The WORST Calls and Controversies in NFL Playoff History
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The NFL Playoff format is one of the most high-pressure environments in all of professional sports, with a game that is already determined by inches in some cases now being broadcast to millions in a win-or-go-home scenario. Considering that NFL referees are already not known for their stunning accuracy, this has caused controversy on more than a few occasions to put it lightly. This video lays out some of the most infamous calls in playoff history and the waves they made in affecting the sport for years to come.
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The megatron one was atrocious. He caught it, both feet in obviously. Went to the ground. Which means he is down in the end zone so touchdown. He drops the ball as he stands up and somehow that's ruled incomplete. A total embarrassment by NFL officiating.
tyreek hill's call with his ex is prolly worse
@@CBielski87 lmao he didn’t do anything
@@CBielski87 So, all you heard were the headlines and such right when it happened, and none of the rest of it.
As in, the part where the news station admitted they heavily edited the recording (including cutting out the part where she essentially admitted to having broken the kid's arm...or at least admitting Tyreek had nothing to do with it and admitting to being physical with him herself) because they thought that part wasn't "newsworthy".
Basically, that reporter wanted to make a name for herself as the journalist who brought down another athlete....and you swallowed it.
Not near as atrocious as the dez Bryant play lol..I knew the NFL was a money scam after that
I mean, the call was wrong but I guess I could see what they were thinking
that saints no-call is truly a textbook example of pass interference. it checks all of the boxes.
That call made me absolutely hurl. I was sickened
The second call yes the first one I could have gone either way.
And the ref was right there. A few feet away looking directly at the play. It's mind boggling.
reminds me of a tackle Kam Chancellor made that was flagged by the refs, but then literally used as an example of how the NFL wanted players to tackle later.
As a die-hard saints fan, that is just so freaking painful. I can be super happy and then someone mentions that play and I just become sad. Like really really sad.
As a Seahawks fan, we both do not watch the forbidden game or the forbidden 1-yard interception.
Forget the pick! go way back to the 2005 superbowl that game was highway robbery and is the worst officiated game in nfl history besides the fail mary
Same, as a NO fan I don't watch any playoff games
How bout we go back to the Failmary.
Where the Packers got robbed by the replacement refs.
Same for me with Beast Quake haha. pain.
@@16ktsgamma didn’t affect their season
Super Bowl 40 the NFL's version of Lakers vs Kings game 6 2002
@@fantasyEXX I like how you conveniently forgot to mention EVERY OTHER GAME
@@ZachNarwhal no super bowl XL was a completely different. It was the worst make people stop watching garbage fest ever
You are 1000% right...
Whenever someone talks about the Dez play, I always bring up that the Lions were robbed the week before
Yep. That's why I smiled when that happened. Poetic justice!
TO BE FAIR, the Tuck Rule was an actual rule (albeit a shit one) which was technically called correctly.
The hate boners people have for the Patriots is pretty ridiculous. Like, he could have mentioned the Champ Bailey touchback that was ruled a fumble on the 1 yard line, or the Welker pick play on Talib that wasn't called, or the Talib no-call on Gronkowski in 2015 that were arguably actually bad calls as opposed to the right call for a shitty rule
Exactly! That’s not a shitty call, that’s how the rules worked at the time. It’s not a “technicality” that robbed the Raiders, that’s the rule. You can argue it’s a shitty rule and was rightfully removed, but can’t blame the refs for following it and making the right call.
Agreed, infact it was a great call. Shitty rule but the fact that the refs knew it and called it was a rare case of them actually doing their jobs correctly. Also some Patriots, especially Belichick, knew about it because it was called against the Pats earlier in the year when playing the Jets.
TO BE FAIR if the refs did there job and watched it frame by frame when the ball leaves Bradys hand hes not moving his arm, hes hit with his arm in a bend, not in motion.
Tuck rule literally won the Jets the game the week prior to when everyone remembers it.
It was also the right call - that seems to sometimes get lost in how stupid the rule was
So a random moment in a regular season game is comparable to a win-or-die scenarios in the Divisional Round?
@@justbecause7402 Yes because a rule is a rule and an needs to be enforced no matter the situation.
@@jordankerrigan4387 enough said
@@jordankerrigan4387 Exactly.
I’m convinced the NFL wanted the Rams to make the Super Bowl in 2018 because their franchise just moved to LA and built a massive new stadium so they needed to increase the cash flow
That’s always been my theory, I suspect the nfl wanted an LA team in the super bowl and I hate them for it because it was such a blatant missed call
It's not the NFL fault that Drew Brees threw an interception in overtime
And til this day, there’s no rams fan in LA
The NFL wanted the rams in the Super Bowl, because they were the better matchup for the patriots
Navorro Bowman man :(
never forget seattle fans throwing popcorn and garbage on him as he was carted off the field
@@iGaveLiaHIV - I was watching at a sports bar in Peru and there were SeaCuck fans there who were also cheering his injury. Not all, but some.
After the game, I shook the hands of some of the good fans as I left as we had a good banter, but the ones I saw cheering Bowman's injury, when they wanted a hand shake I told them to their face "Not you. Fuck you. No decent human being cheers for the injury of another simply because they are the opposing team" and went to pay my tab. I will never forget that moment. So disappointed.
Poor guy
I still believe Michael Crabtree play was holding
Good video, except literally everyone outside of Detroit forgets that the wild card game between the lions and the cowboys, the game before the dez catch, the lions got screwed on a picked up pass interference call that likely would have one them that game, so the dez play wouldn't have ever had a chance to happen.
The refs probably figured they were saving Lion's fans feelings and giving them the L 1 week earlier instead of the inevitable one week later.
I like to think of the Dez catch of good old fashioned Karma. That picked up flag was BS
I think the Lions stood a good chance of beating Green Bay that year as well. We had the number two ranked defense in the league and for good reason. As for our offense? Stafford and Megatron, nuff said.
I hate the fact I know I'll be reminded of Superbowl 40 every time I watch a controversial calls video
I can already tell this is going to be a good video
Duh daddy ☺️😩🤰
@@blackbum5664 S u S
It’s a set the edge video there always good
The Seahawks got robbed in SB XL, just like we all got robbed by Robinhood today.
I mean not really but 🤷♂️🤷♂️
@@Wiz_58 it seemed like he saw bad calls for both teams
Seattle definitely got robbed, too many calls that went the steelers way
Hey at least you got your Super Bowl I still haven’t gotten retribution for 2009
Well the Seahawks robbed my lions by batting the ball out the back of the endzone that wasn’t called
The implementation and outcomes of PI replay review highlighted the biggest problems with NFL Officiating: They Don't Want to Change and They Don't Want Help
Like...we all get it. Officials are human, too. They make mistakes like the rest of us, but when handed an opportunity to *fix* such mistakes, they all said "Nah. F*** you for questioning me."
They are not held accountable. So they will continue to do whatever the hell they want to. Until they start getting fined or fired for rigging or missing calls on a consistent basis nothing will ever change.
Oh my god, I love this channel even more after the RLM reference. Genius
Yeah i make that joke all the time
My TH-cam worlds have collided and I’m so happy to see it.
Mike is a big Packers fan apparently too!
I just gotta say, this is currently my favorite channel on TH-cam. The quality and consistency of these videos in all aspects is second to none. Great work.
We have the technology now where we could track the x,y,z position of a player's taint for 4 hours, but for some reason use the technology for highlights, and commercials to demonstrate how awesome those highlights were.
The Seahawks/49ers rivalry during 2011-14 was my favorite.
Broooo he said “Even Ray Charles could’ve made the correct call” I’m wheezingggg 😭😭😭😭
As a 49ers fan, this was something I did not want to remember
LOL at that Ray Charles pic
The Houston Oilers were screwed on a no touchdown call against the Steelers. Unfortunately, there was no instant replay to correct the mistake.
Steelers won fair and square. Also, the Oilers screwed themselves with too many turnovers
@@bloodlust8774 perhaps, but the momentum changed. Maybe the one play made a difference. Maybe not. It’s a shame that they couldn’t correct an o vinous mistake.
@@bloodlust8774 Steelers took advantage of that blown call for sure, but even you as a Steeler fan shouldnt deny that the Oiler WR had the TD/\..you dont have to be that big of a homer to think you're team has never gotten a favorable call
That was the 1978-79 season with Dan Pastorini at QB. I was a Steelers' fan but I felt dirty because of that one. That was the year Bum Phillips said he would kick the ***king door down.
Bruh you should upload 2-3 vid a week. Your contents are awesome and your views are unique ! Props!
how could anyone make 2-3 of these a week lmao the quality is wayyy too high brro
Why do you have to hurt me with that thumbnail 😭
Fun fact about the Tuck Rule is that the infamous 2001 game was only the third time it was ever used, the first two times being against the Patriots (both vs the Jets)
Dang you missed the 2009 NFC championship game?! The overtime rules changed because of that game, also bountygate, and the league apologized for unfair officiating in that game. That game had everything when it came to bad calls and controversy.
Cry harder. And would you provide evidence of the league apologizing for unfair officiating in that game because there was nothing egregious and in fact the refs mostly let both teams just play it out on the field. Minnesota kept shooting themselves in the foot. End of story.
@@ryapowa theres a video on TH-cam called "NFC championship game bullshit calls" that documents a few of them, three in overtime. Even the neutral espn anchors think they were bad calls.
The saints player beat the nfl in court over bounty gate suspended because the nfl couldn’t provide proof to the actual court boundaries gate believe are pussy it way the nfl sucks now because they are no hard hits now
@@gregoryfuller9736 This is true, why else would the Defensive Coordinator (Gregg Williams) supposedly behind "Bountygate" and was suspended "indefinitely" be allowed to coach again in the NFL after just one season?
A yes a man of culture who knows the words of one Mr plinkett.
Da fuck is that
Leave a comment on this webzone if you want me to send you a pizza roll
@@IliketheBears WHAT IS IT WITH RICKS?!?!?
Dude I was so giddy
I clapped when I saw that!
I know Im late to the video but thank you, thank you, thank you for the graphic warning. I hate looking at that stuff so having the heads up was fantastic!
Just remember, "if a team gets a penalty on a drive their chance of scoring goes up by 30%. If two or more are called on a drive, that chance goes up to 70%."
Refs are not only doing a thankless job, but they're also doing it extremely poor.
every year it feels like every divisional game is decided by the refs.
*every conference championship.
Once is a fluke, but when it's every year, we call that *rigging the superbowl matchup*
How about the missed helmet to helmet call in the Browns v Chiefs game or the missed holding calls in the Buccaneers v Green Bay game? Refs should be held accountable for bad calls via fines, public apologies, and subject to termination.
There missed calls on both sides in the GB game
Excellent video. 👍😊
some of the nfl rules are so dumb like you can catch the ball land with two feet in the endzone then lose the ball out of bounds and its not a td🤨🤨
You need to do another one of these for recent play-offs. The NFC Championship game this year had several game changing missed calls. Not "maybe's", but objectively, unbiased missed calls.
There were missed call on both sides the Packers just didn't capitalize when they had their chances how does Aaron Rodgers only score 6 points off turnovers when Brady scored 21 off turnovers
6:54 UURRRRGGGHHH!! THAT CALL STILL ANGERS ME TO THIS DAY!!
I knew my 49ers were robbed in that Seahawks game🤬🤬🤬 When Bowman stripped that ball out and wasn't ruled 49ers ball i was confussed(i was 14yrs old). Also dont get me started on all the holding plays the Chiefs got away with the 49ers in the Superbowl. *NFL IS RIGGED FOR STORYLINES*
Lol sure bro
@@justbecause7402 it is rigged. At this point there’s so much evidence it’s hard to deny. Only thing that can be more concrete is if the league comes out and says it, but the refs had before which is close enough.
The refs aren't the ones that made the 49ers think Jimmy G, George Kittle, and a bunch of no-name wide receivers could keep pace with the Chiefs offense.
Santa Clara had been carried by their running game in the playoffs, was against a bad run defense and decided to not run the ball.
Browns fans: *cries in no call on the blatant illegal use of the helmet*
Yep
the packers and bucs game will be up here soon, as the PI calling was spotty at best and heavily favored brady
No it really won’t. They sold themeselves and thats coming from a packers fan
As a seahawks fan, the super bowl still hurts to this day
Yeah as a Niner fan the NFC West seems to get screwed a lot in the SB. Your hawks in 05, Cards in 07, and my Niners in 12 and 19. League really doesn’t like us....
@@Burgergio how was niners screwed in 2019?
@@trentlee6823 idk did you watch the SB? Chiefs Oline holding all game and not a single call, Cheifs hitting Jimmy G helmet to helmet no call, ticky tacky call on Kittle for push off when Rudolph on the Vikings did the same exact thing a few weeks ago against the Saints but that wasn’t called? Yeah my Niners choked on offense but the defense was screwed by the refs bad.
@@Burgergio did you watch the superbowl? Spelling it "cheifs"
@@trentlee6823 whoops, corrected it, but still my point still stands.
Nick Bosa was Held.
THIS. Sometimes a non call is just as punishing as a bad call.
Yes
Damn you 49er fans are still salty
@@masonblack2861 we’ve had 2 Super Bowls stripped from us for missed calls
@@coachwire8827 I mean you blew a fourth quarter lead in both so... Chokers
Every time is see the no call i remember we called three straight passes in the two minute warning in the red zone
Thats true, really for me I was rooting more for Brees to get another superbowl so he could ride off into the sunset and it was robbed from him, all hes done for the city of New Orleans and football in general thrown to the wayside by... money, trying to make the LA Rams relevant. Maybe its emotional moreso but I think even though the Saints made some bad decisions bottom line should have been called and they couldve won.
And my raiders haven’t recovered since that game
well, if anything they haven't recovered since losing the Superbowl the following year, but I hope they do. My favorite team in the AFC
@@rodneydangerfield7029 not with mahomes and that other 30 tds juggernaut in the AFC west the raiders will never be shit
They should’ve made the playoffs this season😂they were like 6-2 at one point I think
@@BokuGlack 6-3, same as the year before and another collapse.
@@alexrko2740 you guys will make it next year hopefully
i get so happy when you post
I remember being furious at that Seahawks-Steelers Super Bowl and I’m not even a fan of either team.
the funny part about the saints vs rams call is the fact that pass was really bad and could have been picked off if the db turned around
The Steelers/Seahawks game was where I knew the NFL was jobbing teams. That game was a disgrace.
The NFL has always favored the Steelers and classic teams with big markets.
@@cameronpain1422 except the giants
Idk why
@DaFuzzBearYT ah that explains it
@@cameronpain1422, how about the Cowboys?
As a Saints fan it is physically painful to watch that pass interference against the Rams every single time and I don’t think that will ever change.
Lmao love the Red Letter Media reference
Video actually starts at 2:13
What about the holding on 4th and goal super bowl 47?
THIS
FACTS
Nahh
@@Robbiee42 it was more obvious than the packers game that just happened last week
@@Robbiee42 League wanted Lewis to go out with a Ring. League also hates my Niners and loves the Ravens. Ravens broke so many Covid Rules but got away with it and never got any punishment.
STE, I hope you're doing well man. Good luck to your team in the Superbowl.
god i love this channel ty algorithm
Don’t forget in the 2013 nfc championship game, the refs also allowed the Seahawks to call a timeout 58 seconds after the last play. Since the NFL has a 40 second play clock, they should have gotten a delay of game
That Dez catch still gives me stage four big sad. I know people hate the Cowboys but honestly, it's been an unbearable 25 years.
As a Jets fan, 25 years is nothing.
@@twown y'all went to two AFC championship games m'dude.
@@chrisfloyd7316 Actually three AFCC appearances in the past 25 years. But we've missed the playoffs for ten straight years.
Try being a Vikings fan
There's also one from the 1979 AFC Championship. Against the Steelers, Oilers receiver Mike Renfro made a catch in the back of the end-zone, got two feet down, but they ruled it incomplete. They didn't have instant replay, but it was clear and obvious that he got both feet down. The Steelers won the game in O.T and went on to beat the Cowboys in the Super Bowl.
I got the dez bryant catch commercial as soon as you started talking about the play lmao
I love that the NFL is still trying to figure out what a fucking catch is. Let me clarify this for them; it is preferable for an imperfect rule to incorrectly deem some non-catches as catches than for an imperfect rule to take away legit catches. So make the rule err on the side of letting things be a catch.
missed out on "roughing the passer" Patriots vs. Raiders - Sugar Ray Hamilton called on Kenny Stabler
That’s an old school one, nice knowing your NFL history👍
That ray charles joke got me good 😂
There are other games on this kind of list that have hurt many more teams. Take your pick. Also, don't get me started on why changing the standing rules somehow ends up worse. I know Minnesota has a few games on this(bountygate in 2009 being the obvious one), but other teams have more and better things to complain about(New Orleans for example). This doesn't stop and makes the accomplishments of those seasons feel watered down to the point of it's being controlled.
The Tuck Rule was the correct call it was just a dumb rule. There's a HUGE difference there.
Fully agree...when it happened with the Jets - no fucks given...
Where are the 2014 lions??? The lions have gotten hosed so many times (mostly regular season)
2014 and 2016
Regular season playoffs don’t matter we gonna get screwed😂😂😭
And just recently against the Vikings
It does say “in PLAYOFF history” lmao
@@TrillBill as a Vikings fan I can confirm this by far on of the worst reffed games in any sport I have seen
I can't believe it took 11 years to get rid of the Tuck Rule.
brillant video, love stuff like this
I’m still salty about Super Bowl 40
the SB being talked about sounded awfully similar to the Packers Bucs NFC Championship game we just saw
Not in the slightest. That game was called consistently for both teams
One could also mention the end of the 2002 Wild Card game between the Giants and 49ers where the intended target after the botched field goal attempt was actually an eligible receiver, which if called correctly would have given the Giants a chance to win with a chip shot field goal following a pass interference. Of course, the Giants did a lot to lose the game, including breakdowns on both sides of the ball to blow a huge lead and not one, but two bad snaps cost the Giants field goal opportunities.
It's ridiculous how sometimes everyone watching the game, commentators and expert refs in the booth make one call, and then the ref on the field doesn't make that call.
I wouldn’t say there was no justice for the Saints because the Rams went on to lose the Super Bowl.
Yeah but I would of rather lost the super bowl to the pats than watch the train reck that was super bowl 53.
My sister, who knows nothing about football is smarter than refs lol
She knows what a catch is XD
hay at least its more than what the loins coaches know
@@Bloodbeast327 lol XD
As a die hard Saints fan, this years loss made the no call hurt even more because Drew is going to retire with only 1 ring. That was the year he should have atleast played in a second super bowl, but it was literally stolen. Ill never get over that.
lol shout out to the Mr. Plinkett reference
Tuck rule was not a bad call but a bad rule
To be fair, I think that's what he means. It's why the title includes controversies. But yeah the play fit the exact letter of the rule.
I think the biggest problem is people have twisted the narrative over time because A) they hate the Patriots and B) in all the controversy, it's they forget that wasn't the only game that season decided by that rule. Hell, the Jets won two games that year because of it. The first in the game against the Patriots (ironically) when Bledsoe went down, and then again Week 17. But the way people talk about it you'd think it was almost literally the only time it was used.
Dez caught it
Facts
Theres two people in this world. People who think dez caught it, and stupid people.
As a Dallas fan, I had gotten that play out of my head. Thanks for reminding before the video started 😭😭
Congrats brother, we did it!
As a Saints fan post season is so painful
This guy a seahawk fan I felt the shade he threw at the end.
I thought this was a list of calls that were incorrectly made in the playoffs. Like it or not, the Tuck Rule was a rule (and one that fucked the Patriots themselves in the week 2 game that saw Bledsoe get injured) and the call was the correct one according to the rules.
Not liking a rule doesn't make it a bad call.
The "bad call" would be (A) Implementing an unnecessary and stupid rule, and (B) that particular call might have been a bad interpretation of the rule for what it was intended to do, specifically eliminating fumble calls because of errant motion towards the body on attempted passes.
Someone who remembers when the tuck rule went AGAINST the Pats! Nice
@@timothystamm3200 again, not liking a rule doesn't make it a bad call.
I cant imagine how hard it was for Brees to retire. After getting that close so many times to a superbowl only to get screwed over or beaten in a heart breaking fashion. If he didn't atleast have his one ring, I wonder if he'd be in a Big Ben situation playing well past his prime.
Cool video
11:39 greater than Helmet Catch, fite me
Remember the helmet to helmet that defensive players said that it’s a fair call, yeah I got a screenshot that proves it isn’t. Shoutout to the urantingtree
"It's the Lions, you can guess how they called this" Fs in the chat for the Lions bros
@@Kreezil you a packers fan too? Only way to be drunk enough to type like that
You forgot about the 2012 NFC Championship Falcons /49ers
Roddy White was interfering with By Navarow Bowman on 4th down at the end of the game.
Overall, another good video, however I am a bit dissappointed in you this time, Edge. You included the Tuck Rule Game in a "worst calls" video. The tuck rule should never have existed and was completely stupid, but it was a rule at the time. So, it was only a bad call in the sense of sportsmanship and common sense, but the right call in the letter of the rule, unfortunately.
Deserves to be in there if it’s responsible for giving birth to an entire dynasty. Still the correct call though, even if it is the most retarded rule in league history...
@@u121386 so if it was the correct call you can't put it on worst calls list, even though I agree it was a stupid rule...Jets went through it too at the same year and still zero fucks given...
@@u121386 Is it though? I mean, the most retarded rule in football? I am from Europe and have only been following the NFL for a decade (first game I ever saw was Superbowl 48). I only know about the Tuck Rule because it always gets brought up in what feels like every single discussion about Brady/the Patriots dynasty. There must have been some other not so clever rules over the 100 years. Would be a nice idea for a video as well, I guess: The worst rules in NFL History.
@@BruceRKF Don’t get me wrong, there have been some pretty bad rules in the NFL. But what was extremely stupid about this one is that you can literally drop the ball as a passer without any consequence. I don’t know who came up with that rule or how it managed to last for more than a decade...
as a new orleans native, and avid saints fan.. I'm ready to see us in here quite a bit.
Saw this in my notis. I already knew its gonna be a good vid :)
Steelers vs Seahawks was a lot of crazy stuff and I'm a Pittsburgh fan
You can't talk about terrible playoff calls or games without discussing Bountygate. In overtime alone, they blew several calls that basically gave the Saints a trip to the Super Bowl
refs get no love man. That's a really fucking hard job. Finding a great ref is harder than finding a great ball player.
Worst calls video: Me as a lions fan having flashbacks of 100 + bad calls because its the lions lol
As a seahwaks fan in 2nd grade during super bowl 40, I am still salty
Hopefully, you make another one of these with regular season calls.
Zach Miller scored a touchdown in his final play and nobody can tell me otherwise.
People don’t realize that the Patriots was the victim of the tuck rule earlier in that season
Or that the tuck rule was called a large number of times that it was in the rule book
Right and everyone knows that. Doesn't mean they like the rule and didn't like the call in that specific game.
So Pats getting screwed in the regular season is comparable to the Raiders being screwed in the Divisional Round?
@@justbecause7402 no one got screwed, it was the rule. It was the correct call everytime it was made.
It’s probably the dumbest rule in league history, but it was a correct call at the time...
No ody wants to talk about the helmet to helmet in Michay Crabtree in 2012 (Feb 2013) vs the Ravens. 3rd and goal.
Crabtree starts to haul in the pass and is struck head first by the defender, causing him to drop the ball and it is blown incomplete.
4:38 IM DEAD 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
As a raider fan, I actually cry when i hear the word “tuck”
Me too 😑
Same...
As a Steeler fan, the tuck call tops as the one that pissed me off the most. Raiders had that game and were robbed!
before watching i’m hoping the P.I from the lions v cowboys 2014 game. picked up a blatant flag and lions lost.
I know! Sometimes I think I'm crazy because no one seems to remember this
@@alohamonster That’s the lions for ya lmao. wonder what would’ve been if they won that one
@@shmirikk that was the best team they've had since Barry Sanders
@@alohamonster absolutely agree. they had a top 10 defense too. I remember being younger watching that game and I was so disappointed when the refs stole that
As a Cowboy fan I remember that call and it was bad, but we got screwed a week later, sometimes I feel like it was karma coming back on us.
Part 2!
That Niner game still hurts