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There was one incomplete pass for the Pat's where it looked like the Bears got to the receiver an instant before the ball did. Also the Bears got away with a blatant hold on Seymour. Otherwise the officials let the players fight it out and Belichick didn't seem to complain at all.
If Hobbs had done what he's coached to do, which is never to let the receiver get behind him unless there's another DB back there then it would have been a different matter. Belichick would have raised a big stink - but he didn't because the receiver had established position and Hobbs all but crashed into him.
someone didn't watch the same game the rest of us did
I think it's time to fire all the officals or at least make them all paid and train more then they are those 2 PI calls and a couple of the non PI's for the Pats was just shady does anyone else
notice that we hardly ever get calls that go in our favor
If Hobbs had done what he's coached to do, which is never to let the receiver get behind him unless there's another DB back there then it would have been a different matter. Belichick would have raised a big stink - but he didn't because the receiver had established position and Hobbs all but crashed into him.
There was that catch by Watson where the ball was clearly moving which some ref's would not have allowed that as a catch. The ref. said the ball didn't hit the ground, but obviously that's not what the rule says - it says you have to have control. Another catch by the Pat's got the same benefit of the doubt.
On the other hand the Bears got away with some very questionable calls on Defense, so of course Pat's fans will spend all week whining about what the Bears got away with.
Overall I would guess Belichick will say the outcome of the game depends almost entirely on how the Pat's play, not how the ref's happen to call it.
One that wasn't called was face guarding penalty on one bears DB's. I forget which DB and WR were involved but they showed it in the replay. The DB has his hand in the WR's face and wasn't looking back toward the ball. Even Aikmen commented on how it should have been called.