Ready for anything: The team even gets coached up on the reffing crew! - New England Patriots Forums

JSn · 10-05-2009, 06:15 AM

Might not be worthy of a thread, dunno. Sue me.

I thought this nugget from Brady on his WEEI appearance was really interesting:

WEEI by Way of Reiss

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The refs were calling it pretty tight yesterday. That crew has been known to call it tight. Coach Belichick told us before the game [that crew] called the most penalties in 2007, they had called the most penalties in 2008, and they were on pace for second this season. So we knew they were calling it tight.

xmarkd400x · 10-05-2009, 07:00 AM

The Patriots are not the first, and I'm sure not the only team to do research on the refs. I forget where I read it, but certain players know that certain refs will just not make certain calls.

I am OK with that as long as it is called consistently for both teams.

***MoLewisrocks*** · 10-05-2009, 07:06 AM

Just more situational football.

***KontradictioN*** · 10-05-2009, 07:07 AM

Just another reason why our coaching is top notch...

5 Rings for Brady!! · 10-05-2009, 07:08 AM

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Originally Posted by JSn

Might not be worthy of a thread, dunno. Sue me.

I thought this nugget from Brady on his WEEI appearance was really interesting:

WEEI by Way of Reiss

Yeah BB has always checked out what the particular crew tends to call and then coached accordingly.