Canada4Gold
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I can understand the fumble not being looked at since the Bills had to snap the ball, how does the last play of the game not get reviewed when it was really ****ing obvious to begin with?
1. You need to review if that was a fumble
2. Watkins went out of bounds on his own and they rule it as forward progress?
Can't go backwards to get a time stoppage out of bounds.
pats have 6 days to fix these o line issues are brady will leave on a stretcher in denver
Can't go backwards to get a time stoppage out of bounds.
I wasn't watching the entire game, but in the last 2 minutes specifically there were 2 calls overturned, that fumble might not have been a fumble(QB looked like he was arguing his arm was going forward), and that last play should have been reviewed and overturned. 3 calls in 2 minutes is really ****ing horrible, regardless of how bad they were before that.
Can't go backwards to get a time stoppage out of bounds.
If you're not touched, you can. The reason why the clock runs when someone's tackled backwards out of bounds is because the forward progress is given while the ball was still in bounds. In this case, you take the backwards yardage because there was no tackle, and the clock stopped. Flat out a blown call. Unbelievable an NFL ref could miss that, in fact, much less not review it.Can't go backwards to get a time stoppage out of bounds.
Not sure how losing by 7 despite those mistakes "shows how far away these teams are"Surprised that game was close but even in that showed how far these teams are from each other. You don't even have to look at it as what NE did...more like what Buffalo didn't to. 10 men on the field to start a defensive drive? Um, what? Drops...missed FG becomes a TD in a 2 minute drive. Missed tackle on both TD drives. McCoy not catching that TD. McKelvin fumbling on a punt return.
Replies say if you're not touched it doesn't matter what direction you're going. Whatever, Patriots would have still won.
Not sure how losing by 7 despite those mistakes "shows how far away these teams are"
Yeah no. I don't even know what you're talking about on one of the touchdowns, and on the inadvertent whistle Darby just stops when he hears the whistle before the ball is even caught. It still would have been a catch, but Darby likely makes that tackle, probably less downfield than they got with the 15 yard penalty, which only happens because of the whistle.Or losing by 7 instead of arguably 21 because of mistakes by the referees? Against a team with literally no o-line and 4 offensive skill players down?
NFL RULE BOOK said:A player becomes a substitute when he is on the field of play or the end zone when a snap, fair-catch kick, or free kick is made, or when a
snap, fair-catch kick, or free kick is imminent.
Not sure how losing by 7 despite those mistakes "shows how far away these teams are"
Yeah no. I don't even know what you're talking about on one of the touchdowns, and on the inadvertent whistle Darby just stops when he hears the whistle before the ball is even caught. It still would have been a catch, but Darby likely makes that tackle, probably less downfield than they got with the 15 yard penalty, which only happens because of the whistle.
If we're talking officials, lets not forget the Bills had an early interception and long return taken away because of a holding call no one's even seen yet...and they improperly ended the game on a baffling blown call.
The score probably ended up about what it should have. The Bills had shots downfield open that they usually hit, and they just plain missed them. I thought their defense did a fantastic job pressuring and frustrating Brady. They just didn't make the offensive plays.
Do the Patriots go 9-7 or do they go 10-6 if they played a full season with 10 players instead of 11? thoughts?
Pats missed the field goal, giving the Bills great field position to score 7 points of their own on the resulting drive. Amendola had 2 steps on Darby when he stopped playing, likely has at least one at the point of the catch if he keeps playing, and is elusive in those situations. Unlikely the tackle is made.
The key was not allowing a running game to develop. Again, facing a makeshift o-line, that's a lot easier. Buffalo lost a couple of guys (though most returned?) on D throughout the game, though. Still nowhere near the talent loss that Pats had on offence, and Pats still had the edge in just about every statistical category, even with Brady intentionally throwing away a good 6-7 passes where he saw nothing, and another couple where he was hurried. Looked like a 10-0 team against a 5-5 divisional rival that usually plays them hard, pretty much.