And the way the zebras were spotting the ball tonight was awful, e.g.: on the last play of the 1st qtr, WR Mike Wallace caught a 3rd/7 pass, Chung laid him out while the ball clearly still seemed short of the 1st down (Squealers' 41), but the zebras gave him the 1st down, anyway. And NBC never showed a replay of it, the fargin' bastiches.
I also agree with the OP: the Pats absolutely must stop committing these mostly needless penalties. PayaTon will already receive the lion's share of favorable calls next week as it is, without the Pats giving him any more of them.