Of all the gall...
I'm tuned in to the Monday night post-game press conference last night, and there's Tom Brady, complaining about the officiating in New England's skin-of-its-ass 27-24 win at Baltimore. Whining that his receivers were getting grabbed downfield.
Hey, buddy, that's how you got your FIRST Super Bowl ring!
No Patriot player, fan, or writer has any business complaining about last night's officiating. The benefit of the doubt ALWAYS went to the Patriots. Rex Ryan's STUPID last-second timeout got called in time. More on that in a bit. That saved Brady getting stuffed on 4th-and-1. Another 4th-and-1 play failed, but was called back, properly by rule, by a false start. The refs then bailed Brady out again on 4th-and-6 by making a defensive holding call that's in the dictionary next to "ticky-tack". Jabar Gaffney's TD catch was close enough to call either way; naturally, New England got the call. The officials flagged Baltimore THIRTEEN times for 100 yards, New England? just 4 times for 30.
New England LOST that game THREE times but all three times got the referees' gracious permission to try again. The timeout was a correct call, the holding flag was cheesy. Five of New England's first downs came via penalty. And instead of being thankful that his team's lucky enough to remain undefeated, Brady instead is whining about the very officials who made his latest win possible.
Just shut the hell up.
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