2 things lost in this faux controversy

[seven]

Globe piece ticked me off.
There is No Shot that shows the Jet in possession of the ball.

Now bog standard trolling, clikhoring by the NYT Inc.
Anything that gets clicks, get people ticked off.

But why do people from Boston have to go there?
They know where their checks are cashed yeah,

But this is the same group that will argue to their death that no
patriots from this ridiculous run belong in the hall of Fame.
Brown?
Nope
Brewski?
No
Seymour?
Nah
McGinnest?
Nope.

They only won 3 super bowls in 4 years and had a what was it,
23 game winning strweak?

Nope. All system guys.

I conclude that I have come to hate them,
because they hate us.
And never miss an opportunity to show it.

DIAF

Great play by Butler
dude just steps up at these ridiculous moments.

He should be King of Assunholyshets for the week, but instead?
Boston media insists The Jets Wuz Robbed.

DIAF

 

[archstanton543]

But this is the same group that will argue to their death that no
patriots from this ridiculous run belong in the hall of Fame.
Brown?
Nope
Brewski?
No
Seymour?
Nah
McGinnest?
Nope.

Brown? No way
Bruschi (spell the man's name right if you're a fan)? No way.
Seymour? Yes
McGinnest? Borderline guy....may make it in one day. 50/50 shot.

 

[RayClay]

Not a faux controversy Pats got lucky. They still would have won but lucky there

Lucky that they review all touchdowns and the refs know the rule?

 

[RayClay]

I can't see how what happened can even be called a fumble. It moved through the air from 1 hand to the other, never hit the ground. Butler dislodged it but the runner got control of it again, then landed on the pylon. Calling it a fumble makes no sense. If a runner were in the open and at the goal line tossed it from 1 hand to the other it would still be a TD.

Not a fumble?

 

[RayClay]

Brown? No way
Bruschi (spell the man's name right if you're a fan)? No way.
Seymour? Yes
McGinnest? Borderline guy....may make it in one day. 50/50 shot.

I think that Brady guy has a shot.

 

[Nikolai]

I conclude that I have come to hate them,
because they hate us.
And never miss an opportunity to show it.

DIAF

Great play by Butler
dude just steps up at these ridiculous moments.

He should be King of Assunholyshets for the week, but instead?
Boston media insists The Jets Wuz Robbed.

DIAF

Complete unrelated side note, but one of my favorite acronyms is EABODADIAF, "eat a bag of ****s and die in a fire", pronounced EE-Bah-Duh-DEE-af. We have Farsi linguists here with nothing to do, so I asked them what it meant, just as a joke. One of them took about 45 minutes (I tried to stop her), and she said it was a cognate meaning "audio improvement". Even after I told her I made it up, she insisted. Another Farsi linguist did the same.

But yeah, most Boston media could use "audio improvement".

 

[brdmaverick]

This team never gives up on a play. I remember when Butler pushed Kearse out of bounds after the miracle catch.

Hopefully they instill this mentality to Gillmore. I happened to be watching highlights of the Bills/Pats game from 2016 where Hogan caught a deep pass. Gilmore turned to complain to other defenders before Hogan was even over the goalline even though he himself had a 'chance' at a TD-saving tackle. Ok, I'm done hijacking the thread. But yo are right, the Pats have a 'never give up attitude' that is sometimes rewarded.

 

[Gumby]

Brown? No way
Bruschi (spell the man's name right if you're a fan)? No way.
Seymour? Yes
McGinnest? Borderline guy....may make it in one day. 50/50 shot.

He who casts the first stone: McGinest.

[to be fair, OP misspelled two names, you caught only one.]

 

[Tony2046]

Complete unrelated side note, but one of my favorite acronyms is EABODADIAF, "eat a bag of ****s and die in a fire", pronounced EE-Bah-Duh-DEE-af. We have Farsi linguists here with nothing to do, so I asked them what it meant, just as a joke. One of them took about 45 minutes (I tried to stop her), and she said it was a cognate meaning "audio improvement". Even after I told her I made it up, she insisted. Another Farsi linguist did the same.

But yeah, most Boston media could use "audio improvement".

Unrelated but related to your unrelated post.

While in Taiwan I showed a picture of my two German Shepherds to the hotel bartending crew. They asked what their names were. I said, "Shep and Gunny". They jumped back in humorous shock. "GUNNY??" It means "F**k You" in Chinese. Which was ironically a fitting name for him.

 

[scott99]

1) butler didn't give up on the play and punched it out

2) both butler and harmon clearly knew exactly what happened and both knew the rule.....they adamantly called it even while the TD sign was given


to me that says more about this team then anything else

Honestly, I think Butler was trying to tell the ref it was an incompletion. You can see him waving his arms signifying incomplete pass. He wasn’t saying it was a touchback.

 

[BradyFTW!]

There is no controversy over the enactment of the rule.

There is controversy because people FEEL the rule is wrong.

Feels > Reals.

You can see it loud and proud in this very thread, with the same couple einsteins adamantly insisting that the official NFL rule book is wrong because it goes against their feelings, even after they've been corrected multiple times and had the rule recited back to them.

 

[BradyFTW!]

As much as this was the right call and Butler/Harmon had great situational awareness...

If this happened to Gronk there would be weeping and gnashing of teeth about the call...

I'd be pissed off in the same way I was pissed off when the Jets beat us in 2013 on a rule that has never been called before or since, or when we lost to the Jets in 2001 due to the tuck rule. I'd say "that's a really stupid rule that we lost on account of, I hope they change it." Probably even less mad than I was in 2013, because at least this call has been made in the history of the NFL prior to Sunday.

 

[mikey m]

Not a fumble?

"ARTICLE 7. PLAYER POSSESSION.
Item 1. Player in Possession.
A player is in possession when he is inbounds and has a firm grip and control of the ball with his hands or arms.

Item 2. Possession of Loose Ball.
To gain possession of a loose ball that has been caught, intercepted, or recovered, a player must have complete control of the ball and have both feet or any other part of his body, other than his hands, completely on the ground inbounds, and then maintain control of the ball long enough to become a runner.


No controversy, nothing to see here..

 

[Nikolai]

Unrelated but related to your unrelated post.

While in Taiwan I showed a picture of my two German Shepherds to the hotel bartending crew. They asked what their names were. I said, "Shep and Gunny". They jumped back in humorous shock. "GUNNY??" It means "F**k You" in Chinese. Which was ironically a fitting name for him.

I wish I could give that a "Funny" and a "Useful"

 

[fourhour]

My 12 year old "Squirrel" or mutt, is proudly named Tedy Bruschi.

SHE'S a good girl too!

Named before she was born, one of a 6 female and 1 male litter.

 

[1960Pats]

there is zero controversy, though......the correct call was made

the outrage is because the Pats won, nothing else

The best part of all is that someday some of the whiny losers will get together to change the rule and the Pats will be the first team to benefit from the change. That's the Patriot Way.

 

[1960Pats]

This team never gives up on a play. I remember when Butler pushed Kearse out of bounds after the miracle catch.

Harmon gave up on the Kearse catch.

 

[archstanton543]

Hopefully they instill this mentality to Gillmore. I happened to be watching highlights of the Bills/Pats game from 2016 where Hogan caught a deep pass. Gilmore turned to complain to other defenders before Hogan was even over the goalline even though he himself had a 'chance' at a TD-saving tackle. Ok, I'm done hijacking the thread. But yo are right, the Pats have a 'never give up attitude' that is sometimes rewarded.

Everyone loves to drag this play out as evidence of something. This is one play out of, what? Hundreds this guy plays a year. It's not indicative of anything. Now, if you had a bunch of plays where he does this then that would constitute a pattern of behavior. One play where he had a legit gripe with his safety that was supposed to be helping him doesn't mean he's a dog or locker room cancer or whatever.

 

[RayClay]

Hopefully they instill this mentality to Gillmore. I happened to be watching highlights of the Bills/Pats game from 2016 where Hogan caught a deep pass. Gilmore turned to complain to other defenders before Hogan was even over the goalline even though he himself had a 'chance' at a TD-saving tackle. Ok, I'm done hijacking the thread. But yo are right, the Pats have a 'never give up attitude' that is sometimes rewarded.

In your imagination Gilmore flies into the future in that last yard and a half and reverses his and Hogans flat out momentum?

 

[fnordcircle]

Everyone loves to drag this play out as evidence of something. This is one play out of, what? Hundreds this guy plays a year. It's not indicative of anything. Now, if you had a bunch of plays where he does this then that would constitute a pattern of behavior. One play where he had a legit gripe with his safety that was supposed to be helping him doesn't mean he's a dog or locker room cancer or whatever.

Not to mention players on our own team have done the exact same thing. If you think there's a problem that needs to be addressed what should you do - wait until Monday and raise your hand but not use any identifiers so as to not hurt feelings?