The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have booked their place in the Super Bowl. The Buccaneers defeated the Green Bay Packers in the NFC championship game. And now, the Buccaneers will play their first and only playoff game in their own stadium; the Super Bowl against defending champions Kansas City Chiefs.

However, the NFC championship game was not without its controversies. The Packers had a foul called against them when Kevin King pulled the shirt of Buccaneers’ wide receiver, Tyler Johnson. It was declared a pass interference foul, but many fans have questioned the legitimacy of the foul.

NFL analyst Mike Pereira spoke about the incident from the game. He explained why the foul call was absolutely correct. He pointed out that the pulling on the jersey led Johnson to slow down in his pursuit of the ball. Had that interruption not taken place, Johnson would have been able to receive it without a struggle.

“(It is) completely different because here what you have is a huge stretch of the jersey, and it took a step away from Johnson. So it is absolutely pass interference. And the pass is catchable. Johnson could have got there if he didn’t get pulled back by the jersey pull.” 

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Was it an unfair call in favor of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers?

“A lot of reference made to the fact that it was so late and I understand that but it was also called by an official that was 20 yards away from the play and you’ve got to run up, it’s a spot foul, and try to get that flag to the sport where the foul occurred.” 

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Pereira understands that Packers fans point to several occurrences during the game that were not ruled in their favor. But he believes none were as egregious as the shirt pull from Kevin King on Tyler Johnson. He gave his commiserations to the Packers fans but said that it was a fair ruling.

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“To me, it wasn’t late either, but I understand five penalties in the game that people are going to try to compare with others they let go. But the ones they let go were the hand fighting, the quick jersey grab. Nothing like that big stretch of the jersey. So I say good call, tough for the Packers fans and the Packers to take, but the right call.”

Are the Packers fans right to be upset over the call? It was a fair decision according to the letter of football law. But blown calls at different points in the game make this an even tougher pill to swallow.