I am not a conspiracy theorist but I have to be concerned about the officiating in any game against the Pats. The truth, historically, is in the pudding. I have reviewed every game they have played this year and just like in the past it seems that they get a plethora of GAME CHANGING calls in their favor, the most famous being the "tuck rule" but there was one against the Jets this year that was nearly as bad. The Jets scored a TD but it was called back for offensive pass interference. I have reviewed the play in slow motion many times and the receiver hardly touched the defender at all, The announcers for the game agreed and said the defender deserves an academy award for the quality of his acting. BB teaches this and they practice it intently and for some reason it keeps working. In the same game Gronk got 3 PI's in a row. Pay attention and you will see that every time there is a defender anywhere near one of their receivers they will flail around like they have been totally abused and will be petitioning the ref's from snap one. Because it has been going on so long I began to wonder why the refs aren't wise to it, like crying wolf one too many times. But it keeps on happening year after year. This makes me think that maybe the Pats winning is in the interest of the NFL. They are big market, Brady is the "poster boy" and BB is the "genius". Is unseating them in the interest of the NFL? Is it time? If it is, it wouldn't surprise me for the Panthers to be the team selected to replace them. They are the best story in the NFL right now and no doubt good to counter all the other crap going on (Martin-Incognito, Bowe Arrest, etc.). If the Pats win, there will be discussion for a couple of days but it will be back to usual and the headlines will again be dominated by negative press. If the Panthers win, the NFL will have a legitimate "feel good" story to wrap itself around and it will not die for quite a while. For this reason I think we may have a shot a getting a clean game called by the refs and that may be all we need. That is what I am praying for. It would be a shame for this game to be decided on a questionable call, especially if it favored the Pats, not because I am a Panther fan, but because of the Pats history of such occurrences.
Don't get me wrong. I don't think NFL games are all out fixed, but there is no doubt that outcomes have been influenced in the past in the Pats favor. All I am asking for is a fair shot at beating them, if we get that and we still lose,I am good with that.
These injuries are freaking unreal. 
