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No.... so I'm assuming that the Denver player wasn't blocked into Allen.
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.No.... so I'm assuming that the Denver player wasn't blocked into Allen.
....this in itself is a complete joke.Well, we now have 9 OPI's versus a league average of 2.22. (Washington is next with 5).
How the %#*^ does Ebner emerge from the pile with the ball and they still rule Denver ball?
Like I said in the game chat, just wait until we're @Jets with serious playoff seeding implications on the line.
Denver has the tie breaker now, so if the Pats drop another game we'll be going back thru Denver for a SB run. If Gronk is done for the year we won't need to worry about playing denver in the afccg because we won't make it past the steelers or Bengals. Hell even the Colts would scare me with all these injuries
This wasn't just a couple of bad calls where you feel like you got screwed. There were several aggregious game changing errors by the refs. I hate complaining about the refs, but damn.
The pass interference on Gronk. Clean play. Game changing penalty.
The negated 50 yard pass completion called back. 60 yard swing. That was not a hold by Jackson. It was clean.
The defensive pass interference on Chung. If anything it should have been offensive PI. Chung played it cleanly. It should have been 3rd and long from the 14.
The hands to the face on the Denver TD pass, not called.
How about Brady getting tackled by his head? Blatant penalty.
Not a game changer, but how do you miss an obvious running into the kicker?
The Broncos O line was constantly holding. I don't blame them since the refs weren't calling it.
This wasn't just bad officiating, it was cheating on national televsion. The Patriots are too classy of an organization to make a fuss about this, but I sure hope the media turns this into an issue. The NFL needs to be called out and be held accountable. This can't happen again.
Can I just add the blatant hold on the Broncos punt team when they punted from inside their 2 yard line? Would've been a safety and possession of the ball. This game started feeling a lot like the Giants game at around the 3rd quarter, where seemingly every huge or key play the Patriots made was negated by some phantom penalty.This wasn't just a couple of bad calls where you feel like you got screwed. There were several aggregious game changing errors by the refs. I hate complaining about the refs, but damn.
The pass interference on Gronk. Clean play. Game changing penalty.
The negated 50 yard pass completion called back. 60 yard swing. That was not a hold by Jackson. It was clean.
The defensive pass interference on Chung. If anything it should have been offensive PI. Chung played it cleanly. It should have been 3rd and long from the 14.
The hands to the face on the Denver TD pass, not called.
How about Brady getting tackled by his head? Blatant penalty.
Not a game changer, but how do you miss an obvious running into the kicker?
The Broncos O line was constantly holding. I don't blame them since the refs weren't calling it.
This wasn't just bad officiating, it was cheating on national televsion. The Patriots are too classy of an organization to make a fuss about this, but I sure hope the media turns this into an issue. The NFL needs to be called out and be held accountable. This can't happen again.
Sanders isn't on the Patriots.Can someone explain to me why gronk gets called for OPI for "pushing off" yet when emanuel sanders does it, Chung gets called for a hold?
So don't watch. If I have to convince myself that something isn't shady, it's not worthwhile for me to tune in anymore. Hence turning the game off two weeks in a row.Especially after that "inadvertant whistle" from last week, I actually now truly believe there is legit funny business going on. Not just on a level of being *****y, and being pissed as a fan. And I'm about as anti tin foil hat as they come.
Its probably more likely the refs are doing it in the hopes of getting special treatment in the future by the league office, as opposed to an outright payoff, but who really knows.
I wish I had tons of free time & NFL rewind, I would go back and do a cut up of all the BS calls. Its a joke at this point, after our run is over I'm done with the NFL.
I think you're seeing what you want to see.
I'm not sure what the ref could see in real time, but in the replay, it was obvious that the Bronco had possession and was down. I thought it was a great call.In fairness to the poster, the ex-head of refs tweeted that all refs go by one rule. Unless you absolutely know the ball has been recovered by one guy, you hold your whistle and give it to the guy who emerges with the ball.
According to him, it was a bad call because he never saw the Bronco recover it unattached.
So don't watch. If I have to convince myself that something isn't shady, it's not worthwhile for me to tune in anymore. Hence turning the game off two weeks in a row.
I disagree, yes he clearly fell on it and it was in his bread basket but the pile came before you saw two hands on the ball clear possession. After that it was a scrum that Ebner came up with. It is a funky shaped ball and all kinds of crazy things happen on a weekly basis it COULD have squirted out. 9/10 in that situation it is given to the guy who emerges with it. Hardly the worst call of the game but still one that makes my blood boilI'm not sure what the ref could see in real time, but in the replay, it was obvious that the Bronco had possession and was down. I thought it was a great call.
Because sanders is not 4 inches and 40 lbs bigger then the guy covering him. It was a totally horseshit call and you could tell how egregious it was by Brady's reactionCan someone explain to me why gronk gets called for OPI for "pushing off" yet when emanuel sanders does it, Chung gets called for a hold?
I'm not sure what the ref could see in real time, but in the replay, it was obvious that the Bronco had possession and was down. I thought it was a great call.