[nickcarraway]

Why is it shocking? Gooodell has always been the Patriots 12th man. In the last four or five weeks, he's put his finger on the scale to blatant degree.

[the OlLine Rebel]

Uh oh. Get the popcorn.

[Paulie]

I didn’t see the game, but winning by that large of a margin can hardly be blamed on the referees.

[FreeAtlanta]

After the way the refs handed the national title to Bama on Monday night, I question all officiating. What a mess.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Steelers just scored before the half.
JAX 28 PIT 14

[ClearCase_guy]

The NFL is a lot like Olympic Figure Skating in terms of questionable judging and trashy participants. The main difference is that Figure Skating has more clubbing of knee caps.

[Vermont Lt]

Goodwill might like the Krafts, but the is no love loss between many of the players and coaches with Goodell.

In New England, Roger Goddell is more despised than Kim Jun Un.

[fhayek]

As a Bills fan, the Patriots have been getting the sweet side of ref calls since Brady’s been there.

[BenLurkin]

Die NFL, die.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

I watched the whole game and didn't see any egregiously bad calls.

Near the end a couple of non-catches by the Titans were declared catches so they could save face with a last minute touchdown.

So if anything it went both ways.

By and large the playoffs this year have been a big disappointment. Very little scoring. Lots of field goals.

I was just glad to see a team actually put together a series of plays that ended in a touchdown. A relatively unique experience this post-season.

[for-q-clinton]

Just like the NCAA committee bailing out the SEC two years in a row by screwing over the best team in the Big10.

[jerod]

New York sports journalist... The only sports writers on earth who can’t recognize that getting your team to the AFC Championship game 7 years in a row has absolutely nothing to do with refs or luck.

The Patriots are freaking awesome. PERIOD!

Oh... And by the way. Belichick isn’t going to New York and neither is Josh McDaniels.

[Two Kids' Dad]

I believe the number was 8.

It was 8 times that the Patriots’ defense sacked Mariota during the game. A couple of questionable calls don’t account for that level of imbalance. there may have been a few instances of refereeing favoritism but it definitely wasn’t a bail-out.

[dfwgator]

In 35-14 game? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

The butthurt is strong with this one.

Go Brady! F Goodell!

[Wilderness Conservative]

I’ll wait for Claude Rains to render judgment here.

[discostu]

What kind of crack is this moron smoking? The Pats put up 35 points and roundly kicked the crap out of the Titans in every phase of the game. Anybody who thinks the refs had anything to do with it is too stupid to tie their own shoes.

[GoldenPup]

The Refs Shockingly Bailed Out the Patriots.

Sour grapes and 🐂💩💩

[Mr. Jeeves]

Every bit as shocking as Hulk Hogan’s utter dominance. :)

[Sparky1776]

The New England Patriots - America’s Team !

[SamAdams76]

I have not watched any football this year - seriously, no virtue signaling here, even without the kneelers, I've lost interest in watching sports on television. There are so many other things to do such as read books, take hikes in the woods, etc. But I see that the New England Patriots continue to dominate the sport. It's almost as if they are winning with no effort whatsoever. It's been that way since 2001.

Why are all the other football teams so horrible in comparison to the New England Patriots?

[big'ol_freeper]