What do you want from the Patriots?
Would you rather they run up the score, embarrassing teams and removing all the drama from the competition—or come from behind, frustrating defenses desperately trying to pull off the miracle upset?
Here's an option: Admire them.
Admire the New England Patriots for their pursuit of an undefeated season.
Admire the Pats' ability to come from behind, or to win by 40 points.
Admire them, because they seek perfection—a seemingly impossible dream that only Don Shula and the '72 Dolphins have ever brought to fruition.
So what if there are bad calls? There are bad calls in every game.
Just because ONE mistake seemed instrumental in helping the Patriots win ONE game doesn't mean the refs are in the bag.
In the Hawaii-Washington game, there were some egregious officiating blunders. But that doesn't mean those officials were for or against Hawaii.
They just called what they saw—or what they didn't see.
In response to another article concerning the Ravens' last-second Hail Mary—yes, the Patriots were all over the Ravens receivers, but Derrick Mason could have easily been called for offensive pass interference too.
I realize this isn't a popular position—but the Pats should be given credit for what they've done.
They've sought perfection, and are nearing it.
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David McDermott about 1 year ago
AMEN that! Great article. As I've said before, everybody needs to quit whining about the Patriots. All those calls against the Ravens were legit, i.e. not even close calls that could have gone either way. The supposed "golden boys" are getting crucified these days for absolutely NO reason.
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
Exactly. Not a single call last night was a bad call. The TD was a little ambiguous, but that's not enough to overturn the onfield call of a TD. IMO, that TD was not really bobbled. Gaffney caught it with fingertips and instead of just holding the ball, he tried to move it and tuck it in his right hand maybe in anticipation of a Ray-Lewis-breaking-up-Ben-Watson-TD type of moment. He had that ball possessed for sure, it's not like the ball's bouncing up and down or anything remote like that. As for the holding calls, the Ravens deserved to be called a dozen times at least. The one they finally got called on the guy covering Moss, he practically bearhugged Moss and dragged him to the ground. Raven's passing defense played well only because they were wrestling the Pats receivers. I'm sure they got this blueprint from the Eagles and this would not be the last we see on this type of coverage.
Ravens are such a sorry bunch of sore losers. Colts fans are the most biased people I've ever seen. Not surprisingly, bias usually comes from intellectually challenged people.
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Colin Stewart about 1 year ago
Come on, don't act like the Ravens and Colts are the most biased people out there. Every fan-base of every team is biased...it's the nature of the beast.
New England fans (Red Sox, Patriots, Celtics) are among the most biased I've ever encountered, but you can't hold it against them. To say one fan base is biased and are a bunch of sore losers, well I think that's just being biased yourself.
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
Come on, don't act like the Ravens and Colts are the most biased people out there. Every fan-base of every team is biased...it's the nature of the beast.
New England fans (Red Sox, Patriots, Celtics) are among the most biased I've ever encountered, but you can't hold it against them. To say one fan base is biased and are a bunch of sore losers, well I think that's just being biased yourself.
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Amina Abdul-Malik about 1 year ago
This article screams to me in good and bad ways. The TD call in that Ravens game was very questionable to me because of how of the ball was just on the tip of his fingertips until he was clearly out of bounds. I won't say that it was completely overturnable but with the magnitude of the game you go with what it looks most like. When you look at the replay in slow motion ithe ball is moving the whole time his feet are coming back to the ground. I think that it is unaccapetble to just say ok, there are going to be bad calls. That should never just be part of the game. Officials are paid alot of money to do there job......correctly. Not to get into disputes with players and get emotionally attached to the result of the game. And to say that fans are biased.....well duh! Thats what fans are for, to stick with there teams no matter what, to say screw everybody else and anything they stand for. At first I was higly upset about the result of Ravens-Patriots game but now I'm over it because....I honestly think that none of it matters when they get past the regular season. Also, the Steelers have an even better chance to beat them(if Polomolu is healthy) then the Eagles of Ravens.
-A Dedicated Colts Fan
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Roy MacB about 1 year ago
Just my take,,but,,,I think the Pats are just a bit tired and maybe the first half of this season is taking it's toll on them? On the other hand I think the Steelers look way worse than the Pats have all season and big Ben will have his hands full and maybe not with the ball in them as the temperature goes down big Ben will likely freeze up at Foxboro this Sunday. The Pats past teams had a lot of players that played in the cold and snow games and did a great job ,but this team has some new faces to deal with the cold at Foxboro so we are in for a cold snowy day as of the last forecast I saw. I will predict a low scoring game mainly on the ground with the Pats winning it by 10,,,,the same number of times that big Ben will drop the ball. He's a big Baby in the cold weather ,,remember,,!!
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Tori Willis about 1 year ago
It's ironic how everyone is comparing the Pats to the '72 (and that era) of the Dolphins, especially in the Dolphin's state now. I know word is buzzing around that this may be the upset of the year between these two teams, but realistically, (and as much as I love rooting for the underdog), I can't see it happening. Great article.
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