Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports Packers cornerback Al Harris' illegal contact penalty should not have been a penalty at all, according to the NFL. Mike Pereira, vice president of officiating, exonerated Harris for a penalty that kept alive Chicago's go-ahead drive late in the fourth quarter, saying that Harris was within the 5-yard bump zone when he made contact with receiver DevinHester at the Chicago 45. "We don't want this for illegal contact, period, because it's at 5 yards," Pereira said in the NFL's weekly official review. "That contact, which is pretty easy to recognize in terms of the ball being snapped at the 40, he can make that contact at 5 yards and that's still legal. "Sometimes it's tough for that official to make that call 20 yards downfield, but that's too technical to call." Source: TheRedzone.org
Exactly what I thought when watching the game and I'm a Bears fan, a FAIR Bears fan might I add. Not to be confused with "fair weather fan" LOL I always like to see a good "clean" game no matter who I'm rooting for.
