Bill B.

Is this the Brady rule coming back to bite us? The first roughing the passer call in the endzone was horrible. The hit was on the thighs and Wilfork started his move while the QB stil had the ball. I thought that when I saw the flag that it was intentional grounding. The second one was also pretty lame. The QB was still trying to break the tackle and when Thomas was bringing him down, he let go before he hit the ground. Those two calls definitely helped the Bills tonight. Was Ben Drieth calling this game?

diggemsmack

the 2nd one i could see why they called it although it was kinda lame but the first one was total crap. refs should be fined.

signbabybrady

Wilforks one really pissed me off....If a QB frantically dumps the ball away it should have to be brutal for it to be roughing.

The second one I thought was terrible on Thomas' part as you know how much they protect the QB and I thought he really threw him down pretty hard but when I got home and saw a replay it didn't look as bad still haven't heard a whistle on the play either so this could have been BS too but this is what the owners want they don't the franchise QB getting hurt.

As a fan all I want is to win and to see some brutal contact everything else is the means to the end. I don't want to see injuries to anybody but if panzy football is the way to reduce injury I dont want that either.

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patchick

What really gets me is that they're not calling the "in the grasp" rule. So the whistle doesn't blow, the defender has to keep wrestling the QB, then if you throw him to the ground a little roughly or finish your tackle a fraction of a second late it's a penalty. The penalty on AD struck me as more of a function of the official being hesitant to blow the whistle than anything else.

Modest

Either we'll be playing flag football next season or they'll wise up and revise the rule for more leniency.

Lord_Reginald_III

led to a BIG shift too...

DaBruinz

Both the Roughing the Passer penalties were garbage. Its pretty bad when Mike Greenberg realizes that the ref got it wrong.

And both penalties gave Buffalo new life.

denverpatsfan

Both calls were terrible. The Krafts need to step up and pay the damn officials like every other team does.

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Koma

The Wilfork call was so bad it was worthy of an "evil" referee blatantly favoring one opponent in pro wrestling.

As far as the Adalius Thomas penalty, didn't we hear last season that the officials were going to call "in the grasp" more to protect quarterbacks? I'm pretty sure a Matt Cassel scramble against Miami was wiped out due to that sort of call. Was that de-emphasized this year or will it depend on the officiating crew?

Tonight, there was a play where a Patriot player had Edwards' lower leg wrapped up. He was definitely not getting away, but the whistle never blew and Edwards was sacked.

Later, A. Thomas has Edwards wrapped up and there is no whistle. He's in the process of tackling him, then whistle blows (at least that's how I remember it), and Thomas gets penalized.

Generally speaking, inconsistency in the officiating during a game aggravates me. If you want to give the QB a second or two to try and escape from a defender or throw a pass, go ahead. But if, during that extra second or two, the QB gets tackled, don't penalize the defense.

SammyBlueCat

I thought the same exact thing...