Vrabel whining about the officiating in Bills/Pats

[Kelly to Allen]

6 minutes ago, Jimmy Harris 69 said:

Vrabel is playing politics with league officiating. Walking up to the line without actually criticizing. It’s a vet move. He knows they missed penalties on his team; gave them a free catch. It’s the long game for the next Bills-Pats meeting.

 

Vrabel is the Jerry Burns of this era

 

 

[Success]

The whining about officiating from Pats nation (mostly online) has been EPIC.

 

They keep going back to that PI on Shakir.  Which was....you guessed it:  textbook PI.

 

[SC STATE NUPE]

I’ve never liked his smug a__! Never! I think Vrabel is so overrated. All he does is live by the sideline ref and just try to work the officials all game. I can’t wait until that team gets destroyed in the playoffs. I don’t think he’s gonna lead them to titles like folks think. He’s a front runner! When has Vrabel methodically broken a team down and led his teams to crucial playoff victories? 🤔

[Iiiiiiiiive Got a Feeeelin]

7 hours ago, MikePJ76 said:

Lowe's lefthand goes right to groots face and pushes it up and he just leaves it there the whole time

I swear i saw several of these and they didnt get called once.  Thats just embarrassing for Vrabel especially with his macho man personality.  nothing more effeminate when a coach goes off so much about refs unless it's something totally egregious.  kinda like the first half of that Eagles game when josh got horse collared and then they called grounding caus the ball flew out of his hand because he was in the middle of getting rag dolled by his neck...even then McD to his credit didnt B word this much.  

[BBills]

There’s no doubt officiating is biased and in Vegas’ pockets.  They control the outcome of games by critical moment penalties and obvious non called penalties. Narratives create 3 to 4 outcomes and the refs steer. 
 

Vrabel is still is little wuss though. 

Edited December 16, 2025 by BBills

[Ethan in Cleveland]

Hopefully this week quiets the posters that repeatedly talk about officiating conspiracies....

[GASabresIUFan]

4 hours ago, colin said:

i'm w vrable on this.

 

if you paid what kraft pays the refs, you'd expect a lot better treatment.

I think he paid his "massage" therapist more.

[BillsFooteball]

Really poor look for head coach of a team. Sore loser and embarrassed choked a 21-0 lead at home coming off bye. Interesting enough my phone was blowing up multiple times throughout the game by non bills fans how badly the officiating was going against bills. Really really bad look coach 🤡 

[BADOLBILZ]

2 hours ago, Ethan in Cleveland said:

Hopefully this week quiets the posters that repeatedly talk about officiating conspiracies....

 

 

It won't.   And fwiw.......the Patriots got the majority of officiating breaks.  

[Ray Stonada]

This is how much we destroyed Vrabel's ego... that he's reduced to whining about the refs on a talk show like a talking head.

 

Wow. 

 

He fits in perfectly at Gilette. Another whining cheater.

[Aussie Joe]

4 hours ago, Success said:

The whining about officiating from Pats nation (mostly online) has been EPIC.

 

They keep going back to that PI on Shakir.  Which was....you guessed it:  textbook PI.

 

We gotta see these guys a third time given this river of tears   … Just play 4 quarters instead of 2 and the Bills will be fine 

 

 

Edited December 16, 2025 by Aussie Joe

[Buffalo Ballin]

More whining incoming when we beat them again in the playoffs.

[biggerdaddynj]

11 hours ago, tigerthelion said:

I would say it goes over very well with a scummy owner like Kraft.

 

Yep, the same owner who aside from being involved in at least a conspiracy in regard to Spygate and the rest of Billicheats’ shenanigans should have been criminally prosecuted for soliciting prostitution from sex workers at strip mall massage parlors (can anyone say “sex trafficking”?) and yet he might be going into the HOF this year.

 

Throughout the game whenever they glowingly mentioned him and the HOF it was such a disgrace.  The hypocrisy and degree of the double standard he’s enjoyed is why Vrabel and anyone linked to the Patsies are so frigging entitled. 

[Fan in Chicago]

2 hours ago, BADOLBILZ said:

 

 

It won't.   And fwiw.......the Patriots got the majority of officiating breaks.  

I would pay good money to have him argue with you on a show. 😄

5 hours ago, Jimmy Harris 69 said:

Vrabel is playing politics with league officiating. Walking up to the line without actually criticizing. It’s a vet move. He knows they missed penalties on his team; gave them a free catch. It’s the long game for the next Bills-Pats meeting.

I think this has more likelihood of backfiring on him than helping him in playoff officiating. 

[Scott7975]

12 hours ago, HappyDays said:

This is one of the more ridiculous moments I can remember from an NFL coach:

 

 

Lost a lot of respect for Vrabel with this. The day after a loss he is pointing the finger at the officials instead of at himself and his team for blowing a 21 point lead. And these weren't even particularly controversial calls.

 

Yeah, I head this on WGR and lost respect for him too. He is a good coach but what whine ass.

[Scott7975]

13 hours ago, HappyDays said:

Oh and Vrabel is wrong - the Bills DID have an offensive hold called, which wiped out a TD. I guess Vrabel doesn't remember it because our QB managed to overcome it and his QB couldn't overcome s***.

 

 

Hell what about when Milano got punched in the face on the sideline and our guys pretty much just stood there. The refs conveniently found off setting personal fouls.

[Ray Stonada]

He’s also trying to keep his players believing. Refs screwed us, etc., instead of facing the reality that maybe the Bills smacked them down like they did.

 

All my disgust with the Cheatriots of Brady and Belichick just slides smoothly into Maye/Vrabel. Same vibe. 

[H2o]

How much help did the refs give NE this game, especially in the 1st half? The catch that wasn't, holding on both of Drake Maye's rushing TD's not called, and the clock. Then, an obvious holding penalty on Henderson's 2nd long TD that wasn’t called. We overcame all of that and still won. 

 

It was PI on the DB who hit Shakir early. Imo, it was not a catch. Looked like an INT, but still our ball at the spot none the less. Consider it justice for the Boutte non-catch catch. I would have called defensive holding with the play on Keon and not PI though. Other than that, I can say it looked like Trey got away with a couple on Hollins.

[RichRiderBills]

This kind of stuff is a reminder unlike the dolphins and Jets who generally can have some silliness from fan base, but the pats fan base is just filled with loud mouths and the second they have any kind of success. You get this obnoxious core out of the woodworks. 

 

Honestly I've lost a lot of respect for Vrable 

 

Can never take your foot off these guys throat. It just reminds you why they should be our biggest rivals. They are a bunch of turkeys. 

[Pecker]

15 hours ago, Captain Hindsight said:

Same thing on the Pats* message board. 42 pages of people bitching about the refs 

What calls are they complaining about exactly?   The Coleman one was the only questionable one I can think of that went our way