Posted on 11/19/2013 8:08:13 AM PST by AngelesCrestHighway
The New England Patriots lost to the Carolina Panthers 24-20 after a controversial ending on Monday Night Football. On the final play of the game, an official threw a flag after Carolina linebacker Luke Kuechly appeared to interfere with New England tight end Rob Gronkowski in the end zone. If the pass interference penalty was called, the Patriots would have had one untimed play from the one-yard line to win the game. But the officials ended up picking up the flag, declaring the game over, and running off the field without an explanation. Tom Brady was furious after the game, chasing down the officials and cursing them out in the tunnel. There was a ton of confusion about this. ESPN's in-house refereeing consultant said it wasn't pass interference, but everyone else seemed to think it was a clear penalty.
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I used to go out to Buffalo every year on a road trip with 20 guys to watch the game when the Pats went out there beginning in 1994. Last time I went with that whole group was in 2006, but have gone back a few times since.
I have nothing but praise for Buffalo fans as a football town.
We have beaten them more than they us, but I never got any more than good-natured ribbing while tailgating with Patriots gear. Quite the opposite, they were knowlegeable about both their own team and their opponent, and there have been many times they have shared alcohol and food with us...and vice versa.
All things run in cycles, and someday they will be the ones on top, and I expect them to be just as gracious.
Has any New England team ever lost a game without their fan base crying about the officiating?
Uh, yes, it is. The entire game, as far as determining down and distance, is based on the position of the ball, not the person carrying it. "Breaking the plane" is a TD because if the ball were to be spotted for the next down, it would be in the end zone; same reason why the entire ball has to be out of the end zone to avoid a safety.
Since when does chasing the referees into the tunnel while using "colorful" language to make an arguably valid point about a game-changing call constitute whining? If I was paying my quarterback millions of dollars and he didn't have something to say after a controversial call like that, then he would soon be my ex-quarterback. This is about team leadership, and if Brady had simply said "awe shucks" and walked off the field, then he would have lost the respect of his teammates, management, fans, and opposing teams.
BTW -- As a Jets fan, I despise Brady and the Pats.
It was arguably catchable to the referee who immediately threw the flag otherwise he never would have thrown the flag in the first place.
The Gronkster was run off of the ball!
If Brady had not underthrown his receiver by at least five yards, he might have a case.
You are correct you are not a referee. In order for defensive pass interference to be called there must be a legal forward pass that is catchable. Defensive pass interferenvce Only can be called ionize the ball is tossed. Before that defensive holding can be considered.
Bellichick and his Pats have been cheating for years. What goes round comes around and the chickens have come home to roost.
Yep - gay. Can anyone watch this and not think he’s gay? Even gays say Brady is gay.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Px6FCu7BQ0
Well he’s got a heckuva “beard”, then.
It’s hard for the ref to watch the play on the receiver and the flight of the ball - that never got to the receiver - at the same time. He probably threw the flag based on what he saw happen to the receiver, and then the other refs ruled the ball was uncatchable. But as I said in my post, pass interference and holding are two different penalties, and if the penalty is holding it might be irrelevant whether the ball was catchable. Holding often occurs early in a route, before it is even possible to establish whether the ball would have been catchable.
“Uh, yes, it is. The entire game, as far as determining down and distance, is based on the position of the ball, not the person carrying it.”
Unless it’s in the back of the end zone, in which case the ball doesn’t have to break the plane in the field of play at all. Furthermore, even if it does, and the player doesn’t maintain control of the ball all the way to the ground, it’s ruled incomplete. I agree with the guy who said the ‘breaking the plane’ rule is stupid, and wildly inconsistent!
Ah, yes. The slander used by liberals everywhere to deface someone they dislike, a particularly egregious form of hypocrisy, since many of them doing the slandering are homosexuals themselves.
With that said, I really don't care.
LOL, that makes Justin Bieber look masculine in comparison!
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