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[Alphadawg7]

The only one that matters is also the most egregious one...the 3rd and 2 fade at end of regulation, he was being mauled and it was close to as bad as when the Rams screwed the Saints in the playoffs that caused a rule change.  It was that blatant.  

 

I am not a blame the refs guy, but this is without question a inexcusable missed PI call as they were one and one with no one around them to obscure the view of the CB pulling Diggs jersey neck collar to near his belt line on that route.  

 

He was also interfered with on the first drive of OT, but that was less egregious than the one in the end zone.  

[RyanC883]

anyone know if the Bills have brought this up to the league.  That game was terribly officiated.  In any other profession, those guys would not be allowed to ref a game for a while until they were appropriately retrained.  

[dickleyjones]

i'm not sure how many but i think it has something to do with that goddamned loch ness monster

[Robert Paulson]

7 minutes ago, RyanC883 said:

anyone know if the Bills have brought this up to the league.  That game was terribly officiated.  In any other profession, those guys would not be allowed to ref a game for a while until they were appropriately retrained.  

I am sure the brought it up. every team does every week when looking for clarification. 

 

they maybe got an apology but most likely it was like talking to wall.

 

[BuffaloBillyG]

867-5309

 

There. Now it's in your heads too.

[Nextmanup]

I had it at 3.

 

That includes the various jersey pulling incidents that I guess no one saw.

 

 

[aristocrat]

I had 17

[Augie]

50 minutes ago, John from Riverside said:

A few....but absolutely should have gotten that one in the end zone

 

but

 

Tom Brady would have had no time to bring the bucs back....the bills had actually played that beautifuly

 

I think the one where his jersey got stretched about a foot away from his body was plenty obvious too, but since the refs didn’t have to worry about hearing Tommy whine, they let that go. 

[LABILLBACKER]

2..... with the 3rd & 2 endzone armbar jersey pull combo as the most blatant and egregious. League doesn't care. As long as their Brady Belichick SB stays viable. 

[Big Turk]

1 hour ago, damj said:

I can't remember ... was there 2 or 3 bad PI non-calls against Diggs?

 

At least 2 PI calls and 1 defensive holding.

[OP Blue]

8 minutes ago, Nextmanup said:

I had it at 3.

 

That includes the various jersey pulling incidents that I guess no one saw.

 

 

Yeah, that never happens in games.

[BuffaloBillies]

None. He's just so fast that his undershirt was flapping in the wind behind him as the defender was reaching towards him.

[78thealltimegreat]

It’s been like that the whole year not just the Tampa game either but the fact that we just don’t draw PI calls adds to the thought the refs have it in for Buffalo just our coach isn’t the type to jaw at officials or take things to the league office hoping the next game to get a “makeup” call 

Edited December 17, 2021 by 78thealltimegreat

[Hapless Bills Fan]

1 hour ago, RyanC883 said:

anyone know if the Bills have brought this up to the league.  That game was terribly officiated.  In any other profession, those guys would not be allowed to ref a game for a while until they were appropriately retrained.  

 

According to McDermott the teams get a Monday session to bring up "any questions we may have about the officiating"

31 minutes ago, BuffaloBillies said:

None. He's just so fast that his undershirt was flapping in the wind behind him as the defender was reaching towards him.

 

I've actually wondered if Diggs has considered perforating his undershirt and jersey.  If it tore and came off in the DB's hand, that would kind of be embarrassing for the ref if they didn't call it.

[Sherlock Holmes]

How about every play and even every catch he made. Was as bad as that Tyreek PI where he still caught the ball last night with the defender holding both his arms.

Edited December 17, 2021 by Sherlock Holmes

[GunnerBill]

1 hour ago, Alphadawg7 said:

The only one that matters is also the most egregious one...the 3rd and 2 fade at end of regulation, he was being mauled and it was close to as bad as when the Rams screwed the Saints in the playoffs that caused a rule change.  It was that blatant.  

 

I am not a blame the refs guy, but this is without question a inexcusable missed PI call as they were one and one with no one around them to obscure the view of the CB pulling Diggs jersey neck collar to near his belt line on that route.  

 

He was also interfered with on the first drive of OT, but that was less egregious than the one in the end zone.  

 

The one in OT was a 50/50 call, some you get, some you don't. The one at the end of regulation is DPI 99 times out of 100. Unbelievable that wasn't called. I am the opposite of a ref blamer but I am still seething. 

[Bills92]

I honestly believe there were about 7 calls missed on Diggs. 

 

I do not remember a game being as angry about how we got 'jobbed' since the infamous 1998 'give it to 'em' game against the Pats.... But I'm so jaded at this point with TB12 getting all the calls that even if we had got that PI call in the endzone..  we would've most likely got a phantom holding call on the 1 yard line.. and it would've been all for not.

 

The reality is that if we are going to beat teams like the Bucs (and unfortunately the Pats too) we need to overcome this crap and make plays...  

 

and it's funny if you remember.. that's what was happening last year.. Ie:  there was that sequence against the Broncos last year.. where I believe a TD was called back... then we lost another 15 yards in penalties.. and JA said screw it.. I'm going to launch a missile to Kumerow in the EZ....    

 

Anyhow... Go Bills!

[Patrick Duffy]

1 hour ago, Alphadawg7 said:

The only one that matters is also the most egregious one...the 3rd and 2 fade at end of regulation, he was being mauled and it was close to as bad as when the Rams screwed the Saints in the playoffs that caused a rule change.  It was that blatant.  

 

I am not a blame the refs guy, but this is without question a inexcusable missed PI call as they were one and one with no one around them to obscure the view of the CB pulling Diggs jersey neck collar to near his belt line on that route.  

 

He was also interfered with on the first drive of OT, but that was less egregious than the one in the end zone.  

They were pulling on Diggs  so much I'm sure his jersey is stretched 2 extra sizes. I can get past the bad calls/non calls, although still really piss me off, but it's much more the timing of it that's the issue.

 

The Diggs fade you mentioned, crucial point of the game that would be called large majority of the time...also just a "what if" scenario for ***** and giggles, in your opinion if we flip it and it was Brady/Bucs and same exact thing happens to Bucs WR and Bills on D....do you think it gets called for them? 

 

Then in OT the call on Wallace during another crucial moment.... 

[First Round Bust]

17 - a very popular figure during the giving season

 

[Ethan in Cleveland]

1 hour ago, Sheneneh Jenkins said:

They were pulling on Diggs  so much I'm sure his jersey is stretched 2 extra sizes. I can get past the bad calls/non calls, although still really piss me off, but it's much more the timing of it that's the issue.

 

The Diggs fade you mentioned, crucial point of the game that would be called large majority of the time...also just a "what if" scenario for ***** and giggles, in your opinion if we flip it and it was Brady/Bucs and same exact thing happens to Bucs WR and Bills on D....do you think it gets called for them? 

 

Then in OT the call on Wallace during another crucial moment.... 

I don't know about that.  I think you are correct it was DPI but given it was at that moment in the game, the refs tend to swallow the whistle and let them play.  So I'm not surprised it was not called.  That said the DPI against I think it was Wallace in OT should not have been called for the same reason.

The deep seam pattern miss holding the jersey was a terrible miss. 

The OT play was not DPI.