A field goal attempt greatly influenced the outcome of the 6-6 tie of Arizona Cardinals and Seattle Seahawks at University of Phoenix Stadium. It's when Seattle linebacker Bobby Wagner leaped over Cardinals long-snapper Aaron Brewer to stop the 39-yard attempt of Cardinals kicker Chandler Catanzaro in the second quarter with 13:25 left.
According to ESPN, Bruce Arians, the coach of Cardinals, claimed that Wagner touched Brewer as he hurdled him, which would have violated Rule 9, Article 3, Item 2 of the NBL rulebook which protects snappers from defenders who line up within the width of the snapper's shoulder pads.
"He touched him," Arians said. "You saw it. Did you see it? Didn't he touch him? Yeah, he sure did. It sure looked like it to me, but it was not ruled that way, same with the last [field goal attempt in overtime]. He definitely touched him.
"I'm sure I'll talk to the league and we'll get some kind of explanation that is all bulls---, like normal."
Arians was also mad that Seahawks linebacker Bobby Wagner was not penalized for jumping over the line to block a field goal on Sunday. After the game, he said that he was expecting a 'bulls-t' explanation of it from the league.
Almost after the game, Dean Blandino, the NFL's vice president of officiating, tweeted that Wagner's play was legal. He wrote: "In #SEAvsAZ you have to land on the player for it to be a foul. The block was legal."
"There's contact and then theres incidental contact," he told NBC Sports. "He can run up and jump, but he can't land on players. Now if he brushes a player or brushes a teammate with incidental contact, that would be legal."
"So he's gonna run, jump and clear the line, block the kick. You look at the TV copy replay and you can see that there is some contact. His foot is going to brush the back of the snapper, but that is not significant contact. It's incidental. He didn't land on players. So that's what made it legal", he added.
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