Pickgate...

[patfanken]

BTW- and this IS an ESPN thing. They will make it a Patriot issue, all the while 31 other teams run the same plays.

 

[Deus Irae]

People are taking this way too far

1. Announcing teams are explaining the rules of OPI, and it's clear that fans are learning them
   
2. As Belichick made clear yesterday, the Patriots aren't getting flagged for OPIs that weren't OPI

Relax, people.

 

[Geezer Butler]

Turn off ESPN.

Problem solved.

 

[patfanken]

People are taking this way too far

1. Announcing teams are explaining the rules of OPI, and it's clear that fans are learning them
   
2. As Belichick made clear yesterday, the Patriots aren't getting flagged for OPIs that weren't OPI

Relax, people.

I only wish it were true. Bill always says the "right thing" to the press on Monday, but I got to see all of those plays on replay, and anyone can confirm or deny if they have a replay. The first one COULD have been called, but it was pretty weak, and worse had already been let go. The other two were not OPI's in my opinion. In both cases the offensive player had just as much as a right to the space as the defender. The offensive player didn't turn, block, or go out of his way to hit a player like a basketball pick.

That is the way I saw the play unfold those 2 times. There was no reason to throw the flag other than you were looking for it and the defender couldn't get around the receiver running his route....as was his right. Believe me as a fan who hates all the receiver coddling, I welcome every DESERVED OPI call, even when the Pats are guilty. But now it seems like it's one of those "points of emphasis that some officials are going to call regardless of whether there is an infraction or not. It just has to be the "appearance" of a an infraction and only certain teams are getting it called.

If the officials could get their act together and let BB know what they want, and call it the same across the league, we wouldn't see it much again. As it is, I fear we will see it multi-times a game and called differently every game and totally arbitrarily.

 

[Deus Irae]

I only wish it were true. Bill always says the "right thing" to the press on Monday, but I got to see all of those plays on replay, and anyone can confirm or deny if they have a replay. The first one COULD have been called, but it was pretty weak, and worse had already been let go. The other two were not OPI's in my opinion. In both cases the offensive player had just as much as a right to the space as the defender. The offensive player didn't turn, block, or go out of his way to hit a player like a basketball pick.

That is the way I saw the play unfold those 2 times. There was no reason to throw the flag other than you were looking for it and the defender couldn't get around the receiver running his route....as was his right. Believe me as a fan who hates all the receiver coddling, I welcome every DESERVED OPI call, even when the Pats are guilty. But now it seems like it's one of those "points of emphasis that some officials are going to call regardless of whether there is an infraction or not. It just has to be the "appearance" of a an infraction and only certain teams are getting it called.

If the officials could get their act together and let BB know what they want, and call it the same across the league, we wouldn't see it much again. As it is, I fear we will see it multi-times a game and called differently every game and totally arbitrarily.

It is true, and they were OPI.

And go find BB's interview from WEEI yesterday.

Here:

http://media.weei.com/a/109986829/bill-belichick-dion-lewis-versatility-has-impressed-us-all.htm

In the transcript, the question is the following:

Bill and you love rules questions I'm just wondering has there been. A point of emphasis any sort of changed with the the offensive pass interference calls on the rubber routes in the picks and we saw early last year look fell had some issues with it. We've seen it this week and it seems like all games are watching game have they did they tell you it all there was they were looking at that differently this year.

BB's answer comes after that.

 

[Froob]

At least Patriots get flagged for it often, Denver never does and they are blantly blocking before the ball is thrown.

 

[SONS_OF_BELICHICK]

The Cowboys pick too....

 

[The Brandon Five]

At least Patriots get flagged for it often, Denver never does and they are blantly blocking before the ball is thrown.

Yup.