yukon cornelius
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Not a lot of direct evidence, more just a fan's anecdotal experience
but does it seem the Pats are getting little to no leeway with the officiating?
the Lafell non-call last night was obvious DPI even at game speed; to me the Gronk OPI was silly....that was more a matter of big man/small man physics i thought (might be a little homerish, but you let the obvious DPI go).....to top it off it didn't look like the ball was in the air
gronk gets mauled virtually every pattern he runs; granted he's huge....and there's some of that "little guy trying to cover huge guy" bias...but....
i just seem to find myself every game wondering why we didn't get that call, or looking for a flag on virtually every big play.....because it seems they are there more often then not
much more so than previous years; obviously wanting every call & *****ing about the flags on the Pats is normal fan behavior.....but i consider myself pretty rational, relatively speaking, in this regard
just seem to be noticing it a lot more this year
not thinking major conspiracy theory, or league directive, just more along the lines of unitinentional bias.....we know black jerseied teams get more calls against them......could it be the officials subconsciously calling the Pats tighter because they "cheat"
or is it me as a fan subconsciously believing they are all out to get us lol
thoughts?
but does it seem the Pats are getting little to no leeway with the officiating?
the Lafell non-call last night was obvious DPI even at game speed; to me the Gronk OPI was silly....that was more a matter of big man/small man physics i thought (might be a little homerish, but you let the obvious DPI go).....to top it off it didn't look like the ball was in the air
gronk gets mauled virtually every pattern he runs; granted he's huge....and there's some of that "little guy trying to cover huge guy" bias...but....
i just seem to find myself every game wondering why we didn't get that call, or looking for a flag on virtually every big play.....because it seems they are there more often then not
much more so than previous years; obviously wanting every call & *****ing about the flags on the Pats is normal fan behavior.....but i consider myself pretty rational, relatively speaking, in this regard
just seem to be noticing it a lot more this year
not thinking major conspiracy theory, or league directive, just more along the lines of unitinentional bias.....we know black jerseied teams get more calls against them......could it be the officials subconsciously calling the Pats tighter because they "cheat"
or is it me as a fan subconsciously believing they are all out to get us lol
thoughts?