Fats vs. Pats game thread

Is that 60" a smart TV?

It's smart enough to know that Ray Lewis is the best dressed accomplice to murder I've ever seen.

A true  dilemma in Buffalo tonight, on this the one-year anniversary of the ravage storm that almost broke our fair city, we must decide....do we watch the Sabres or the Bills? This is why we never should get Monday Night games.)

 

(I chose the Sabres, if for nothing else the sight of Tom Brady makes me have horrifically violent thoughts that even the most experienced psychologist would be wise not to touch).

Spirited Sabres game. They had a fight less than 5 min in. 

The Catskills are closer to both East Rutherford and Foxboro than Orchard Park.

BK's 60" TV would have known that, but BK didn't.

Flyover country.

 

...and not a damn Waffle House to be seen.

 

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...and not a damn Waffle House to be seen.

You say that as though it were a bad thing. 

So Amendola is invaluable with Edelman out and he'a still returning punts.

 

Bellicheck has balls.

But is he as fast as Janis?

Lucky break for the Patriots.

We have now  discussed every active white wide receiver in the NFL.

Chris Hogan?

Hulk Hogan?

Both are heroes.

Tom Brady has passion. 

Not motivated enough to earn more than his wife.

james White!

The stripes just keeping upping the ante on incompetence. 

 

How they blow a passing play dead while the ball is in the air is staggering. 

Cmon Buffalo!  Don't quit now. 

wow, communication signals jammed again at Gillette.

Shocking!

looks like a catch to me

Not sure I've seen a QB try harder to throw a game ending pick like Tyrod Taylor. Have to admire his commitment. 

If Watkins isn't touched and rolls out of bounds the clock should stop with 2 seconds left. Forward progress wasn't stopped. He was never touched. Ref looking right at it.  

The NFL refs are completely ****ing incompetent. 

That play at the end makes no sense. The guy wasn't touched and rolled out of bounds. Ref decides to keep clock running and no review is requested.

 

The ref must have had buffalo and the under. 

Bad night for the NFL stripes. But at least we didn't get a look at replay central in NY like we did for an NBA review that included lots of big screens playing Animal House.

 

Not a good night for officiating in general.  

That sideline judge should be terminated for the last 2 plays.

 

He must've had the Pats on the moneyline

Guessing Watkins was moving backwards, which keeps the clock moving. 

 

Beyond  that I thought Taylor looked awful. He was late on reads repeatedly, missed wide open guys. How can you have Sammy Watkins and not use him. Terrible. 

Watkins never touched. Caught it and rolled out of bounds. Horrible call. Should have a statement from the NFL the ref blew it by Wednesday. 

 

 

The moving backwards is a possibility to give them forward progress & keep the clock rolling, but when you're not touched & go out of bounds of your own freewill....The clock should stop.

Gene Steratore said the head linseman ruled Watkins "gave himself up" on the final play. So the ruling to keep the clock running was correct. 

 

Um. Watkins caught the ball and rolled out of bounds without being touched. He didn't voluntarily give himself (or yardage) up to get out of bounds. 

 

If the head linesman thinks he made the right call. And Gene Steratore thinks he made the right call. They should both be fired by lunchtime today. 

 

And while we're here. As soon as the play ended, Rex took his headset off and walked off the field. He never questioned the call. I mean, how does a coach not demand someone explain that garbage call and instead just walk off the field? Thought Rex just kind of lost his head there for a second and simply gave up. 

Chili that was the most puzzling aspect of the last play.  Watkins didn't complain.  None of the Bills players or coaches complained.  They were just like "oh well we were supposed to lose anyhow who cares" and walked off the field.  I haven't heard any of the talking heads mention this fact when talking about that play.

 

Also, claiming that the guy gave himself up is ridiculous.  It's one thing when you see guys do it if they have a timeout left, but in this scenario the game was over.  

 

The same ref butchered 3 plays on the last drive.  First the spot on the Robert Woods play.  Then he said Watkins didn't catch the pass on 4th down.  Then he kept the clock running on the final play.

I didn't see the play.

 

a comment I read:

The NFL Network guys said, because he rolled out, backwards, the clock keeps running. They claimed you have to step out, moving “forward’.

 

I've heard that before with an upright receiver as well.  If you go backwards to go out of bounds they keep the clock going.

You have to be moving forward if you want to stop the clock.

So when Fitz caught the ball and ran laterally toward the sideline to get out of bounds on the final drive to stop the clock one night before, that's different. 

 

Arguing the clock should have kept rolling on that play is fine provided you completely ignore how the play unfolded. 

Lots asking about going out of bounds backward. If you are untouched by the defender and slide out of bounds, the clock stops. Not like NCAA

Blandino said the crew lost track of the football on the pass play they inadvertently blew dead. 

 

To recap... The head of NFL Officiating said his crew of officials LOST TRACK of a pass that was mid flight between QB and WR when they blew a play dead. 

 

Blandino then went on to say the decision was to spot the ball at the point of the reception because the whistle was blown following the catch. 

 

Thanks Dean...

 

EXCEPT THE ****ING WHISTLE WAS BLOWN WHILE THE BALL WAS IN THE AIR YOU IGNORANT MOTHER****ER!!!!! QUIT YOUR JOB. TODAY. GO AWAY. YOU SUCK AT WHAT YOU DO. 

 

I feel better now. 

NE began the night down its starting LT Solder, interior lineman Wendell, starting RB Lewis, and best WR Edelman. They then lost #2 WR Amendola and another WR Dobson. They still beat a decent defensive team in Buffalo.

 

Two things stick out, first Brady says “I think we’ll just keep fighting and figure out a way to win.” That is the only way to deal with injuries. Second, NE is not nearly as scary without Lewis (out for season), Edelman (out for several more weeks), and Amendola (??). All these injuries made them look quite vulnerable all of the sudden.