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Clock shenanigans happening again as they are known for back during their SB runs. Another classic cheat for them is to jam the visiting QB communication signals during an important drive. It was funny to hear the announcers say that New England won't be able to use theirs on the following drive, but it is a huge advantage for NE to jam the visiting teams' communications during the most important part of the game.

Yup, by rule that is a catch for shakir.

I was going to post about how bizarre all this is. Last year he was really good. Promising backup to Cook. Early this year he was horrible. Now, he’s the best KR in the league and you’d hope he gets some snaps in the last three years. It would be like Karlos Williams eating his way out of the league and then coming back and making the Pro Bowl.

It was PI and therefore it didn’t matter if Shakir caught the ball or didn’t or if it was an interception or not. It would be first down Bills at the spot of the foul. Only Shakir’s and Josh’s stats benefit from catch vs no catch.

Yep. They both noted it then kind of acted like it was no big deal. Again I just watched my grandson play football in a Junior High (7yth & 8th graders) league and not starting the clock at the snap in that situation would have been bad form. In the NFL it's almost incomprehensible. As an aside this was more then a clock mishap given the situation.

Just fire Babich already. It’s mcdermott’s defense, but we tend to get it together in the 2nd half. Gotta be an indictment on preparation which I assume falls on the DC.

The clock operator botched the final play, but I think the timing was correct. On first play officials called maye oob. They were wrong, and replay fixed it. The rule there is either 10 sec runoff or spend a TO, t simulate what would have happened if they ran a play with a running clock. The 10 sec runoff is from when knees were down, not from when he was called oob. I amagine they looked at the clock and saw 16 sec when his knee touched down, then ran off 10 sec so final play started with 6 sec. On the second play, clock never started. I guess the play was 4-5 sec, so letting the FG attemp go was the right call. They always say official time is kept by some secret referee on the field. I think it would be tough for an official to watch player for fouls and keep time, but that’s what the nfl says.

I agree, we don’t need fans of other teams coming here to irritate us. We are just fine irritating ourselves!

Another angle shows DB ripping ball away from Shakir while on the ground.

I don't think very many fans are miserable after a Bills win. That's a huge overstatement. I think most of the compliments or criticism are towards the Bills failures in the post season. That includes a mirad of things.

One of those bad rules not a bad call type thing. I don’t like that rule as it bails out a bad throw but that’s pretty much how the rule is called universally. I missed some of the game but I think it was poorly called with bad calls going both ways. I would say largely that this game was not meaningfully decided by officiating.

Agreed, and the previous play where Maye was tackled was the most obvious “still in bounds” call I can remember getting screwed up somehow. They tried to replay it in slow mo as if it would be close, and he was down like 3 feet from the sideline 😆

What, did you miss the game? There were 6 seconds left on the clock and the Pats decided to run one more play which was risky. At the snap the clock did not start. BOTH announcers yelled out that the clock didn't start and the refs said the same. The only mystery is how did he refs determine only 4 seconds ran off the clock during a 13 yard run. This was an inexcusable mistake by the clock operator at the stadium and considering the circumstances may have been a deliberate attempt to ensure time did not run out before the Pats FG. Bush league all around.

Gotta find him some carries. Ride the hot hand which he has right now.

He did a good job in the 2nd half. The first they struggled again. They seem to do a lot this season. The defense is no better. It's like the coaching staff waits til they are down multiple scores to realize what they planned on doing for the game isn't working.

The PI was an easy flag, he literally was hugged before the DB turned around and played the ball. Yet not sure about Shakir caught the ball unless count when he pulled ball from defender as both were hitting the ground. Either way the PI was correct and ultimately that's all that matters.

I love how the announcers just skipped over it like it was no big deal. Between them having an ***** every time the cheats scored to the blatant time clock cheating incident. They were just horrible.

still waiting for other KKK members to wake up?

Hawes and Anderson to Myles every play not really when a win gets us a playoff spot

I hate when fans say this because there was never a time when fans like officiating? I’ve been watching the NFL since the mid 90’s and intently since the early 00’s people bitched about the refs then as much as they do now. I’m sure my dad back in the 60’s and 70’s was complaining about the refs the same way as people do now. I’ve yet to meet a fan who can point to an era of good officiating

let's see Stafford play in this offense......he wouldn't be nearly at Allen's level. put Josh with Nacua and Adams ......

Lol I’m all for hating Coleman but grabbing a huge chunk of jersey when you’re beat and a guy is making his break is always PI and a very very easy call. we see a couple of those every week. It’s not the same scenario as grabbing a bit of jersey when going stride for stride with a receiver that’s handfighting with you down the sideline it’s pats fans tryin to cope…the results on either of those dpi plays were nowhere close to controversial.. the Shakir one was a little soft but he definitely caught the ball anyway…it’s not even joint possession when the wr catches it first. Really embarrassing that jones criticized the officials on that play too when he 100% knows Shakir caught the ball and he ripped it out when he was down