Vrabel whining about the officiating in Bills/Pats

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Mr punchable

[QLBillsFan]

8 minutes ago, ***** said:

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

Embarrassing leadership and spoiled fan base.. Coleman was a hold in front in a ref..otherwise the Bills had the biggest complaint being no replay assist on the first drive. 

[mjt328]

11 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.

 

Pass Interference always starts with the contact.  Sometimes the DB can get away with a decent amount of contact if he's going for the ball, and not just impeding the receiver.

 

Marcus Jones had his back turned to the ball, with his hands in Shakir's face/chest as the WR is fighting back.  There is absolutely no question this was pass interference.  It will get called 95-100% of the time in the NFL.

 

They also have beef with the Tre White interception.  I'll admit this was questionable, and is one of those plays that is called about 50/50 depending on the crew.  There was a lot of contact while the ball was in the air.  The big difference is that White was playing the ball, looking back and positioning himself for the pick.

 

[T master]

19 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.

SUCK IT UP BUTTER CUP !!

 

Now you know slightly what it's like to be a Buffalo Bill that have had their share of bad calls & this wasn't even a play off game so get over it !! 

[Pecker]

4 minutes ago, mjt328 said:

 

Pass Interference always starts with the contact.  Sometimes the DB can get away with a decent amount of contact if he's going for the ball, and not just impeding the receiver.

 

Marcus Jones had his back turned to the ball, with his hands in Shakir's face/chest as the WR is fighting back.  There is absolutely no question this was pass interference.  It will get called 95-100% of the time in the NFL.

 

They also have beef with the Tre White interception.  I'll admit this was questionable, and is one of those plays that is called about 50/50 depending on the crew.  There was a lot of contact while the ball was in the air.  The big difference is that White was playing the ball, looking back and positioning himself for the pick.

 

Remeber - that penalty was DECLINED.

 

So their biggest complaint is a declined penalty!?!? Lololol

12 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.

 

I mean to quote this post above^

[BearNorth]

Hussey and his crew have been ranked among the top 3 crews in the league for many years. Hochuli who had the first game 1.) hates Buffalo, and 2.) is usually one of the lowest graded crews in the league.  Vrabel should say thank you for the botched replay availability on the Boutte bobble.

[Bruffalo]

12 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.

 

It doesn't even matter though since it was ruled a catch by Shakir, since a tie goes to the offense and the play is over when Shakir hits the ground. 

 

That's like the dumbest thing for the fans to complain about. Want to go on about "missed holding" calls? I get that even if I think it's lame, but when it's the coach you better have clear and obvious examples. 

[Billzgobowlin]

Despite the whine from Vrabel he brings up a great point.  The Bills are always called for offensive holding, since it is such a arbitrary call, why is it called so much?  Are we doing something that brings it out more?

[streetkings01]

If the Bills lead the league in offensive holds doesn’t that mean we’re getting penalized a lot by the refs? I thought the narrative was the refs look the other way when it comes to us?

[GreenDice]

7 minutes ago, Billzgobowlin said:

Despite the whine from Vrabel he brings up a great point.  The Bills are always called for offensive holding, since it is such a arbitrary call, why is it called so much?  Are we doing something that brings it out more?

I thought the Bills were flagged about two offensive holding penalties per game. It is only a tad higher than other teams. 

[Ghost_002!]

Wait... he is doing what every player, coach and fan does in the NFL. Who would of thunk it. 

[HOUSE]

I used to like the guy but whining over the officals is high school stuff 

You are making excuses for a poor 2nd half.

Now the players are blameless 

Nice job

[GreenDice]

4 minutes ago, HOUSE said:

I used to like the guy but whining over the officals is high school stuff 

You are making excuses for a poor 2nd half.

Now the players are blameless 

Nice job

When Vrabel said "that's how they play...," I hope that pissed off the Bills players. It should be fun the next time they meet.

[Captain Hindsight]

1 hour ago, ***** said:

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

Yeah I went back and rewatched the game and overall, I thought it was a clean game 

[HOUSE]

1 minute ago, Captain Hindsight said:

Yeah I went back and rewatched the game and overall, I thought it was a clean game 

To me it was pretty even, one of NEs passes was definitely trapped on the turf and Milano got suckered punched. 

[billsbackto81]

So much for the hard nose, no nonsense, tough as nails reputation. 

 

Not a good look. That's as soft as it gets.  👶 💩 

[Brandon]

That's just terrible.  I feel for them,  I really do.  It's not like they received favorable officiating from 2000-2020.  Not at all. 

[streetkings01]

The declined DPI still flipped the field — 37 yards to the Pats’ 8 — and despite backing themselves up, the defense still gave up a 14-yard TD on 3rd & goal. That’s a failure to execute in the red zone.

 

Same with the holding on Coleman: 1st & 10 at the 32, and the defense still allows an 11-yard TD run. Penalties didn’t force touchdowns — the defense allowed them.

 

At some point you’ve got to:

 

Force a field goal

Get a stop on 3rd or 4th down

Win in the red zone

 

 

Good defenses overcome adversity. This one didn’t. Blaming officiating ignores the bigger problem: no situational stops when it mattered most.

[BuffaloRebound]

Classic goon behavior.  Complain about something to create distraction from the very real controversy of Bills not having a replay feed for the 1st quarter no catch.  They cheated for 20 years.  Aint gonna stop now.  

[stevewin]

17 hours ago, ScotSHO said:

I love that posters here have just now lost respect for this goof.  He works the refs all game, every game.  Same garbage in TENN.  He's super annoying and a drag on the spirit of the game.  He spends 2:1 time talking to refs vs. his own team.

It has always been surprising to me all the love so many Bills fans on this board had for this douchebag.  At least some are starting to see him for what he is