Yesterday, NFL announced that Clete Blakeman will be the referee for the Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks game. Personally, this surprised me seeing as I thought his crew was mediocre in games watched this season. But then I saw Walt Anderson, who is a corpse more so than a referee, calling Vikings-49ers and it made sense. Blakeman is the ref that is most famous this season for having the crew that called both the ‘hands to the face’ penalties against the Detroit Lions. Green Bay would go on and win that game driving the rest of the NFL world crazy. Because fans are fans, this will create a very dumb storyline.

The storyline will be ‘The NFL wants the Packers to advance! That’s why they sent Blakeman!’ That is the biggest piece of garbage known to man. I’m SICK of opposing fans thinking the Packers get preferential treatment. Shit happens in a game that both sides will likely hate. That’s part of any sport with officials. Blakeman’s name will get dragged through the mud, even though, he will have an all-star crew with him calling this game.

That’s what people like to forget about officials in the playoffs. They do not have their crew with them. This isn’t Clete’s crew. Rather, it is the all-star crew with Blakeman leading them. This is why you do not take much that the referee group did during the regular season. Trust me, the fans bitching about Blakeman in Lambeau will completely forget this point.

But if one play goes the wrong way and towards the Packers’ favor, you know what will be brought up.

Charlie.