How on Earth was this not a flag?

[Froob]

Traditionally, if you miss the whistle too bad, and there was a million whistles. Wasn’t a super hard hit but c’mon this was absolutely absurd

 

[jboston19]

That entire series was shameful for Tolbert and his crew.

 

[1960Pats]

Traditionally, if you miss the whistle too bad, and there was a million whistles. Wasn’t a super hard hit but c’mon this was absolutely absurd

My favorite part was watching the tough guy waving on all combatants as he was backing away. Maybe he was hoping his teammates would step in between. What a coward.

 

[NJPatsfan26]

This makes the win so more worth it. Suck it bolts

 

[TomPatriot]

Traditionally, if you miss the whistle too bad, and there was a million whistles. Wasn’t a super hard hit but c’mon this was absolutely absurd

Ridiculous. A Goodell boy no call.

 

[ctpatsfan77]

He better have a letter from the league waiting for him.

 

[sb1]

Judon was "finishing the play" too on that punt... and out comes the flag. Weird. He was also held all game and no call.

Always great to beat the other team and their refs.

 

[nowayback]

Was that the play the Pats had to waste a timeout? How the eff were they supposed to line up ?

 

[RobertWeathers]

Traditionally, if you miss the whistle too bad, and there was a million whistles. Wasn’t a super hard hit but c’mon this was absolutely absurd

This was disgraceful.

TBH on the other play, I was somewhat ok with the hit on Mac as he dove head first on the scramble.

 

[signbabybrady]

Insane no call. He's our future QB I'd appreciate the same protection all franchise QBs are granted.

 

[Sicilian]

Judon was "finishing the play" too on that punt... and out comes the flag. Weird. He was also held all game and no call.

Always great to beat the other team and their refs.

Thankfully on Judon's penalty, because of the offsetting calls, we ended up better because we got a much better return out of Gunner. But I agree, I'm not sure what punt rushers are supposed to do when they dive for the ball and the punter falls into them.

 

[Sicilian]

On the Jones hit, it's ridiculous to just say he was "finishing the play". Not only were there tons of whistles, but everyone else on both teams was standing upright and not moving. It should have been obvious to everyone with half a brain that the play was dead.

 

[jah]

This was disgraceful.

TBH on the other play, I was somewhat ok with the hit on Mac as he dove head first on the scramble.

I kinda saw the missed one as a makeup for the flimsy call you're referring to.

 

[Sicilian]

I kinda saw the missed one as a makeup for the flimsy call you're referring to.

If that's the case, even more shame on the officials. If you need to throw a makeup call (which happens, I'm not naive) you do it on another ticky-tack, could go either way kind of play. That one was blatant and dangerous. Letting that go in the interest of "equality" would be horrid.

 

[upstater1]

Traditionally, if you miss the whistle too bad, and there was a million whistles. Wasn’t a super hard hit but c’mon this was absolutely absurd

I thought it wasnt a hard hit from that angle, but the other angle showed he actually had a free hard hit to the back, and Mac winced when he was hit

 

[Steve102]

It would have been a flag if it was a hit on Tom.

 

[Pats2000]

What I'm confused about is how they called holding on every long run we had, but didn't call any of the holding on the long runs the Chargers had, where there was obvious holding. Because holding happens on every damn play pretty much.

 

[GaryfromTO]

There was some terrible officiating all around the league yesterday.
This non-call. The ticky tack holding call which took away a Patriots TD in the first half
The non call of DPI on the Titans in OT against the Colts
At least 2 of the 4 calls on Dallas during the Vikings last drive
And the worst was the Jets and Cincinnati. Final 2 minute drive by the Jets. On 3rd and 11, Jets running back Ty Johnson lowers his helmet and hits Bengal defender Mike Hilton on his helmet. Instead of it being 4th down, Hilton gets flagged for a helmet to helmet hit and the Jets drive continued.

 

[jah]

If that's the case, even more shame on the officials. If you need to throw a makeup call (which happens, I'm not naive) you do it on another ticky-tack, could go either way kind of play. That one was blatant and dangerous. Letting that go in the interest of "equality" would be horrid.

Yeah, if the goal is to protect the QB, you should actually protect the QB. But from a strategic standpoint, it just balanced out the earlier call.

The refs in general were very, very permissive of funny business yesterday. The Chargers should have been called for delay of game instead of us during that fight because they started it and held us up from running a play. DPI wasn't a factor in either direction even though it should have been arguably in both directions.

 

[jah]

Judon was "finishing the play" too on that punt... and out comes the flag. Weird. He was also held all game and no call.

Always great to beat the other team and their refs.

The punt call was especially stupid because it was entirely momentum caused before the punt happened. What's Judon supposed to do, change how physics works?