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Don't blame the refs - jeremydc - 09-14-2020
That is all.
RE: Don't blame the refs - Bilbo Saggins - 09-14-2020
I don't blame them for the loss because I did see some plays where Bengal DBs were allowed to just play...BUT! Blowing a play dead as the ball is in the air so that they could look at the previous play seemed really, really bad. Good teams have historically benefited from running up to the line quickly and snapping the ball so that the last play couldn't be reviewed forever and a day. I'm trying to imagine a scenario where say the Patriots line up and snap the ball after what was as close to a catch as it possibly could have been. Would they have blown Brady's quick pass dead as the ball was in the air? Would BB have stood for it? It was sloppy if nothing else.