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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.But we already had the penalty. Rex interfered before the reception, so we didn't benefit from anything, except, I guess, they could have put the ball back at the previous line of scrimmage. In real time it looked like Amendola could have scored, or at least had a huge gain. We weren't really given any favors.Yeah on second look it was not a guaranteed touchdown, certainly a play Dola can make but, we made have made out better with the penalty.
They can't even keep the lies straight. Steratore says the official blew the whistle "as" Brady released the ball, yet "in their judgement" Amendola had the ball when the whistle was blown. I know Brady has a good arm, but he can't throw instantaneous balls.By the way, Mike Reiss interviewed a referee from last night about it and it's on the team's website:
Referee Gene Steratore Pool Report
They can't even keep the lies straight. Steratore says the official blew the whistle "as" Brady released the ball, yet "in their judgement" Amendola had the ball when the whistle was blown. I know Brady has a good arm, but he can't throw instantaneous balls.
So yeah, they clearly made something up to try to at least partially undo their mistake.
He was in great position to make a play on the ball or make a tackle.
Michael McDermott @mikemcdermott76
Watching the NFL Network replay of the Pats-Bills game. Due to "time constraints," they cut out the inadvertent whistle play. Unbelievable.
Retweeted by Mark Daniels
You could see in Steratores eyes that he knew that they F:ed up big time. He looked panicked directly after the whistle blew.I think it was a makeup call.
As the replay showed, the ball was clearly still in the air so it should have been no play. And I'm sure the refs knew it, too. But they also knew that would have been massively unfair to NE so they basically took one for integrity for a change and knowingly lied about when the whistle blew so that NE could have the catch. That's why the conference was so long.
Or when Eli is in the grasp...