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. Unreal!!!
Ya. You know what frustrates me about that thinking is that whole Olsen/McCourty thing is being downplayed. The call happened on 3rd and 7.
So 4th and 7 maybe the Panthers go for it and the Pats make a stop or maybe the Panthers kick the field goal and it's a tie game and Brady drives the Pats down the field and gets them in FG position.
Panthers got the benefit of two calls on the last two drives of the game. How the refs sit there and say that McCourty was holding when the ball was high and overthrown, not to mention the fact that Olsen was the one holding McCourty and then minutes later say the pass to Gronkowski was uncatchable when he was actually closer than the person who intercepted it before he got pushed away.
Pats didn't deserve to win? Such bull.
Teams that don't deserve to win don't drive the ball down the field into the red zone with 59 seconds and have a chance to win the game. Oh and btw Pats were more than likely robbed of having another play because the clock kept running for a few seconds after the Panthers scored.
All turnovers are automatically reviewed.... except that one? That's another thing to add to the list against the officials (including the McCourty hold and the Mankins PF)
The refs wanted to get out of there as soon as possible cause they knew they were screwing us over.
The review wouldn't have changed a thing though. A penalty happening during a play wouldn't get a play overturned during review. The interception would have stood.