SEATTLE — If someone can smile and cringe simultaneously, that's what Ben McAdoo did when the Giants' first-year offensive coordinator was reminded Sunday's game will be his first time back for a game in Seattle since …
"Mayhem,'' McAdoo recalled.
The last time McAdoo was in CenturyLink Field was Sept. 24, 2012, when, as the quarterbacks coach, his Packers lost to the Seahawks 14-12 in what will forever be referred to as the Fail Mary game. With the NFL referees' lockout ongoing and replacement officials working the game, the Packers led 12-7 when Russell Wilson, from the Green Bay 24-yard line, rolled to his left and, with eight seconds remaining, lobbed a desperation pass into the end zone, where five defensive backs and two Packers receivers were all jammed together.
Safety M.D. Jennings and receiver Golden Tate leaped for the ball, both got their hands firmly on it and both crashed down in the end zone as time expired. Lance Easley, the replacement side judge, immediately signaled touchdown, ruling the two players had dual possession. Derrick Rhone-Dunn, the replacement back judge, waved his arms over his head, signaling to stop the clock. The call went to replay and the touchdown was upheld, setting of a wild celebration by the Seahawks and dazed and confused anger by the Packers.
The NFL later defended the touchdown call, but said Tate should have been called for offensive pass interference for blatantly shoving cornerback Sam Shields to the ground.
"You know what I remember about that game, the Packers organization did such a great job keeping composure, 'cause there was some very fiery personalities and some things at the end of the game.'' McAdoo told The Post. "You learned a lot going through that," McAdoo told The Post. "It tests you.''
Up in the press box, as Wilson's pass floated in the air, McAdoo took off his headset to begin heading down to enter what he figured would be a happy Packers locker room.
"Boy, words can't describe what you're going through at that point in time, but we were shocked,'' he said. "We thought at some point they were going to go back and wipe it off and say 'No, Packers win the game.' But it didn't quite happen that way.We felt like we certainly didn't want to leave it in the hands of the officials and that's how we got by it. It fueled us for a little while and we ended up playing well after that. Boy, but that was a challenge.''
McAdoo said he recalled the name of the replacement official who made the call but "I'm not gonna say his name, though.'' Two days later, the NFL reached a settlement with the real officials.
Through it all, McAdoo said he kept reasonably calm.
"I was composed,'' he said. "Do I look like a guy on the sideline who is not composed?''
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