You have to hand it to old Kurt Warner. He did a wonderful job on Saturday to give the Arizona Cardinals a 30-24 victory over the Atlanta Falcons in the first game of the NFL’s Wild Card weekend. The old guy still has some big-time chops.
Warner went 19-for-32 for 271 yards, two touchdowns and one interception and had a passer’s rating of 94.7 to lead the Cardinals to the first upset of the day.
With Larry Fitzgerald having a particularly good afternoon, catching six Warner passes for 101 yards and a 42-yard touchdown, the 9-7 Cards were full marks for their victory.
Can’t say the same about San Diego’s 23-17 win in OT against Indianapolis.
The National Football League should be ashamed of itself. There is very little doubt that Ron Winter’s officiating crew had San Diego to cover. If I ran a Vegas casino, I’d want an investigation. The officiating in overtime looked more suspicious than anything Tim Donaghy ever did in the NBA.
As I watched the replays and saw all the offensive holding on San Diego that was, of course, completely ignored, especially on that overtime drive, all I could think of was “How many of these officials had San Diego to win or San Diego to cover?” Sure glad I had the Chargers on one of my Sport Select tickets. Gentlemen, I appreciate the help.
I especially liked the phantom holding on that incomplete pass for a first down. Nice work. Oh yeah, and the defensive holding while the exact same defensive lineman, the one who was called for holding, was being, well, tackled. Brilliant stuff.
Over the course of the game, San Diego had three penalties for 40 yards while Indy had nine for 74. More importantly, the Colts were assessed three key penalties on that one overtime drive. That’s fix city baby. That’s how you get an 8-8 team to beat a 12-4 team.
In fact, that was just about the phoniest finish to an NFL playoff game I’ve ever seen. But, then again, here in Canada I’ll take the government’s money. Thanks boys. You’re crooked as hell and my wallet likes it.