The NFL now says it was the Packers, not the 49ers, who benefitted from the officials’ mistake on the play, because Staley shouldn’t have been flagged in the first place. The league office reviewed the play and determined that while Matthews was rightly called for a late hit on 49ers quarterbackColin Kaepernick, the official who threw the flag on Staley for getting in Matthews’ face after running over to protect Kaepernick should not have done so.
Wait, so protecting your team's future and getting punched in the face to do so is *not* a punishable offense? NO WAY. Once again, ignorant Packers fans choose to cling to some ridiculous notion that the refs have it in for them when in actuality THEY WERE HELPED AFTER THEIR GUY CHEAP-SHOTTED SOMEBODY. None of this even matters, but it's nice that this "controversy" is put to bed so quickly and easily. GD I'm glad that was a win yesterday.
