Post Game Thread- Pats beat the Bills!!!!

[ScottishPatriots]

Defense - horrible for first 20, very good for last 40
Brady/O - horrible for first 20, very good for last 40

Solid win with a sloppy first quarter and change

 

[RayClay]

SIGN THE BEAST. He was a magician today. Amazing game.

Can't say I knew it all along...oh wait, I can. As soon as I saw the 47 carry game for Pitt I knew the magic.

 

[SammyBlueCat]

Tom Brady is eloquently thanking everyone.

 

[fourhour]

Two questions. TB rushes and breaks the LOS, called a sack. Why?
Holding call on NE is a spot foul? Can I get some help please?

 

[PatriotReign]

What does everyone think of the overturned touchdown?

 

[Delicate Genius]

Where was The Hood?

 

[PatriotsNumero1Fan]

Meanwhile, Jimmy GQ is making the Jags look like jags.

Looked good in his first offensive trip.

 

[SammyBlueCat]

Where was The Hood?

Hisssssssss!

 

[RobertWeathers]

I just want to than @ashley1992 and @Ross12 for the wonderful job they did in the GDT. They saw the usual suspects being their usual idiotic selves and thew them out of the club right away.

Great win today and great GDT once the fake fans and trolls were ejected from it.

The trolling was rough early but everything leveled off.

 

[TennisBallHead]

What does everyone think of the overturned touchdown?

I'm the biggest Pats fan there is, but that was not a TD. Correct call.

 

[AtomicDawg]

Merry Christmas!

 

[mosi]

We need Van Noy and Branch back healthy in a big way.

And Hogan too.

Honestly, they played really well without them but and will get better when they return!

 

[JMC00]

I can't believe how this team diagnoses its problems and finds ways to solve them. Great, great, great coaching!

Merry Christmas to one and all.

 

[TinhWoodhead]

Mike Loyko? @NEPD_Loyko 3m3 minutes ago
#Patriots have won at least 12 games for the 8th straight season, a new NFL record. #GOATS

thanks to #12

 

[RobertWeathers]

Defense - horrible for first 20, very good for last 40
Brady/O - horrible for first 20, very good for last 40

Solid win with a sloppy first quarter and change

It was an emotional win vs Pitt. I'm taking that into consideration for their lackluster start

 

[DaBruinz]

Two questions. TB rushes and breaks the LOS, called a sack. Why?
Holding call on NE is a spot foul? Can I get some help please?

I didn't understand them calling it a sack when he clearly gained a yard.

The holding call was on Buffalo and it was by a blocker downfield on a running play vs. it being on a Lineman at the LOS. That's why it was a spot foul..

 

[DaBruinz]

What does everyone think of the overturned touchdown?

Correct call was made. He did not have control when the tip of his left toe came up off the turf.

 

[RayClay]

Meanwhile, Jimmy GQ is making the Jags look like jags.

San Francisco probably has a game day thread.

 

[PatriotsNumero1Fan]

The trolling was rough early but everything leveled off.

Can't say anything negative about this team apparently. This offense needs hogan back. Cooks still seems to be taken out of the game easily when you press him.

 

[SlowGettingUp]

Remarkably non-chippy game - everyone seemed on their best behavior despite (or maybe because of) all the pre-game talk. And not many penalties - made for a nice quick game. Don't know if they weren't calling stuff or there just wasn't much to call.

The disputed touchdown I thought that by the time he finally secured the ball he had a foot out of bounds.

FWIW Football Zebras disagrees with the reversal:

Inexplicable reversal of Bills TD
Bills at Patriots. The Bills have a sure touchdown until it goes through the replay meat grinder. It does not come out the other side as a touchdown. Referee Craig Wrolstad did not elaborate on the specifics of the reversal, just that it was incomplete.

The only plausible explanation was that Bills receiver Kelvin Benjamin was ruled to be still securing the pass initially, continuing past the point when his foot dragged in the end zone. The toe drag is clearly evident, based on the “rooster tail” of turf pebbles that are kicked up.

In all, there was an excellent call made on the field in real time, a call that a cursory glance at replay backs up. Unfortunately, someone in the officiating command center has re-officiated the play and overturned that call, when the furthest replay could have taken the call was “stands.” It is another in a long series of questionable calls in replay that will be subject to scrutiny by the league in the offseason.