Armen Da Pats Fan

1) A coach who wastes a timeout by challenging the wrong aspect of a play...(on the fumbled INT, if Schottenheimer was gonna challenge anything, it should have been possession, not down by contact, but either one was a reach!)

2) Wide Recievers who drop passes...

3) An All-Pro linebacker (Merriman) & an All-World Tight End (Gates) who get neutralized by the Pats in the biggest game of their careers...

4) Defensive backs who fumble interceptions...

5) Defensive backs who head-butt opposition players right in front of referees to keep dead drives alive...


And here's what they should be grateful for:

1) Refs who overturn fumbles and keep drives alive that lead to touchdowns...

2) Refs who arbitrarily pick up flags on 15-yard personal fouls (facemask)...

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BruschiOnTap

Hear hear!

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TomBrady'sGoat

the wasted timeout (my friend called that he'd really miss that timeout), the fumble after the int (i immediately said that he should just fall to the ground), and the headbutt are 3 horribly boneheaded plays that lead to them losing. that team should look themselves in the mirror, because if they don't make two of those they almost definitely win and the 3rd (the TO) prevented them from at least tying the game.

oh, and all of those dropped passes should be inexcusable. some of them didn't even require pressure. the guys looked tight. if they catch half of the balls they dropped the game isn't very close.

we might as well add gates going out of bounds with no one within 20 yards of him. thank you mr. pro bowl te.

dhamz

A play no one is talking about:

Game tied, 3rd and 5. Hobbs limps off. The Pats line up on with Scott at one corner on Jackson and Andrews at safety covering Gates.

What do the Chargers do? Go at Asante Samuel who knocks down the pass to Parker.

Chargers punt, Brady to Graham, Brady to Caldwell, FG good, game over.

Pat the Pats Fan

the interception that turned into a fumble. Hey, it was 4th and 7. If the Pats don't make it, the Chargers get the ball. Instead of intercepting, just knock the ball to the turf and you automatically pick up 10-15 yards of field position and you get the ball on downs.

Situational football.....that's all it was, knowing where you are in the game. The Charger Db didn't, he let his emotion of getting a pick take over what was the right call, bat the ball to the ground, incomplete and change of possession.....

Mosi Moose

That's a great point. When I saw #23 on the field, after I stopped myself from throwing up because I had Starks flasbacks, I realized that it was the rookie on Gates. Still don't know why Rivers didn't see that -- but thank God he didn't.

sieglo

+1. Post of the day.

AzPatsFan

"On the Gates going out of bounds with no one near" play, the Chargers' fans ought to be grateful the REFs never threw a flag on the most obvious and most classic case of an illegal pick play on the DB covering Gates.

It could be re-used as an instructional aid to up and coming refereees on what an ilegal pick play is.

The pick was wide open with no one else around to confuse the issue, and so thorough that that he picked DB was sprawled out on the ground!

Yes they ought to be thankful on that play, for no "illegal pick" interference call.

DaBruinz

Mentioned this yesterday as well. Of course, no SD fan wants to admit that their team did something wrong. Whether it be the SD players stupidly running their mouths prior to the game or all the garbage that their team got away with during the game.

mgteich

Absolutely right! They should stop focusing on the immature, classless acts of the opposing team's player after the game.