They are looking at everything from only their side. The refs made terrible calls on both sides. That Hawkins PI Call was terrible and a good case could have been made for offensive PI. The one on hobbs was a close call though. And on that false start on the FG, It doesnt matter if a defensive player jumped, there allowed to do that as long as they arent over the LOS when the ball is snapped. And as Rob just mentioned, there was a play I remember where a Patriot receiver (jackson??) went up for the ball and the defender clearly put his hands in the receivers place. The defender never looked back and no case could have been made for playing the pass. But then again there were some calls that werent called against the Patriots. It wasnt a smart Idea to touch that football while it was waiting to be measured. Also there was one play in which berrian got sandwiched between 2 defenders where I thought PI could have been called. And I also remember a replay they showed of Troy Brown covering a bear WR, and Brown was all over him for the whole route. As for the little skirmish, Im not sure what I would have done with that. Light was guilty but so was Tillman, it basically would have been offsetting penalties anyway. The refs for the most part just let the teams play and didnt call any penalties, it was when they started too that things got screwed up. I have ref'd a couple of kids pop warner games and the coaches really dont care if you're real hard on penalties or your soft. You just have to keep the calls consistent for both teams.
By the way did anybody see the thread on Seau's Arm?
http://boards.chicagobears.com/forums/thread/185491.aspx
I got this quote from it:"And while I'm at it, screw Bruschi, too. If I have to see one more story about him and his stroke-addled brain, I'm gonna puke. "
How can you fault a player because he had a stroke, and had the will to come back from it and keep on playing the game? That is terrible.
And then to show them being completly hipocrytical, the bears have a thread on hurting Brady. Talking about having urlacher take a 15 yrd penalty to end brady's career, while right under that is a thread about the pats being the dirtiest team.