I thought for it's importance, it was a disgracefully officiated game

[MDS]

Someone get some screenshots.

[Cerevant]

One thing I didn't understand.  Westbrook got a 15 yard penalty for a chop block during the play where Garcia fumbled.  the Giants got the ball and then the penalty was tacked onto spot of the turnover. 

since it wasn't a dead ball foul, shouldn't the Giants have either taken the ball or accepted the penalty, thus replaying the down?

It doesn't have to be a dead ball foul, but I would think it would have to be a post-change of possession penalty.  Can you get penalized for a chop block when you are on defense?

[The BIGSTUD]

The Westbrook offensive pass interference was the worst call of them all. Westbrook knocked the player down after Brown caught the ball and after he got into the end zone even. Therefore it becomes a block. Total bogus call. Just awful.

[stalker]

Penalty calls usually are close to even a well officiated game. When you see an unbalance like yesterday, the game is normally poorly officiated.

[Eaglez]

The Westbrook offensive pass interference was the worst call of them all. Westbrook knocked the player down after Brown caught the ball and after he got into the end zone even. Therefore it becomes a block. Total bogus call. Just awful.

It actually becomes nothing. Once a player has possession of the ball in the endzone the play is over at that exact moment.

But, I think the ref saw that Reggie Brown was TOO wide open and he saw Westbrook chuck the CB. Intuitively the ref probably thought something was up, but even if Westbrook didn't chuck the CB Brown would have been wide open regardless. The CB just fell asleep on the play. It was actually great play call because the CB was playing off and trying to anticipate the fade, but Reggie just came underneath. Great play, but the penalty was an unfortunate call.