OT: Patriots no longer get the calls

[Success]

I feel like I'm in bizzarro universe reading their boards.  Many are convinced that the league has it rigged against them.

 

Like, were their fans around for the past 20 years?  Starting w/ the tuck rule, and all of the Bills games in that time?  I remember defenders getting 15 yards for just getting close to Brady. I remember one Pats game where the Bills had 3 PI's at or near the endzone called against them, all ticky tack or phantom.  It was impossible playing that team on a level field.

 

Well, it has all come home to roost.  They actually see the Bills as the "darlings" who get all of the calls now.  Here's hoping we win next week on a bogus call or 2.

 

[whorlnut]

Well we all know why they got the calls in the first place. And that reason is no longer there…

[dma0034]

I mean my favorite penalty was Jerry Hughes celebrating with a teammate by slapping him on the back and the refs called Roughing lol

[Marcus Aurelius]

I was surprised to see that TD taken away from the Cheatriots to be honest with you

[Low Positive]

No fan base thinks that their team gets calls. Every call against your opponent is warranted and every call against your team is bogus. 

[DeltaDigital]

remember the penalty on (I think it was hughes) for slapping his own guys helmet? that one was awesome. 

 

[Mark Vader]

Not only that there's been a few occasions when the Patriots offensive line has been penalized for HOLDING!

 

That hasn't happened in the last 15 years!

[Solomon Grundy]

Hold on guys... Refs read TBD too!! 😎

[DabillsDaBillsDaBills]

1 hour ago, Marcus Aurelius said:

I was surprised to see that TD taken away from the Cheatriots to be honest with you

 

Same here. Guess it's karma for this one 

 

 

[WyoAZBillfan]

Brady still does. We will revisit this discussion after we play the Pats, that’s what my gut tells me.😂😂

[aceman_16]

1 hour ago, Marcus Aurelius said:

I was surprised to see that TD taken away from the Cheatriots to be honest with you

It was like mana from heaven!

[LABILLBACKER]

1 hour ago, Marcus Aurelius said:

I was surprised to see that TD taken away from the Cheatriots to be honest with you

I wasn't.  The NFL needs to choreograph their narrative and with Brady gone, the Patriots no longer matter.

[Dr.Sack]

Surviving the ground is a bit wonky, but I’m glad they didn’t add in a Patriots exception. 

[Big Turk]

Patriots were the first team to lose in the SB era with the stat line they posted yesterday. Teams had been 170-0 in those situations 

 

https://twitter.com/OptaSTATS/status/1596022072353751040

[SageAgainstTheMachine]

Every single fan base feels that they get screwed over by the refs and have conspiratorial thoughts about why the NFL doesn't want them to win.  The fact of the matter is that refs make mistakes and there's negative and positive variance within that.

[Ethan in Cleveland]

Psst... they never got the calls before. They were just the better team. Get over it.

[Ghost_002!]

1 hour ago, SageAgainstTheMachine said:

Every single fan base feels that they get screwed over by the refs and have conspiratorial thoughts about why the NFL doesn't want them to win.  The fact of the matter is that refs make mistakes and there's negative and positive variance within that.

 

 

Don't use this logic here, that's not what the internet is for

[Milano]

5 hours ago, Success said:

I feel like I'm in bizzarro universe reading their boards.  Many are convinced that the league has it rigged against them.

 

Like, were their fans around for the past 20 years?  Starting w/ the tuck rule, and all of the Bills games in that time?  I remember defenders getting 15 yards for just getting close to Brady. I remember one Pats game where the Bills had 3 PI's at or near the endzone called against them, all ticky tack or phantom.  It was impossible playing that team on a level field.

 

Well, it has all come home to roost.  They actually see the Bills as the "darlings" who get all of the calls now.  Here's hoping we win next week on a bogus call or 2.

 

I remember the 3rd down sack and J Hughes slapped a Bills player on the helmet in celebration and got an Unsportsmanlike penalty, followed by 2 more 3rd down BS PI's on the same drive! 

[LOVEMESOMEBILLS]

5 hours ago, Success said:

I feel like I'm in bizzarro universe reading their boards.  Many are convinced that the league has it rigged against them.

 

Like, were their fans around for the past 20 years?  Starting w/ the tuck rule, and all of the Bills games in that time?  I remember defenders getting 15 yards for just getting close to Brady. I remember one Pats game where the Bills had 3 PI's at or near the endzone called against them, all ticky tack or phantom.  It was impossible playing that team on a level field.

 

Well, it has all come home to roost.  They actually see the Bills as the "darlings" who get all of the calls now.  Here's hoping we win next week on a bogus call or 2.

 

 

 Or the ever infamous "Just give it to them" phantom 1st down. That quote was actually heard and confirm from NE reporters who overheard the refs talking prior to them giving NE a 1st on a play that wasn't a 1st down.

 

 Then a phantom pi on a hailmary in the endzone soon after, giving them the game.

 

 

 

[Scott7975]

2 hours ago, Ethan in Cleveland said:

Psst... they never got the calls before. They were just the better team. Get over it.

 

Just give it to em