I'm not a Pats fan. Jets fan who came out to commiserate. Decided just to keep my mouth shut except for a couple of comments (I think some of you are being way too hard on Bortles, e.g., and that your coaches screwed the pooch by taking a knee with a minute to go and two TO's at the end of the first half. Looked like they didn't understand that with the Pats you have to put your foot on their throat and not take it off until the final whistle).

Just my two cents on the officiating. The complaints are about what I'd expect to find, the winners feel that they "got lucky" on a couple of calls (or that they were the right calls anyway). The losing team feels they were robbed. My Pats friends are yelling that the Lewis-Jack play wasn't even a fumble. Someone from SI agreed with that. Personally, I thought it was a fumble and that whether the play should have been blown dead could have gone either way; I think it should be a point of emphasis in the offseason that the officials shouldn't blow a play dead if there's any question at all and then have it resolved on the replay.. And, BTW, my Giants fans friends are still arguing with Pats fans about whether there was holding on the O-Line that gave Eli time to throw the Tyree catch play or whether Eli should have been called "in the grasp." That was ten years ago, so I guess folks will be arguing this one ten years from now.

Anyway. Great Season! Go Eagles!

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