As if things couldn't get anymore difficult: Jerome Boger will referee game vs Bengals

Can you imagine how lopsided this game would have been without the penalties?? 12 freaking penalties for 114 yards and several stopped drives or negated positive plays...

These penalties are ruining the game..

I saw that smirk too Joker and so did everyone else in my section last and we all went ballistic.

I have never seen a more one sided game called. The idea of a "make up call" never entered Booger's head.

varjao said:

I can't stand Steratore and his speech announcing the flag, it adds 1 hour in the game length

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Steratore easily one of the top three referees. Morelli, Steratore and Carey.

My fav referee is still Walt Coleman

Im not one to complain about every little officiating injustice, its not an easy job and calls are missed, but last night was a mess. That crew needs to be under some form of review.

FourierSeries said:

Believe me, nothing anyone can say will get me down from the high I am currently on. I was wrong, and I absolutely love it.

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Okay, that's better.

I had friends on facebook last night who HATE the Patriots commenting on how bad and lopsided the officiating was.

And we still won. F*** you, Jerome Boger. You're not fit to ref my son's 10U games.

This crew ruined my enjoyment of the game. And I would have felt the same way if the calls were going against the Bengals. They ruined all the flow and momentum of the game. Truly horrid. I'm sure Boger will be rewarded with a SB appearance.

FourierSeries said:

Officiating is the least of our worries. Stop it.

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Last night was a good demonstration of why officiating is a very legitimate concern.

I thought this was one of the worst officiating games of the year. The calls made could have really impacted the game if we didn't dominate. There are 3 that come to mind (not mentioning the other stupid defensive holding calls).

Revis int -Revis for defensive holding. He played that perfectly. It didn't hurt us because we stopped them, but if they convert this is a different game.

Gronk - 15 yard unsportsmanlike penalty after his big reception. This was ridiculous, we were in Bengals territory with momentum and boom we get a penalty for being happy.

Easley - 15 yard penalty for a blind side hit. The play was going, you play to the end and Easley made a clean hit on Gio. This basically kept the drive alive for the Bengals who went on and scored

Seacoast Fan said:

I saw that smirk too Joker and so did everyone else in my section last and we all went ballistic.

I have never seen a more one sided game called. The idea of a "make up call" never entered Booger's head.

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Yah, we were saying that NFW would The Booger overturn the ruling on the field despite the WR juggling the ball below his groin as he went out of bounds. He did not disappoint us with his self-satisfied smirk, "After further review, the ruling on the field stands". The only worse officiating I ever saw was Big Ben's 1st SB where with a QB rating of something like fifteen the Squealers beat the Seahawks because of really bad call after call, but not as many as against the Pats last night.

That was the worst officiated game I have seen since the Seahags/Packers and Patriots/Ravens games with the lingerie league refs

THat has to be the first Game where we are winning big and at the same time pissed and screaming at the television becoz of the weird calls being made in the game. Its as if we were not allowed to enjoy the dominance and it felt weird. Great win,,,,GO PATS

SalemPats said:

Easley - 15 yard penalty for a blind side hit. The play was going, you play to the end and Easley made a clean hit on Gio. This basically kept the drive alive for the Bengals who went on and scored

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The Easley penalty was not for the block, which was clean, but for what he did AFTER the block. They only showed the full replay once but you can plainly see Easley throw an insane haymaker at the guy he blocked. It didn't connect which was fortunate because it would have shattered Easley's hand.

The two Holding calls on Dennard were s joke

I told many of friends after last year's Belichick presser where he basically said the refs got it wrong on the Wes Welker/Aqib Talib hit, that the Patriots would be paying for it this year. I hate to say it, but it's beginning to look like I was right. This is not the first game where some ticky-tack calls were made. They're almost automatic now.

If you want a truly eye-opening experience, watch some tape of the Seahawks defense!

Nunchucks said:

The two Holding calls on Dennard were s joke

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If you're talking jokes, don't forget the call on Revis.

Last night was lingerie league caliber reffing except that it was completely one-sided.

News Flash: You don't fix games in our house.