Looks like the Eagles are a half away to be the team that loses to the Patriots in next Superbowl.
Norm you hatred for the Patriots is clouding your vision. There was plenty of contact and it was the contact that forced the receiver out of bounds.
Well, not all the Patriots. Just the coach, and then whoever in the organization assisted with the cheating. Tom Brady may be the GOAT, but IMO will always be tarnished by the cheating. And, I'm referring to Spygate and not Deflategate.
Let's take my subjectivity out of it. The NFL averages 12.25 penalties per game. Playoff games average 18.4% less per game. The Pats today had 1 penalty for 10 yards. The Jags had 6 penalties for 98 yards.
I thought it was an iffy call. Both guys had their hands on each other and the receiver made no attempt to come back to the ball.
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And see, another can have an opinion different than yours. Like I said, I could understand Illegal Contact. What happened to let the players play? What happened to not calling as many penalties in playoffs? Why not give Pats 5 yards and 1st down as opposed to 40+ yards.
I thought that was PI. I don't why the ref blew up on the turnover though, I didn't think that play was dead.
And the Pats got the benefit of the PI call. And the Pats got the benefit of the fumble call.
The PI call but points on the board for Pats. The fumble call took points off the board for the Jags. Which not too surprisingly, was a 14 point difference. The Pats only won by 4, so the didn't cover the spread.
But, you can't review penalties on the field, because there isn't thr Technology available.
When one team consistently gets all the calls and benefits, and the coach of that team has been caught intentional cheating and remains the coach, then everything is suspect.