quinnearlysghost88 Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 (edited) A lot of people are pointing to Stevie's drop as the turning point in the game, but I'd like to go back to early in the 3rd quarter. We marched down the field scored a TD, and then stopped NE on the goal line, recovering a fumble. The momentum is clearly on our side and then on a 3rd and 1 on our own 42 we throw a 15 yard swing pass to Freddie. Bringing us to the Pats 43, and the whole thing is undone with an Urbik illegal hands. Even on the replay I never saw anything. Bills had to punt after not converting a 3rd and 11. Anyone see anything from Urbik? Edited September 9, 2013 by quinnearlysghost88 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Hindsight Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Nope Anyone see that hold on Mario in the 4th quarter when Brady converted a 3rd down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmanbfan Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 I do remember that call, and I was livid that they called that as the NE defender initally had his hands in Urbik's face.... Brutal call. Even worse, the non calls on holding with the NE offensive line. Sure, their line looks great when they can hold anyone going past them as Brady scrambles.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOBILLS78 Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 (edited) Urbik's hand was literally under dude's facemask. The showed the replay I think only once, and it was a crappy one, but it was there. Edited September 9, 2013 by GOBILLS78 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Yep, on the replay CBS showed, all you saw was 2 Pats' defenders with hands to Bills' OL's faces. But what do you expect from a Pats-Bills game but ****ty officiating? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
microscopes Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 We win the game if it wasn't for the phantom illegal use of the hands. I honestly believe that. That drive ends in AT LEAST a field goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeMonkey Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 It is simply amazing how the refs make bad calls only against the Bills every single game, and how they are more pronounced in losses. I think this should be thoroughly investigated including, but not limited to, a house and senate oversight committee. How long must Buffalo suffer!!!!!! Free the Bills!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 It is simply amazing how the refs make bad calls only against the Bills every single game, and how they are more pronounced in losses. I think this should be thoroughly investigated including, but not limited to, a house and senate oversight committee. How long must Buffalo suffer!!!!!! Free the Bills!!!!! When it comes to the Bills playing the Pats...not so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeMonkey Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 When it comes to the Bills playing the Pats...not so much. But these threads come after every loss, not just losses against the Pats*. Even after some wins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Over 29 years of fanhood Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 The one thing we can say for sure is refs calls make all the difference in tight games. Sometime...... It's hard not to start thinking its all rigged considering the pivotal moments many of these calls seem to come in. Too bad it's not untill December for a rematch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John in Jax Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Offensive linemen's hands should be taped up tight before every game so that there will never, ever be a chance of them being called for holding! I'm half serious. Maybe the people who created muzzles for animals' mouths can design something for linemen's hands. LOL Although I guess we'd still have some "Hands to the Face" penalties, but that's OK. At least we'd stop the cheaters from getting away with holding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Cain Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 My coach always said this, "If you are not head over heals better than your competition and win the 50/50 plays, you put yourself at the mercy of the referees." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixxxer Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 There were at least two penalties I saw that were not called until after the play was completed. One, where the official waited until the pass was caught to throw his flag and another where a flag was thrown after the ball was down. Both were against the Bills. There was a pretty good hit on the punter that was ignored. I saw the official not even looking. There were at least two holds on Mario, but I could not figure out if they would have mattered. Dareus was manhandled several times and clearly should have had a few penalties thrown for some treatment he got. He was, at one point, sat on. They did not call much against either side on the DB's. I was happy there, let them play and that's how I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fansince88 Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 yeah, you can see where he is forcing Velanno's hand under his facemask. blatent foul by Bills. Too bad two flags werent thrown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
todd Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 A lot of people are pointing to Stevie's drop as the turning point in the game, but I'd like to go back to early in the 3rd quarter. We marched down the field scored a TD, and then stopped NE on the goal line, recovering a fumble. The momentum is clearly on our side and then on a 3rd and 1 on our own 42 we throw a 15 yard swing pass to Freddie. Bringing us to the Pats 43, and the whole thing is undone with an Urbik illegal hands. Even on the replay I never saw anything. Bills had to punt after not converting a 3rd and 11. Anyone see anything from Urbik? You mean the play where the Cheatriot was hugging him in front of the refs, but they ignored it? The only real answer to the question is, "Which time was that? There were multiple." I just don't understand how the Cheatriots get away with cheating and the Bills don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixxxer Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Edelman's second TD, is this a manbearpig hug? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Keep the screen shots coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billygoats Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 One of the things I like most about hockey, is the refs clearly make a point to have penalty minutes fairly well balanced. You nearly never see a game where penalty minutes are as lopsided as penalty yards were yesterday. Sure there are bad calls in hockey, but for the most part they equal out at the end of the game. Holding and use of hands are two of the most controversial calls in American sports. The infractions occur on nearly every p,ay and yet they only seem to draw flags on pivotal plays. Maybe that's just clouded retrospective vision, but to me it seems holding is called disproportionately on important plays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjjr Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 The Patriots clearly held most of the game. There were several calls against the Bills that were very questionable that took key 3rd down conversions away and gave key first downs to the Patriots. It happens every year with the Patriots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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