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[effzee]

I have a feeling it was more of a bad pass from Brady then Gronk running his route wrong.

I think it might be both. Gronk should have given himself some room in case of a jump ball. But Brady also needs to throw it higher.

Brady seems a lot more composed in the press conference.

 

[DeaconKnowledge]

Fuck it, we got lucky.

After the past 2 years, after Nakamoron, after the PI that wiped away the Bills victory, after the Sucs scoring 17 straight points in the last 3 min and OT of the game last year, fuck it.

Sometimes you get lucky.

Only good teams are lucky, so count your blessings.

 

[Dutch Gronk]

He had his left arm straight outside of about half a second. That NEVER gets called DPI unless you pull them with your off arm.

If the Gronk play wasn't holding then the McCourty one wasn't holding either.

 

[squicken]

This week Im leaning towards the Lions or the Chiefs. Could just stick with the Pats again and become a lifelong

Dat Houston football curse!

Man let's test this thing out. Browns never beat the Steelers. We should totally lifelong Pittsburgh

 

[effzee]

The Dobson PI

You have no idea what you are talking about. That was an obvious PI call.

 

[Sanjuro]

FUCK YOU DAVID ALLEN GRIER! You were the worst on that show with the two white people!

 

[Draconian]

The Dobson PI

Oh you mean the one where the defender tackled him? Yeah, don't know why that got called.

 

[Cloudy]

Except Gerry Austin just explained it multiple times in ESPN. Not PI.

That's what I'm arguing lol

 

[Spinluck]

The Belichick conference was great, haha

Classic Belichick. Love it.

 

[unknownstranger]

If the Gronk play wasn't holding then the McCourty one wasn't holding either.

I was taking a shit at that time so I have no idea about that play. If so then refs fucked up.

 

[linkboy]

Except Gerry Austin just explained it multiple times in ESPN. Not PI.

They're ignoring the Defensive Holding rule to protect the officials (Perria does the same thing on Fox).

http://www.nfl.com/rulebook/useofhands

defensive player may not tackle or hold an opponent other than a runner. Otherwise, he may use his hands, arms, or body only:

(a) To defend or protect himself against an obstructing opponent.

Exception: An eligible receiver is considered to be an obstructing opponent ONLY to a point five yards beyond the line of scrimmage unless the player who receives the snap clearly demonstrates no further intention to pass the ball. Within this five-yard zone, a defensive player may chuck an eligible player in front of him. A defensive player is allowed to maintain continuous and unbroken contact within the five-yard zone until a point when the receiver is even with the defender. The defensive player cannot use his hands or arms to push from behind, hang onto, or encircle an eligible receiver in a manner that restricts movement as the play develops. Beyond this five-yard limitation, a defender may use his hands or arms ONLY to defend or protect himself against impending contact caused by a receiver. In such reaction, the defender may not contact a receiver who attempts to take a path to evade him.

(b) To push or pull opponent out of the way on line of scrimmage.

(c) In actual attempt to get at or tackle runner.

(d) To push or pull opponent out of the way in a legal attempt to recover a loose ball.

(e) During a legal block on an opponent who is not an eligible pass receiver.

(f) When legally blocking an eligible pass receiver above the waist.

This is the NFL rule regarding Defensive Holding.

The play in question

 

[MechDX]

Man let's test this thing out. Browns never beat the Steelers. We should totally lifelong Pittsburgh

Naw, too easy. I want to torment someone and Steelers GAF is already pathetic. Lions

We could make Kas be kas

 

[Draconian]

Except Gerry Austin just explained it multiple times in ESPN. Not PI.

He said it could've been called defensive holding.

 

[Kobe24]

@white_goodman_
Watching Tom Brady yelling at the ref reminded me of myself after continuation rule 113-D.

https://www.twitter.com/White_Goodman_

 

[FrenchMovieTheme]

at the very least that was defensive holding. i guess whatever about the pass interference but i have literally never seen a ref throw a flag where a throw went to the middle of the field and was technically "catchable" (which it was because someone caught it) and then picked up the flag

patriots got hosed but they've had their fair share of favorable calls over the years

 

[Vilam]

Is there a man more devoid of personality on planet Earth than Bill Belichick?

Probably Nick Saban.

 

[squicken]

Naw, too easy. I want to torment someone and Steelers GAF is already pathetic. Lions

We could make Kas be kas

I like kas but I will follow your lead!

 

[tiggerkiddo]

Thank you Carolina.

 

[MechDX]

I like kas but I will follow your lead!

Miguel? You onboard?

 

[Crisco]

Patriots were the better team tonight, but Cam was the best player on the field.

 

[slightconfuse]

these Cam runs are the real killers

 

[Pimpwerx]

@bomani_jones 14m
this was like 2011-12 cam, in this sense: of the panthers 300 total yards, cam was responsible for 271. bel-air academy football.

Is that stat real? If so, cot damn! That's insane. I didn't know he accounted for that much of their offense tonight. PEACE.