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| Final Call of the Game Notice the signals from the Refs |
David Maraniss’ article “Winnings Not the Only Thing”, he talks about a football game involving the Packers and Seahawks
and more importantly, the final call of the game. In the last second Russell
Wilson, the Seahawks QB, threw the ball into the end zone where it was caught
by multiple players including a packer. The refs were placed in a tough
situation at that point. One of the refs was signaling for an interception by
the packers while the other ref along with the Seahawks head coach, were
signaling for a touchdown. This was the turning point for many Green Bay fans,
as well as David Maraniss.
David stated that he
wondered if the packers would've acted the same if the roles were switched. I agree with
David that Winning isn't everything however, in a situation like this, winning
is important. With the packers being Super bowl champs only 2 years ago, they still
have a status to withhold for their fans. Almost every game this year
has resulted in a close finish. This game however, was particularly close. Even
though David was rather biased in the article, I agree with him in the fact
that the Packers would not act this way if the roles were switched.
Maraniss puts down Russell
Wilson in the article. I dated a boy who plays for the Wisconsin Badgers and I
had the opportunity to meet Russell Wilson multiple times last year. Wilson is
a very nice man, and in my opinion wouldn't do anything unfair. Maraniss said
he called it a “tough call” in his post-game interview and I believe Wilson was
right on that. Maraniss has no right to justify whether or not Wilson was being
just because Aaron Rogers would have said the same thing. What do you think the Packers would have done if the position was switched?
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