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Gaffney was defiitly held, as was Assante on that bogus hail mary..
With 55 seconds remaining and facing a fourth-and-5 from the Ravens' 13-yard line, Brady threw incomplete for tight end Benjamin Watson, but Baltimore dime cornerback Jamaine Winborne was flagged for holding in the secondary. It was the correct call by the officials, but on the wrong player. Winborne made virtually no contact on the play but, in underneath coverage, Scott had Gaffney in a bear-hug.
So, two holding penalties and everyone is saying bad officiating.
That they sould have let if ride. The problem is, is that what they were doing all night - so in effect they were like an umpire that has been calling border strikes balls all night and then in the ninth calling them strikes. Yes, they are strikes but why now.
This bad officiating is in my opinion an attempt to keep the game close for 3 quarters because if they called it "right" all game then the score would be out of hand by then.
But the backfire is that it now looks disingenuous when the right call is made in order to keep the game "right"
They both were held past the 5 yard limit. (NOT pass interferance like it sounds the Ravens were upset by)