NFL Says SB Properly Officiated!

[LongTimeSkinsFan]

While my tone might imply that I felt Seattle should have won the game with proper officiating that's not the case. My argument here is simply the NFL has the nerve to say the game was properly officiated and I feel that was the furthest thing from the truth. In fact, I'll stick my neck out here and say that I think this has been the WORST year in recent memory for officiating blunders. I totally disagree with the NFL FO that this game was properly officiated. In my perfect NFL world, team A plays team B and the better team wins. In real life, team A plays team B and the team that plays well enough to overcome bad officiating and their opponent wins. Addressing your points:

1. Jackson and Hope were tangling in the end zone. It could have just as easily been illegal contact on Hope as much as it was PI on Jackson.

2. If Roethlisburger didn't break the plane and score, I still would have appreciated the formality of a 4th down play. Call me anal but I like it when a team earns a score rather than just have it handed to them.

3. The holding call killed a Seattle scoring op and the illegal block/tackle on Hasselbeck gives Pitt another 15 yds. I think the ensuing drive featured the flea flicker TD pass, right? If that's true, a case could be made that the gadget play might not be called without the extra 15 yds of field position from the penalty.

Regardless, Pittsburgh still deserved to win that game given the circumstances, simply because Seattle didn't play well enough to (a) capitalize on the Steelers mistakes and (b) overcome any errant calls from the officiating crew.