It was a bad call. However, Marvin failed to mention the equally bad no-call earlier when Jordy Nelson was mugged at the two yard line on a 55 yard bomb from Aaron Rodgers. He was hit and knocked to the ground before the ball even got near him. Instead of first and goal at the 2, it was third down at their own 45.
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Actually he acknowledged that Leon Hall got away with a pass interference in that situation. I’m not sure if it was the same press conference or a different one

(1) Forcibly hitting the defenseless player’s head or neck area with the helmet, facemask, forearm, or shoulder, regardless of whether the defensive player also uses his arms to tackle the defenseless player by encircling or grasping him; and

(2) Lowering the head and making forcible contact with the top/crown or forehead/”hairline” parts of the helmet against any part of the defenseless player’s body.

Note: The provisions of (2) do not prohibit incidental contact by the mask or helmet in the course of a conventional tackle on an opponent.

Because he’s wrong about that, and it muddies the issue of whether the refs didn’t know that the hit on a defenseless receiver had to involve a blow to the head/neck, or just saw it that way in real time (and those “questionable” calls have been going on since they instituted the rule).

Rule is:

(b) Prohibited contact against a player who is in a defenseless posture is:
(1) Forcibly hitting the defenseless player’s head or neck area with the helmet, facemask, forearm, or shoulder, regardless of whether the defensive player also uses his arms to tackle the defenseless player by encircling or grasping him; and
(2) Lowering the head and making forcible contact with the top/crown or forehead/”hairline” parts of the helmet against any part of the defenseless player’s body.”

After viewing it from a few angles, it was clear that it was shoulder to shoulder and thus a bad call. But if those types of penalties can’t be reviewed, it’s a little unrealistic that refs (replacement or otherwise) would have gotten that call correct. Lets not pretend that the regular refs would have gotten the call correct based on how it looked in real time.

I don’t know who all saw that game, but did it seem like refs where just letting them play, they didnt throw much for flags. During the whole game and this is one they shouldn’t have. Almost as if they were trying to not be noticed.

I don’t care if he is on the competition committee. Maybe he misspoke. But he is wrong about the rule.

The real players drop balls, throw bad passes, miss tackles and blocks from time to time. Maybe they should just use replacement players since it doesn’t matter who’s playing, one team will win and the other will lose.

The only important people are the owners.

That’s the consensus opinion it seems.

Rule 12, Section 2, Article 8 (g) of the NFL Official Playing Rules states that it is unnecessary roughness if the initial force of the contact by a defender’s helmet, forearm, or shoulder is to the head or neck area of a defenseless receiver who is catching or attempting to catch a pass. Rule 12, Section 2, Article 8 (h) of the NFL Official Playing Rules states that if a receiver has completed a catch and has not had time to protect himself, a defensive player is prohibited from launching (springing forward and upward) into him in a way that causes the defensive player’s helmet, facemask, shoulder, or forearm to forcibly strike the receiver’s head or neck area – even if the initial contact of the defender’s helmet, facemask, shoulder, or forearm is lower than the receiver’s neck.

The regulars consistently made the wrong calls on big hits last year as well.

Without a quick and definitive review of all personal fouls of this nature any referee will continue to make the wrong call. They hear a big hit and see a guy crumple to the ground and the crowd react and the flag is coming out (incorrectly).

It is infuriating.