him and time probably expires plus the FG is a few yards longer.
That play had a success window of a few yards and probably less than a full second.
Great article on Crosby. I had no idea. What a remarkable game for him despite everything he's dealing with and the pressures of clutch Playoffs kicks.
Found on the internet:
Sayeeshwar Sathyanarayanan · 
The refs missed a hold by the Packers center against the Cowboy defender during Aaron Rodgers' 36 yd pass which sealed the game. That being said Cowboys left too much time after their FG. They shouldn't have spiked it after Jason Witten made a catch in the middle of the field.
Andrew Klescewski
It was barely a hold. And if you're gonna complian about that hold, you have to complain about the 2 (much bigger) holds on Davante Adams, and the (about equivalent) hold on Geronimo Allison, all on 3rd down. Then you had the contact by Joe Thomas on Jason Witten in the end zone that wasn't called, but Dallas ended up scoring on that drive anyway, so it only affected the clock and not the score. The refs were letting them play all over the field. You extend even 1 of those 3 GB drives that ended in punts by calling those holds, the Packers are kneeling on the ball in that situation rather than throwing it. They missed a lot of calls, but at least they were relatively consistent about it.
Fandame posted:Wonder if either is the same guy who didn't call holding on Dallas when Adams faked two guys out of their jocks and they almost undressed Adams? How you not call holding when a guy's shoulder pad is flapping outside of his jersey is horrible.
What cracks me up is hearing Dallas fans complaining about their TE being held. They must think it is ok for DB's to undress Adam's as he went down the field.
Personally, I don't think Lang was holding at all...he was actually attempting to help the rusher stay on his feet so that he has a more fair chance of getting to Rodgers.
The point is....if you time a still photo correctly it can look like lots of things that it isn't.
I don't do the posting picture thing...but if you google "Perfectly Timed Photo" you get some pretty good examples of something looking like something that it is not in that split second.
Great breakdown of the play:
Aaron Rodgers' game-saving throw as seen from inside the huddle
Perhaps the Dallas defense should've covered Jared Cook a little better.
I love the whining about the refs & "non-calls" of the Packer O-Line "holding" & "PI" by the Packer DB's, yet the Cowboys committed ZERO penalties in their eyes.
Just face it....The Cokeboys probably had more talent on the field on Sunday, however, You got beat by the BEST football player on the planet. I'm sorry (NOT!) We have him, you don't. We win, you lose. Deal with it. We've been on the wrong side of those games far too many times. It was our turn to win one.