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Other - Wendy's boneheaded penalty and BB not wearing a gray hoodie.
PATRIOTSFANINPA and his nattering nabobs of negativity suborning TGIAGH.
I think my blame Dave Thomas thread is the first negitive thread I have started since I called for the burning of all red hoodies back in Feb. Which actually a pretty good streak of positive posting.
An excellent streak, but broken now, the shock of which has me woozy. I can live with being upset over a player's mental error (if that is what you think it was), but to blame the loss of a game on that one play is too far into the dark side. That's too much like the howling horrors branding Wilfork a cheapshot artist because Denver claims he elbowed Cutler in the head - the body of work is too positive and the evidence too small a sample even if you do think the very worst. Play to the whistle means just that; considering it was a noisy environment, I'm not going to fault him for missing the whistle and how many times have you seen a defender catch some love standing around a pile? It so rarely gets flagged you'd think it was a requirement to hit them.I think my blame Dave Thomas thread is the first negitive thread I have started since I called for the burning of all red hoodies back in Feb. Which actually a pretty good streak of positive posting.
An excellent streak, but broken now, the shock of which has me woozy. I can live with being upset over a player's mental error (if that is what you think it was), but to blame the loss of a game on that one play is too far into the dark side. That's too much like the howling horrors branding Wilfork a cheapshot artist because Denver claims he elbowed Cutler in the head - the body of work is too positive and the evidence too small a sample even if you do think the very worst. Play to the whistle means just that; considering it was a noisy environment, I'm not going to fault him for missing the whistle and how many times have you seen a defender catch some love standing around a pile? It so rarely gets flagged you'd think it was a requirement to hit them.
I can't blame ONE ting when a number of things went wrong and could have made a difference..a LOT of ifs...and it is a team loss...ALL the team..players and coaches...but I always think that and try not to just blame one thing..the refs did not help..but they really weren't that big a favtor...But it's as senseless and narrow minded as the Cassel bashing threads you railed against. There were 3-4 earlier mistakes or miscues made that collectively cost us this game. Thomas' penalty was just the last straw and had the others not been made it might not have mattered. Even on that call had we had a challenge flag left to throw on the spot of the ball we could have been at 1st and 15 rather than 4th and 16... Had we had a challenge flag to throw when Clark apparently fumbled... Had we hung onto our last TO and let the Cassel sneak conversion on 4th and 1 from the 7 stand, had Jabar caught a perfect 39 yard TD strike...the Thomas penalty becomes little more than a sour footnote on a victory if it transpires at all.
I love watching Vince's love taps! Randy Moss not fine with refs - BostonHerald.comIt was a love tap, if anything. It wasn't like he lowered a shoulder or hit him when he was down....
Thomas' love-in on Mathis was sweet too.ESPN’s Chris Mortensen reported yesterday that a DVD provided by the Pats likely saved nose tackle Vince Wilfork from being suspended for at least a week due to past illegal hits as well as the alleged elbow to the head of Denver quarterback Jay Cutler two weeks go.
Commissioner Roger Goodell was ready to hand out a game ban, but Wilfork’s wife Bianca, who was at the meeting in New York with her husband, turned over the DVD which had a different camera angle on the play. That led the league to come away with inconclusive evidence of a hit to the head.
But it's as senseless and narrow minded as the Cassel bashing threads you railed against. There were 3-4 earlier mistakes or miscues made that collectively cost us this game. Thomas' penalty was just the last straw and had the others not been made it might not have mattered. Even on that call had we had a challenge flag left to throw on the spot of the ball we could have been at 1st and 15 rather than 4th and 16... Had we had a challenge flag to throw when Clark apparently fumbled... Had we hung onto our last TO and let the Cassel sneak conversion on 4th and 1 from the 7 stand, had Jabar caught a perfect 39 yard TD strike...the Thomas penalty becomes little more than a sour footnote on a victory if it transpires at all.
An excellent streak, but broken now, the shock of which has me woozy. I can live with being upset over a player's mental error (if that is what you think it was), but to blame the loss of a game on that one play is too far into the dark side. That's too much like the howling horrors branding Wilfork a cheapshot artist because Denver claims he elbowed Cutler in the head - the body of work is too positive and the evidence too small a sample even if you do think the very worst. Play to the whistle means just that; considering it was a noisy environment, I'm not going to fault him for missing the whistle and how many times have you seen a defender catch some love standing around a pile? It so rarely gets flagged you'd think it was a requirement to hit them.