Patriots/NFL Week 7 - Pats 6-0 - Next Up - at Jets 10/21 8:15 PM

[UConn126]

The Packers may be my most despised franchise in sports.

I’ve hated them since the 96/97 Super Bowl.

More than the Giants?

Even as I've aged and become less of a Pats fan and more of a general football fan, the Giants remain my least favorite team, though the Redskins are trying hard to take that title for themselves.

 

[Fenway]

Refs blow it as Detroit Lions fall to Green Bay Packers, 23-22

 

[Donnie Shulzhoffer]

 

[Fenway]

Interested to hear people's takes... which has worse officiating: NFL or NHL?

Interested to hear people's takes... which has worse officiating: NFL or NHL?

The flaw with the NFL is all the officials are part-timers

Clete Blakeman | Omaha Personal Injury Attorney

 

[Johnnyduke]

NFL gave up on the campaign to make them full time. Probably since these guys are making bank in other areas of life. Owners being too cheap maybe?

 

[Johnnyduke]

Much longer shelf life to being a lawyer as well. So why disrupt that to be a full time official for x amount of years.

 

[rfournier103]

Interested to hear people's takes... which has worse officiating: NFL or NHL?

The flaw with the NFL is all the officials are part-timers

Clete Blakeman | Omaha Personal Injury Attorney

Which is why the NHL referees have NO excuse for being as bad as they are.

 

[smithformeragent]

More than the Giants?

Even as I've aged and become less of a Pats fan and more of a general football fan, the Giants remain my least favorite team, though the Redskins are trying hard to take that title for themselves.

I like Coughlin and felt like Eli was pretty humble.

Couldn’t stand Favre and Rodgers is so smug.

 

[EverettMike]

The flaw with the NFL is all the officials are part-timers

Clete Blakeman | Omaha Personal Injury Attorney

What would full-time officials do? Walk to the games during the week?

 

[KrejciMVP]

Refs blow it as Detroit Lions fall to Green Bay Packers, 23-22

the last drive of that Dallas Jets game seemed to have a flag on every play. The refs got Dallas the TD and then Dallas couldn't get the 2 point conversion

 

[GloryDaze4877]

So tired of this Aaron Rodgers is a “bad man” agenda pushed by Stephen A and others. He’s good, but no better than Brady, Brees and others. Plus, he can’t win against good teams or in the playoffs.

 

[JRull86]

NFL officiating gets worse every year, and it starts with Riveron. Hes terrible at his job and the NFL needs to recognize they made a mistake with him and let him go. They should've done at after last season.

 

[Glove Malfunction]

So tired of this Aaron Rodgers is a “bad man” agenda pushed by Stephen A and others. He’s good, but no better than Brady, Brees and others. Plus, he can’t win against good teams or in the playoffs.

Your first mistake is watching any show (or network) that employs Stephen A Smith.

 

[JRull86]

Some Patriots news:

TE Benjamin Watson - re-signed
TE Eric Tomlinson - signed

WR N'Keal Harry back at practice, eligible to play week 9.

WR Josh Gordon, TE Matt LaCosse, DE MichEl Bennett, and QB Cody Kessler all missing.

Gordon and LaCosse are dealing with injuries, and I'm assuming Kessler was cut for a roster spot.

Curious to see what's going on with Bennett.

 

[CDJ]

People who think Rodgers is better or on the same level as Brady are just dumb

Brees is the only NFL QB close to Brady

Rodgers is better than Brees imo and I dislike Rodgers

I mean just last night how many drops did his receivers have? Plus the difference between a dome and Lambeau is night and day

Neither are close to Brady in my mind when talking about legacy. The closest of this era is Manning imo

 

[DKH]

teams should be given 2 challenges per half and they go up stairs where independent decisions are made by a panel of 3 who don't know what the other is ruling

they need something- these calls are a joke- better to call little if anything

 

[CDJ]

Trey flowers gave a hilarious interview

 

[LSCII]

teams should be given 2 challenges per half and they go up stairs where independent decisions are made by a panel of 3 who don't know what the other is ruling

they need something- these calls are a joke- better to call little if anything

The rule was put in place to cover a situation like last year's playoff game where the Saints got absolutely screwed. None of the challenges have addressed anything close to being as egregious as that play, so very few have been overturned, and rightly so. It wasn't for ticky-tack possible infractions. It was for blatantly obvious ones that were missed or flat out blown. The majority of the calls that haven't been changed were nowhere near that kind of play. They were all very marginal, and to overturn a judgement call like that, there has to be irrefutable proof.

Besides, do you really want the refs injecting themselves into a game like that when it's crucial? I'd rather they err on the side of the call on the field in real time rather than watching a frame by frame replay and drawing a conclusion. If it looks good at real speed, it's probably a good call.

 

[sarge88]

Interested to hear people's takes... which has worse officiating: NFL or NHL?

NHL, IMO.

But one is a C- the other a D+

 

[GloryDaze4877]

Some Patriots news:

TE Benjamin Watson - re-signed
TE Eric Tomlinson - signed

WR N'Keal Harry back at practice, eligible to play week 9.

WR Josh Gordon, TE Matt LaCosse, DE MichEl Bennett, and QB Cody Kessler all missing.

Gordon and LaCosse are dealing with injuries, and I'm assuming Kessler was cut for a roster spot.

Curious to see what's going on with Bennett.

Do you know what Wynn’s status is?

 

[Alicat]

Explains his absence.

You may not like what the coach says but you have to do it and you also need to be respectful.

 

[LSCII]

His philosophical disagreement with his coach was that he wanted to play and the coach thought someone else would be better....

 

[JRull86]

Do you know what Wynn’s status is?

Still on IR.

I'd assume he's their other candidate for return, but no reports of him being close as of yet.

 

[GloryDaze4877]

Still on IR.

I'd assume he's their other candidate for return, but no reports of him being close as of yet.

Are they limited in the amount of IR guys they can bring back? I know the rules changed, but I don’t remember the details.

 

[CDJ]

Bennett’s looked good out there when they play him, they just have so much quality on the line and in the front 7