NFL Vice President of Officiating...

[lovelett]

Brady said himself it was not a good throw.  Even Gronk was not in the refs face as he would have been if he thought he could have made a play on the ball.

[Ruff]

I'm not saying it's PI, but it's either holding or illegal contact. You can't bear hug receivers. If you could, everyone would be running the triple option, and people would be like Calvin Johnson who?

 

What's funny about this post is that Calvin Johnson came from a college team that runs nothing but the triple option, yet he still had insane stats in college.

[MHS831]

Camera gate?  The Tuck rule that led to a super bowl ring?

 

Did anyone see Logan Mankins head butt Kuechly in front of the ref and there was no call?  No call on the leg whip?

 

Sorry, but if you cheat and play dirty and still need breaks to win, you are in the wrong stadium.

[Zod]

I'll concede to you knowing more about the rules here, so maybe it's technically correct. But that's a bad call.

 

The tuck rule was technically correct too. Still a bad call there.

 

Defensive players shouldn't be allowed to mug receivers like that. 

 

 

Did the penalty effect the play?

 

No.

 

So why let it decide the game?

[MaineManPanther]

I've looked at the replay over a dozen times from all angles.

It shows no such thing.

It does, however, show an uncatchable pass, which is the crux of the argument.

I agree the ball was uncatchable, which he mentioned in a earlier different link. I don't know why he didn't mention that in your link, it's a more valid argument.

[Sam Mills Fan]

Here's what's hard for people to comprehend. Did Kuechly interfere with Gronk? Oh my God, YES he most certainly did. He blatantly did and he presses too hard on these game winning drives for opposing offenses. He played it stupid and could have cost us the game.

 

BUT THAT DOES NOT MATTER BECAUSE THE PASS WAS UNCATCHABLE FOR GRONK. PLEASE REREAD THAT. IT WAS UNCATCHABLE FOR ROB GRONKOWSKI. BAD THROW BY BRADY, BAD AWARENESS BY GRONK, BAD INTERFERENCE BY KUECHLY.

 

NOW LET IT GO FOR CHRISSAKES.