At Least The Evil Empire Lost

Even though I see the Chiefs had twice as many penalties called on them and like every other Pats opponent tried their best to choke the game away.

Maybe, just maybe, this time they are FINALLY finished and won't reach the Super Bowl for the first time in forever.

NE finally gets screwed by refs at home. I LOL'd.

Degarmo wrote:NE finally gets screwed by refs at home.  I LOL'd.

They DID?!?! HOW?!?! I have GOT to know!!!

Twice. First off Kelce fumbled and it was a scoop and score for the Pats. They called Kelce down by contact, but had to reverse the call after the review as it was obvious he fumbled. However, the whistle blew, so, no TD.

Secondly, one of the NE WRs got into the end zone along the sideline for a TD, the officials called him out of bounds at the 3, which he was most definitely not, and the Pats were out of challenges.

Refs are absolutely garbage this season, but it's nice to see the Pats have to deal with what we all have had to deal with, finally.

By the way, the Pats did not score a TD on that drive where the WR was ruled out.

Degarmo wrote:Twice.  First off Kelce fumbled and it was a scoop and score for the Pats.  They called Kelce down by contact, but had to reverse the call after the review as it was obvious he fumbled.  However, the whistle blew, so, no TD.

Secondly, one of the NE WRs got into the end zone along the sideline for a TD, the officials called him out of bounds at the 3, which he was most definitely not, and the Pats were out of challenges.

Refs are absolutely garbage this season, but it's nice to see the Pats have to deal with what we all have had to deal with, finally.

It warms my heart to see them finally getting screwed after all the officiating gifts they've received over the past 20 years

And if it leads to a complete officiating overhaul then that's even better

Personally I think everything calls-wise should be determined by robots. It's almost 2020 and everything else is becoming automated, so there's really no point having humans continue messing up calls to the point where games are looking blatantly fixed now.

Measuring with two markers and a chain seems very archaic in the information age, along with about 200 other things.

I won't believe it until the dirt is being shoveled into the Pats 2019 season grave.

But I agree.... they are looking exceptionally weak on offense. Were they to lose Edelman, I can't see how they move the ball without him. That's surprising to say, and shows how thin they are on that side of the ball.

With all that said, I wouldn't put it past Belichek to go run-heavy and play defense, and flip his scheme and tendencies unexpectedly at the right time.

Like I said, until the clock hits 00 in an elimination game, I won't believe they are out of it. Not again.