Giants co-owner John Mara doesn’t believe the NFL has been tarnished by the replacement referee fiasco.

“I don’t think so. In a few weeks, this will be forgotten and we’ll be back to criticizing the regular referees,” Mara said and laughed.

It won’t be forgotten if Green Bay misses the playoffs by one game or Seattle makes it by one game.

“You can say that every year aboiut calls that went against a particular team,” Mara said. “They’re not limited to just the replacement refs.

“Listen, it’s a good long-term deal, I’m glad it’s over with and now we can focus on the game.”