Vikings fans who were upset about the roughing-the-passer penalty to Captain Munnerlyn at the end of the third quarter on Sunday have someone who agrees with them: Munnerlyn himself.
The Vikings cornerback said Monday that he's still upset about the call, which came after he sacked Brees on 3rd-and-13 with the Saints leading 13-9. Given a first down, the Saints rolled down for a touchdown and won the game 20-9.
Munnerlyn said he watched the play twice on film, and said "You can have a guy wrapped up and he can still throw the ball away or try to find an open guy. It's tough to make that decision … I don't think it was a great call at all.
"They made the call, I gotta live with it. I'm sure I'll be hearing [about a fine] from the league."
Munnerlyn added the call was made because Brees is one of the league's top quarterbacks: "Him and Peyton Manning and Tom Brady they like the face of the NFL, but it happened, they called the flag, and I feel like it changed the game for my team."
Brees thought the hit was made by safety Robert Blanton, and got up and pushed Blanton.
"And on that note, man, they can't allow a quarterback to just get up and get in people's faces without throwing a flag or nothing on them either," said Munnerlyn, "so at least it should have been offset, a penalty on them, too."
"Like I said, I believe that penalty really changed the game."
