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***Joker*** · 10-04-2009, 04:53 PM

I'm amazed at some of these posts

we got some good calls? GREAT!!!! Wish we had five or ten more. You take EVERYTHING you can get in a football game.

upstater1 · 10-04-2009, 04:54 PM

What's this talk of Ray Lewis? Where are you getting that info?

NovaScotiaPatsFan · 10-04-2009, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Baltimorefan06

The two roughing the passers were pretty ridiculous in my mind.

The first was just a bit ticky-tacky, but the PF on Suggs was absurd. The referees were basically judging Terrell's intent as he never actually touched the quarterback, and, without trying to sound bitter, if it hadn't been Tom Brady, the superstar quarterback who had previously suffered a knee injury, I'm not sure the flag would have been thrown.

I think you'd feel differently if your QB was Tom Brady or Carson Palmer or any other QB who lost their whole season because of this hole in the rules. And for the record I wanted the rule before Brady got hurt.

Baltimorefan06 · 10-04-2009, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by upstater1

They called the same pushoff on Moss that they called on Mason!!

I'm pretty sure Moss straight up decked the CB.

***Patriot_in_NY*** · 10-04-2009, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Baltimorefan06

The two roughing the passers were pretty ridiculous in my mind.

The first was just a bit ticky-tacky, but the PF on Suggs was absurd. The referees were basically judging Terrell's intent as he never actually touched the quarterback, and, without trying to sound bitter, if it hadn't been Tom Brady, the superstar quarterback who had previously suffered a knee injury, I'm not sure the flag would have been thrown.

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Originally Posted by Baltimorefan06

Again, I'm not saying that the calls decided the game as we had the opportunity to win with less than 30 seconds remaining, but I just couldn't believe some of the calls.

The referees clearly couldn't keep up with the speed of the game, and although bad calls went both ways, they undboutedly flagged the Ravens more.

Come on Dude;

Do your team a little better. Those calls come and go every week. Don't diminish by "going there". Bottom line. I think two of the better teams in the league went at it hard and it came down to the last seconds. No shame, but don't bother with the "we got robbed" crap. It's part of the game.

Good game, and I HOPE we don't meet in the postseason. Baltimore scares many Pats fans as much as the Pats should scare you all.

We both played a hell of a game, and that's all there is to it.

TommyBrady12 · 10-04-2009, 05:10 PM

you ravens fans need to get over it. you whined about 07' when the pats got "lucky" and won and you are now whining again. the ravens played really well today, but they are not the team everyone thought. they are just another top team in the AFC, which could be won by any of the elite teams including the pats and ravens in the end.

eagle eye · 10-04-2009, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by TommyBrady12

you ravens fans need to get over it. you whined about 07' when the pats got "lucky" and won and you are now whining again. the ravens played really well today, but they are not the team everyone thought. they are just another top team in the AFC, which could be won by any of the elite teams including the pats and ravens in the end.

This is just ridiculous stuff. This guy has been all here all week and has made some excellent contributions to the pre-game thread. He has shown respect to us all week and its understandable that he would be a little bit gutted after the game.

And as an honest Patriot fan, we did ride our luck a little today. We got two crucial penalties to keep drives alive, and Bodden being right behind Faulk to recover the fumble. I still think we were deserving winners on the day but it was very, very close.

PatriotsInGA · 10-04-2009, 06:44 PM

I don't see why Ravens fans are b*tching and moaning so much. We'll probably see them again in the Divisional or Championship game.

tombonneau · 10-04-2009, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Baltimorefan06

Right, I called the first roughing the passer "ticky-tacky" because although it was the "correct" call, it was pretty much incidental contact with the player lunging at Brady as he was throwing.

The second personal foul on Suggs, however, shouldn't have been called because he never actually touched Brady, period.

Mason was called for a ridiculous pushoff, and Carr was called for holding on Welker, and neither of those calls were really even close to being correct.

My opinion on the officiating isn't going to mean much on this board as I clearly bring in a bias, but I'm honestly be as objective as possible when I say that this was a horribly officiated game.

Flacco's called personal foul was the most blatant of the three, but I agree, his hit was also iffy as the fingers barely grazed his face.

Let's just agree that all the QB calls were ticky-tack, but I think as fans of teams with elite QBs, we are both better off for the league officiating this way.

H8R · 10-04-2009, 07:07 PM

My take is that if a team puts its self in position to "lose" a game from penalties , they played it too close and the little things count! It's all about putting a solid and successful product on the field. I'm sure both teams were subject to sloppy officiating, but the human error factor in the game can't be controlled. The only call in which I was scratching my head about was the spot on the Fake FG. That looked VERY generous. Ohh well though. This lose will make the team more hungry and basically, piss them off and set a fire in the belly.

"Character overcomes adversity, because you've got hearts this big. Was it perfect? 'No.' Was it pretty? 'No.' No, but it was us!" -John Harbaugh