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"It was a fumble," Pace told The Post. "And again, the referees missed another one. You know what they're going to do? They're going to write us a letter about how they missed another call and what does that do? Nothing.
"I guess it's human error, so what can you do? We got a call that just ain't right. If it wasn't a fumble [Branch] wouldn't have gotten up and tried to run."
Pace then suggested that the Jets were playing against more than the Patriots' prolific offense.
"It's very disheartening, man," Pace said. "Guys were playing their hearts out against a very talented team and when people [the referees] make mistakes it costs you. What can you do, man It's terrible.
"Did that cost us the game? I don't know. Probably not. But there was a lot of questionable stuff that I thought wasn't right."
Asked what else he considered questionable, Pace said, "Some of the so-called pass interference stuff," referring to calls against Donald Strickland and Brodney Pool.
Read more: Jets' Pace seething over refs' reversal - NYPOST.com
"I guess it's human error, so what can you do? We got a call that just ain't right. If it wasn't a fumble [Branch] wouldn't have gotten up and tried to run."
Pace then suggested that the Jets were playing against more than the Patriots' prolific offense.
"It's very disheartening, man," Pace said. "Guys were playing their hearts out against a very talented team and when people [the referees] make mistakes it costs you. What can you do, man It's terrible.
"Did that cost us the game? I don't know. Probably not. But there was a lot of questionable stuff that I thought wasn't right."
Asked what else he considered questionable, Pace said, "Some of the so-called pass interference stuff," referring to calls against Donald Strickland and Brodney Pool.
Read more: Jets' Pace seething over refs' reversal - NYPOST.com