Yeah, not really getting worked up over the fact that the Patriots got the short end of the stick on an official’s call, for a change.
Brady is about to find out why you don’t criticize refs.
Had the situation been reversed does anyone think that Carolina would not have gotten the call in their favor in their own stadium?
I am neither a Pats fan or a Panthers fan. I watched the game. The ball could not have been caught by Gronkowski because it was too low and behind his back. The interception ended the game.............
As a Green Bay Packer fan I know all about blown official calls.
Pass interference is probably the worst written rule in sports. But that being said it wasn’t interference. If Gronk had started trying to move back to the line earlier it would have been, and if Brady’s throw had come closer to Gronk it would have been, but as the play went down Gronk had taken himself out of the play, can’t interfere with a guy that’s not in the play.
Gronk *was* held in a way that prevented him from returning for the ball.Of course if it *had* been called there’s no way to be *certain* that they would have scored in their one play....but the Pats do pretty well at the one yard line.
How many controversial game changing plays are there every week? I have seen at least 5 articles about this splashed all over the internet this morning. Good God. If this was any other team besides the Patriots, would this be a news story? Tough turdies Tom! BTW, it was the right call.
Refs have prefs.
I’m just grumpy about the timing. Pats get a supposed bad call at the end of their game. Next game they’ll be playing with a chip on their shoulder, while refs will be calling the game just a little more in their favor to not be criticized. And who are they playing next week? My Broncos. That just sucks.
The guy gets pain millions and still he needs to whine, grow up.
Any team with that close of a score at the end of the game stands a good chance of losing because of a questionable call. The Pats should deal with it and not wait until the end of the game to excel.
I’m no NE fan....but this can’t be the correct call. As soon as the ball has been snapped if *any* player is interfered with the flag is thrown and an interference penalty is applied - regardless of if the ball was even thrown to (or not) the player that was interfered with. The ball was not thrown out of bounds, to say that the interfered player could not be “in the play” is a ridiculous and subjective opinion of a referee. The whole point is that without being interfered with the player *might* have been able to influence the play - which in this case might only have been to stop the ball from being intercepted, the fact that it was the last play of the game is irrelevant. It was interference with a player near to where the ball was thrown and here should have been another play.
So now all interference calls should require a ref conference to decide if the infraction might have somehow impacted the play? How can you know?
I hate to say it but...NE was screwed.
>> Tom Brady was ... chasing down the officials and cursing them out in the tunnel. There was a ton of confusion about this.
Why the confusion? Was Brady cursing them in Klingon or something?
No dog in this fight, but even if it’s not pass interference it’s unquestionably either illegal contact since it occurred more than five yards downfield, or defensive holding.
