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Schwartz runs a very similar defense. Invest in the front 4. Have a disrupter inside.

On his good days he looks good on his bad days he looks bad he has a few too many bad its not a complicated discussion, simply that you can’t just take him at his best and expect it consistently

I get it- I’m not a huge fan of officiating changing on big stages. I’d rather it be the same on the first and last play of the season. Just arguing that as long as it’s generally consistent between teams it’s hard to justify melting down that it was fixed

Ill keep an eye out for a replay - but think it’s relevant to continue to echo that only one hold was called all day (when a player was taken to the ground and laid on top of when he had a path to the qb) im not arguing neither team held but that the refs made it clear that they weren’t really tossing flags on either team. I’d guess with the same focus you find jags holding uncalled too, no? Mid your standard for refs is perfection- I’m not sure why you ever enjoyed football. One questionable call in the first half is a banner day for officiating.

Yea, I qualified post snap. Did you see any procedural stuff missed? A delay of game and not getting set on a hurry up aren’t really all that meaningful to this debate they? and yea, 1 questionable PI in the first half... that’s not a substantial issue with officiating.

4 gameplay fouls vs 1 is nearly nothing called. If you want to jump in and change the discussion, I’m glad to go back that direction— but you’ve heard my take. the call in the first half I only half saw and didn’t see a replay... I read a mixed bag on it the dpi in the second half the guy got there considerably early, grabbed and twisted effecting the upper body on a very catchable ball. If we are down to one questionable dpi - the refs had a stellar day. There are calls and games I won’t defend but if that same exact game happened but Steelers vs jags instead, the board would be generally praising it.

Honestly, I’m not going to dive into comparing non calls right now. It makes for terrible conversation here (much easier in person, unless we both have video cued up). ill stand by that they called nearly nothing on either team post snap. The refs kept the flags tucked, and generally got right turnovers, catches, etc... if you want to make a case that there was substantial no calls the pats got away with that the jags didn’t, id almost ask you if the jags should’ve pushed further too (but I obviously don’t think this one was poorly officiated)

I mean, if we are down to one bad PI call, and the rest called pretty even— I’d venture that the issue is expectations if calling it beyond terrible

Exactly. You pull the obvious and non debatable pre snap calls and there were very few calls on either team. A H2H hit that knocked out the pats best receiver was a fair call. Taking down a defender and laying on top of him was the only hold on either team. The PI before the half I didn’t see a replay but the one after the half obvious (way early and involved both grabbing and twisting the upper body effecting the catch on a very catchable ball) it wasnt like one side got hit hit with Ticky tack calls or it was terribly inconsistent. The only way your truly angry about officials in that game is if you were angry before the game started.

Jax only got called for one hold and it was both obvious and impacted the play. It’s not like they killed the jags with holding flags

The ramsey PI was obvious, the hit on gronk was a penalty, the delay of game was real, the hold was very legit. That leaves the one PI that I didn’t catch replays of that I can’t comment on Come on promo

Boards going to be angry bout that

Ultimately, that’s why it’s hard to get a ring without a qb... over the course of 4 games, mostly not at home if you don’t have a qb, your going to have to come up big in the clutch a few times. A bad qb can do it any given week but it’s tough to do it regularly. Sometimes you get a hot streak ala Flacco, but these guys tend to play to their averages eventually

Oh Blake

Yea, we have a real need for that at this point.

It was an obvious call

That’s a good flag guys

Heaven forbid bills fans talk football on one of the biggest days of the year

But why even tune in if you are only looking for a reason to be angry. There are people complaining about calls that they acknowledged were correct. Just seems a miserable way to spend a Sunday.

He was certainly touched by the back, no? I wasn’t watching for that specifically but with them draped on each other like that I’d be surprised to see otherwise

Some of y’all are getting unbearable with this Ref stuff

Not just gassed but disorganized— I get why coaches don’t want to call timeout there but totally agree that sometimes getting your feet under you is worth giving the opponent an extra play

I enjoy the “5 straight accurate calls” complaint

Gronk has to be in protocol now right?

Oh Doug....