10-16-2016, 10:06 PM
(10-16-2016, 07:51 PM)Joelist Wrote: We got hosed by the refs but that was not the core issue in the game - we lost because our D was awful again and the OL was a sieve like it has been every game. At least they FINALLY benched Og.
For me, the most 'obvious' bias call was the 'taunting' penalty against Gronk. Stay with me here.
Every taunting call I've ever seen, when a referee was 'right there' on top of the play, came immediately after the perp started jawing.
Gronk got up from the tackle and you could see him look down at Dre, on the ground, and started taunting (jawing). There was a referee RIGHT THERE who had no intention of throwing a flag.
Yes, it took Burfict's rant to the referees that 'forced their hand' to finally throw the flag.
No, the game was not lost on the refs, but the bias is there, and I'm wondering if possibly even sub-consciously it stems from that playoff game last year.
EVERYBODY and their sports brothers have seen those clips and with Burfict's suspension, I definitely feel that it has influenced the referees calls.
The other two that stick out is that weak ass holding call on Og, and Dre's holding call.
The holding on Og negated a first down and killed momentum, and the one on Dre was a third down incomplete Pats pass.
No, I agree with many who say this isn't the only reason why they are struggling, but you can't tell me it's not 'in the refs head' either way.
