The Steelers' board looked exactly like this one last week. The refs screwed the Steelers while turning a blind eye to numerous game changing penalties committed by the Jags. That's human nature. When the Giants beat the Pats, Eli was clearly "in the grasp" before his lucky TD pass and the intentional grounding by Brady in the 2nd game, was never, in the history of football, ever been called before. Brady heaved the ball, not out of bounds or into the ground, but deep down the middle of the field! See how that works?

The bottom line is that if you take care of business, you don't need to leave anything in the hands of the refs. To think that the NFL would help the Patriots in ANY way is simply nonsense.

No one cared about the tuck rule when it cost the Patriots a game against the Jets. When it helped the Pats? Change it!
No one cared about aggressive defensive back play until PEDton Manning's pillow soft offense couldn't beat the Pats. Change it! Those PI calls wouldn't have been called pre-Colts' SB.
No one cared about the location of cameras until NE did it. Since filming signals has never been against the rules, every team did it each and every game. As soon as the Jets complain... SPYGATE.
No one cared about the common ineligible receiver play until NE used it against the Ravens. Change it! Yet Harbaugh tried the exact play 3 times after the rules changed.
No one cared that weather decreases PSI. Everyone knows it happens. Suddenly, the NFL denied it. That made as much sense as saying gravity doesn't exist.

When the NFL tries so darn hard to prevent the Patriots from winning, how can anyone say the league is rigged so that the Patriots win? You can't have it both ways...

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