Originally Posted by
Udaman
JE - you are 100% correct, and the players should do it.
The game was the worst officiated I've ever seen, at any level. There was a phantom holding call on Baltimore when they would have faced 3rd and 15, when the NE guy literally never touched the guy. Not once. I still can't believe it. And throughout the game, there were so many holds by Baltimore (holding by their offensive line, Ray Rice holding Gronk as he tried to run through the middle, Rice holding Woodhead. I mean, it was just stunning. There is no doubt at all, that the refs cost the Patriots that game. No doubt. Normally as a team you can say, "well, it shouldn't have come to that" but for NE, I can't see, really, what they could have done differently. There were numerous first downs given to Baltimore from awful calls.
The NFL refs will be back this weekend. That's a certainty.