the extra point

"no fucking way am i going out there to watch them kick an extra point. coach, i repsect the hell out of you, but i'm not doing it. there's nothing that can convince me to go back out there in front of those people, those cameras, those refs, and the entire football watching world just so they can kick a meaningless point over my head. it's not happening." - that's what i would've said if i was a member of the green bay packers last night when they were looking for 11 guys to put out on the field so they could finish the game with the extra point play.

the extra point itself was meaningless. the clock for the game expired and there was nothing that was gonna change the fact that the packers were robbed, screwed, and gonna lose a game that they should've won. the packers left the field. this shit was over. victims of a crime, it was time to hit the locker room and lick their wounds away from the cameras and away from those fucking replacement refs.

the packers should be given points in classiness. they did end up sending 11 guys out onto the field cuz technically the game can't end till an extra point is kicked. the seahawks already scored the winning touchdown as time expired. all this extra point would do is rub the burn in a little deeper, as coaches, players, and maybe the loudest home crowd in the nfl celebrated what could be the biggest bad call in nfl history.

seahawks gloated in the aftermath. didn't they know the rules? they knew what happened here. why didn't they just take what the refs gave them and run home as fast as they could? nobody wanted to hear about how hard they played or how well they executed or how well deserved this victory was. everyone knew the packers got screwed. it was on live tv.

and minutes later, after the initial pandemonium died down, 11 green bay packers ran out onto the field to stand in a formation and watch the seahawks kick a meaningless extra point through the uprights. they could've refused and protested and never showed up on that field. what would anyone have done? they would've been forced to end the game and give the victory to the seahawks and wrap it up.

i don't know what drove anyone on the packers to do the "right thing." but that was some classy shit. and through all the pandemonium and discussion and media blitzkrieg, i don't think it should be overlooked that after taking one of the worst robberies in all of nfl history, the packers came back out and finished the game cuz that's just what you do. that's fucking class. that's what i'm gonna remember the most.