The optimism is gone. 

That didn't take long.

Optimism returning..... 

ohgoodlord ...

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2588040-ray-ray-armstrong-investigated-for-allegedly-taunting-police-dog

OK, I can see if a police dog is involved in a serious incident and someone attempts to taunt the dog.  That will not only distract the dog, but also its handler who now has to calm the dog down.

But this an NFL football player who, jacked up on adrenaline decided to lift his shirt and bark at the dog.  Was the dog upset that Ray Ray has better abs? Hopefully common sense prevails.

forsberg_us wrote:

OK, I can see if a police dog is involved in a serious incident and someone attempts to taunt the dog.  That will not only distract the dog, but also its handler who now has to calm the dog down.

But this an NFL football player who, jacked up on adrenaline decided to lift his shirt and bark at the dog.  Was the dog upset that Ray Ray has better abs? Hopefully common sense prevails.

 

I wonder why the dog had to be taken out of service?   Thats wierd.  My advise would be not to taunt an animal that is trained to bite people.  I wouldn't call what ray ray (lol) did as criminal but it qualifys as stupid.

tkihshbt wrote:

Patriots fans crying about bad officiating is my favorite thing about the NFL

http://www.csnne.com/new-england-patriots/officiating-spotlight-after-patriots-broncos?p=ya5nbcs&ocid=yahoo

Representing the Athens of America:

Too many injuries on Pats WR core as well as Collins and Hightower out with injuries and the Bronco's needed OT and questionable ref calls.

I have never seen a year when the officials have been so bad. From the bad call on Gronk for P.I., to the phantom holding call in the end zone which totally saved the night for Denver. And I'm not going to even go into the sloppy "Excess timeout" call that had kept the clock running. More and more this year, with each passing week, the officiating has gotten worse. 

Just think of it this way the patriots have a patch worked o o-line, two healthy receivers, star running back is out, star TE is out and they still managed to make overtime against the one of the best defense in the league. Just wait until they get some guys back from injuries!

Goodell's weasels officiating the game were so one sided in penalty calling and that is ultimatley what decided the game; especially at crucial times stopping Patriot drives. Remember who pays these officials and who their boss is. Goodell the weasel who has the integrity of a skunk and he definitely would encourage his officials to call a game which could most likely cost he Pats a win and the season is not over. Expect more horrendous officiating by the weasel's employees.

Tainted victory for the Broncos. They had to go into overtime to beat a team running on three cylinders withLewis, Edelman, Amendola, and Collins all out with injuries.. Otherwise, the Patriots would have given Osweiler a wake up call.

Commish Godell: If you're any kind of commissioner at all, you'll call for a do-over of these games. If that means the season gets extended, and Super Bowl 50 has to take place later than planned, then go for it.

I'd like to thank the referees for a hard fought and well-deserved win over the Patriots.

horrible officiating and cutting out the legs on a tight end that make Shannon Sharpe run to his twitter like a 10 year old girl. #$%$ the Broncos and can't wait for the playoffs to beat the living #$%$ out of your team. You pathetic Denver fans want to bring up that Pat fans only whine an cheat. Oh yeah I forgot your team won with Sharpe do to greasing up their lineman and cheating on the salary cap. #$%$ dirty #$%$ team. Hope your team gave the refs a reach around for the #$%$ist on that win.

Questionable calls Patriots had key players out and the lost of Stephen Gostkowski during the game may have helped the Broncos a bit.

It appears that Rodger reached to the bottom of his referee barrel for the refs last night at the Pats/Broncos game. The calls and management of the game by the refs were horrible. The Pats would have won clearly without the last two/three major blown calls by Rodgers worst refs. 

One thing is for sure, you could definitely tell who the ref's were rooting for. Every bad call under the sun was against the Patriots.

Do referees ever get fined for making bad calls?

the officials gave Denver the game. The only thing that would have been better is that if the Pats won and the game with the officials trying to give it to Denver. The last play there was an illegal block and nothing called.

What a shock. Every Pats hater logs on to this article to grab a towel and pop out a quick rage-spank over a rigged game. Whatever quells the fire, I guess.

I don't normally blame wins or losses of refs, but this was just horrible. The Pats had this game almost in the bag not once, but twice, and each time had it taken away by a bad penalty call. I would have been fine with it if the calls were good ones, but they weren't. If I was a Denver fan, this win would feel tainted to me.

Games aren't won by players. Games are won by referees.

Worst officiated game of the year. Patriots can't beat Denver and the refs in the same night.

it sure looked like the league got some revenge on Brady and the Patriots with the worst officiating I have seen in a long time. Message to the league....quit controlling the outcome of games or I will quit supporting your game!

with poor officiating and terrible injuries any given day a poorer team can win.

Well that's how you beat the Patriots. Wait until their top 4 offensive weapons are injured, sprinkle in missing both starting LBs and LT, capitalize on their miscues (Harper's muffed punt) and have some questionable calls go in your favor. 

You seem to forget here, that two major penalties, gave the game to Denver, right, GAVE the game, to Denver. At least write some of the truth in your column, it sucks to not mention it!!

  

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tkihshbt wrote:

It's pretty unbelievable that the same team gifted a spot in the AFC championship game almost 14 years ago and has had several transgressions overlooked would have fans that believe the league is out to get them. Simmons dedicated his entire podcast to the game last night. I'm tempted to listen just to hear him cry for a good hour.

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Speaking of former Arizona Wildcats, I'm tempted to find out how Chris Duncan is defending Nick Foles today. I believe he's the last Foles fan left.

I'm not Jeff Fisher, but I have no idea what he saw in Foles anyway.

Keep in mind that in spite of evidence to support my claim - most notably the events of Jan. 19, 2002 - that the NFL has a long-standing vendetta against the Raiders, Patriots' fans have dismissed/ridiculed the notion.
Now, less than a year after the Patriots are largely exonerated after they're caught DEFLATING THE FUCKING FOOTBALLS BEFORE THE AF-FUCKING-C CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, their fans are convinced the league is out to get them. 
 

There's a guy who bowls in our Friday night league. Not on our team, on a different team, but we get to watch him most weeks. 

He putters up to the line, and throws that ball about 9 mph. When that ball doesn't strike, this 75 year old goes into fits. Cursing the oil, the approach, the pin-setter, the ball, his shoes, any noise that could have taken his focus away. You name it. 

It's funny to watch people blame everything around them but themselves. 

Last edited by alz (11/30/2015 3:46 pm)

tkihshbt wrote:

Nah, I'm referring to Gronk.

 
Sorry. The color commentator who worked Saturday's Cal/ASU game must have referred to ASU as "Arizona" at least as half-dozen times. I'm not sure Gronkowski ever lasted long enough in a season to play against ASU, and if he did, I don't recall him doing much damage. I think his brother might have had a good game against the Sun Devils, but I'd have to look it up.

Only a couple, and they are both old dudes. They provide the comic relief for the rest of us. No matter how bad we might be doing, we can always look at them and any personal anger at the pins not falling disappears.

For me? I'm getting much better. Have a 635 and a 649 (this was a personal best ever for me) in two of the last 3 weeks. Considering I'm a 182 average, and those are 210-220 series' I'm definitely improving!
 

Sounds like Belichick was an asshole during a press conference. I don't understand his need to treat reporters like shit.