I'm still pissed about that flag. Did Gronk taunt? Sure. But the refs let it escalate by sitting on their hands.
First, Jones went low on Gronk. So Gronk had a few words. If you're worried about taunting, throw the flag right here. But no, they let it go. Then Burfict comes over and butts heads with Gronk. Throw a flag here. Nope.
Next play, Burfict goes low on Bennett, nothing. Gronk gets another catch, gets up, has something to say. You could throw the flag again, but no. Then Burfict comes over again. No flag. Finally Gronk walks away and the sideline freaks out (and looks like they come on the field) and only then, finally then, do they throw a flag.
They could have thrown the flag on Gronk right away. They could have thrown several on Burfict. Instead, the refs let the game get away from them. The chippiness would continue into the next series, and again, the refs did nothing while Burfict continued to try and bait Blount. Burfict steps on Blount intentionally. He's a dirty player, and the refs continued to hide the whistles up their asses. Then Blount gets the flag for...getting stepped on? I don't know.
The Bungles have that reputation, as does Burfict. The refs should have been watching for it as the game got out of hand. The late flag does nothing to help the situation, and it almost got out of control due to their poor handling of the situation. If Gronk and Blount are guilty of a flag, Burfict should have been guilty of a dozen.
