Video evidence of referee and announcer bias

[West Union KennyG]

(01-11-2016, 05:35 AM)BigSeph Wrote: Burfict was in a bad spot, no question about it.

If he wanted to deliver a demolishing blow to Antonio Brown, he could have done it.  Tucking his elbow to his side and running beside Brown shows Burfict was going fullspeed, saw the pass wasn't caught, and tried to pull up.  Brown got pushed into Burfict's shoulder, just like you said Kenny.

Shazier on the other hand intentionally lowered the top of his helmet to spear Gio with it.

Shazier - penalty  (unnecessary roughness, crown of helmet)
Williams - no penalty
Burfict - penalty  (unnecessary roughness, defenseless receiver)
Jones - no penalty (or contact with official, offset by a Porter penalty)
Porter - penalty (unsportsmanlike conduct)

That's how it should have gone.  Burfict didn't do anything wrong but if calling it by the letter of the law, his hit on Brown was a penalty.  Only thing Burfict could have done would have been to leap sideways toward the endzone, but I don't think he had much time to think.

That's how I saw it too.
I think he still gets the penalty, but it sure wasn't intentional, and not really sure how he could've avoided contact after the Lewis-Harris push.  You really have to see the camera angle that shows that hard push right into Burfict's shoulder.  



With that said, I bet the politically correct NFL caves to pressure of the less informed and Burfict begins year with a suspension.  It's just one more way to add fuel to the fire of an incompetent called game that went against us, to begin the mob stoked up the next time these teams face each other.  This rivalry is only going to get much worse.