Pats fans will bitch about the last call for sure

[SZ James (banned)]

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[PantherFanOne]

 Nothing could be finer than to be in Carolina and hear NE fans mourning..

[wine-o and cheese-doodle]

That leg whip on our DE was not called. that was a dirty play that cost us dearly. Cost us our best Pass rusher and a big gain all at one time. Who can say they would have scored that TD if we had rightly gotten that 15 yard penalty and kept our DE on the field. NE just expects to get every call. It doesn't work like that. Suck it up crybabies.

[BBQ&Beer]

Lets say Luke moved out of the way, Gronk has to bowl over Lester to catch it. Offensive PI...

[Mr. Scot]

the ball was underthrown. if kuechly didnt mug him it still would have been picked.

 

Correct.

 

 

Lets say Luke moved out of the way, Gronk has to bowl over Lester to catch it. Offensive PI...

 

Rewatched it a dozen times.  There is zero chance that ends up a catch.

 

 

Check out the article on PFT with poll...all Pats fans crying about how the refs won the game.

 

Irony is a wonderful thing.

[ckad79]

So I'm watching this play at least 800 times tonight, in slow motion on every sports show.

 

I just see this as more clear cut. 

 

So the argument is Gronkowski would have made the catch if Kuechly didn't hold him? How? Where does Lester factor into this.  To me, the fact that Lester intercepted the ball... it took any chance Gronkowski had of catching the ball. Now if Brady throws it high and Lester isn't a factor, OK then you say it's a hold.

 

Basically, Pats fans are saying that Gronkowski, if he wasn't held, would have jumped in front of Lester and made that catch? Let's a BIG stretch! Brady threw the ball way too low.

 

I'll admit it was holding but it was holding away from the play in IMHO. 

 

I would be livid if we lost in a play like that too, but the video is there.  Brady threw the ball right into the hands of Robert Lester.

 

 

 

[KendrickPanther]

I'm listening to FOX radio. Loving the Boston QQ.

[pantherclaw]

I don't care if they bitch for eternity.

It shows they don't know the rules.

[JJT]

yeah? I'm still bitching about the tuck rule.

Remember that game when they sent the Zamboni out to clean off the spot where they were going to kick that game-winning field goal?

 

That should have been an Unsportsmanlike Conduct penalty.

[Banjo]

Let's be honest with ourselves. If the roles were reversed, we would bitch about it too

[antame]

So I'm watching this play at least 800 times tonight, in slow motion on every sports show.

 

I just see this as more clear cut. 

 

So the argument is Gronkowski would have made the catch if Kuechly didn't hold him? How? Where does Lester factor into this.  To me, the fact that Lester intercepted the ball... it took any chance Gronkowski had of catching the ball. Now if Brady throws it high and Lester isn't a factor, OK then you say it's a hold.

 

Basically, Pats fans are saying that Gronkowski, if he wasn't held, would have jumped in front of Lester and made that catch? Let's a BIG stretch! Brady threw the ball way too low.

 

I'll admit it was holding but it was holding away from the play in IMHO. 

 

I would be livid if we lost in a play like that too, but the video is there.  Brady threw the ball right into the hands of Robert Lester.

 Since when is holding away from the play not a penalty? It is called every game, on much less egregious instances. NFL rules are so weird and arbitrarily enforced it's just silly. That was obviously a penalty.

 

I wish we hadn't won on that play, but we did win and I'll take it. Regardless, we were the better team tonight.

[Gabeking]

Pats started a dynasty because of a BS call FWIW

[antame]

And that's the best I've ever seen Cam - using his legs when he should, no crazy ass throws into heavy coverage or launching it 10 feet over receivers heads, etc...Just a great game by Cam.

[The_Mango55]

It's clear Gronk never would have caught that, so basically the complaining is that the Pats wanted to be bailed out of a bad throw and a bad route by a penalty that did not affect the outcome of the play, but they weren't.