It’s only week two, but the Game Changing Play of the Week segment is already going off the rails a little bit. Rather than examining the full Xs and Os of a play, we’re honing in on a horrendous call by the officials that cost the Packers a win.
It’s a sad sign of the state of the league when it’s not even all that surprising that the referees are responsible for the single-most important play of the game.
But here we are—the most important play of the game yesterday had to be the referees’ call of roughing the passer on a Clay Matthews hit that forced Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins to throw what should have been a game-sealing interception to cornerback Jaire Alexander.