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[Cecelia]

Oh that's right, because the refs are on our side right?

They certainly were against the Jaguars.  They even celebrated with the Patriots after the game.

[Tiberius]

Oh that's right, because the refs are on our side right?

They certainly were against the Jaguars.  They even celebrated with the Patriots after the game.

Source?

Also if its after the game does it matter? After the game the Jaguars are out. Do you know that the refs wouldn't have celebrated with the Jags if they'd pulled off a win?

The refs are employed by the NFL. You think the NFL are on the patriots side after spygate and deflategate?

Gimme a break.

[Cecelia]

It's all over twitter.

Yes, the refs are employed by the NFL. And yes, I think they are on the Patriots side after spygate and deflategate. Why wouldn't they be? The NFL is a business. Patriots = Ratings. Jaguars =/= ratings. If they wanted to hurt the Patriots, the easiest way to do it would be to call that game fairly. They didn't. Everyone saw it. Patriots fans will of course deny it--shut their ears, and smile as they watch their team go on to win another tainted Super Bowl.

[Tiberius]

So you're talking about this? https://streamable.com/3t0lk

Watch it. A fight started to break out after the TD. Refs rush in to break it up. Two Patriots players are also there, celebrating the TD. The ref thinks they are fighting and goes to break it up, then realizes they are both patriots players and laughs.

Unless you are talking about another instance?

The game was called fairly, I don't see how it wasn't. The Jaguars defense did a lot of stupid stuff on a couple of drives. Helmet to helmet hit on Gronk, pushing Cooks out of bounds, etc.

Haters gonna hate.

[Cecelia]

The game wasn't called fairly. ZERO offensive and defensive penalties against the Patriots? With all the holding they did in the second half. not to mention whistling the ball dead when Myles Jack recovered the fumble. All the missed calls went the Patriots way mysteriously. Especially the missed pass interference against Marcedes Lewis who practically got mugged.

Cheaters going to cheat.

BTW: The hit on Gronk was 100% fair, and there shouldn't have even been a penalty on that play. That wasn't a dirty hit (unlike what Gronk did a few weeks back. Now THAT was a dirty hit)

[Tiberius]

There were 12 games in the regular season with 1 or fewer penalties: https://www.pro-football-reference.com/p...=game_date

So yeah, they played a mostly clean game. Not controversial.

Show me examples of uncalled holding on the Patriots and I'll show you examples of uncalled holding on the Jaguars. Nobody said the refs were perfect. Every team suffers from uncalled penalties.

The fumble recovery happened on the ground, Lewis was touching him at the time. That's down by contact. Ball is dead.

Got a clip of the PI that got missed?

The hit on Gronk is absolutely not fair. Helmet to helmet gets called all the time, for good reason. Its dangerous. Just because you don’t like the rule doesn’t mean it’s somehow cheating by the Patriots.

Oh, and I agree that Gronk’s tackle was dirty, I said he should be suspended, he was. He apologized for it. It was his first dirty tackle, I hope it’s his last.

[Brian37]

Did anyone get the number of the truck that ran over the Vikings ?

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Did anyone get the number of the truck that ran over the Vikings ?

Bit of useless NFL trivia, the last Superbowl the Redskins were in and won was Superbowl 26 played in Minneapolis Minnesota.Skins beat the Bills 37 to 24. WAY BACK IN 1992

[Brian37]

In related news the Vikings went to the local police station's Special Victim's Unit, and the detectives asked them to "Show us on the doll where the Eagles touched you."

[Shell B]

Pressure gets to Brady? Have you ever watched him play football?

Pressure only deosn't get to Brady because the Patriots o-line gets away with holding on almost every play.

LMAO, people really do make stuff up just to hate the Pats.

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Helmet to helmet gets called. That's how football works.

Also, the Jags do get ratings. They're a fucking stellar team. We've even watched a game or two of theirs when the Pats weren't playing. They play great football. They lost this game.

When people call the Pats cheaters, I feel like they aren't even watching the same matches. I see so many missed calls that would have gone in our favor every game. If there's cheating, it's not very good cheating.

[Cecelia]

Yeah, the Patriots were just perfect.  I mean look at this, against Marcedes Lewis.  Totally clean right?




Also can't believe someone tried to argue the Jags get good ratings.  ESPN can't even remember who's on the team.  The only storyline anyone ever talks about with regards to them was "Blake Bortles in the playoffs?!"  As the wife of a Jaguar fan, I know very well how the team is actually treated.