It's funny because anytime a fan of another team would complain about bad calls maybe costing a game folks would laugh about whiners and how weak it is to blame the refs and how if the team had done x or y it wouldn't have mattered and it was just one play and what about this play and stop blaming the refs. And now that a couple calls went against the pats it's a grand conspiracy and when people point out that no, it's just more of the same shitty officiating we've been talking about they're told to pipe down because this was, like, worse because it was the Patriots.To be clear, I accept the fact that shitty officiating is a part of the deal at times. But to me this game goes down along with the Ravens replacement ref game and the Carolina game two years ago as amongst the most shittily officiated Patriots losses in recent memory. So moreso than your typical "our guys were held all game long" game, this one sucked and will sting for a bit.
And again, it doesn't fucking matter because the Pats ultimately have to be better and a loss is a loss. But, as a fan, reading rationalization of shitty officiating by a fan of the opposing team disguised as commiseration or a feeble attempt to get us to understand that the refs just suck equally for all teams is annoying right at this moment.
Edit: As annoying as it would be, it would actually be less annoying for you to be arguing that the Pats didn't get screwed because there were tons of missed calls both ways. Becuase then at least you'd come right out and say what you've been hinting at during the whole thread, instead of this coy bullshit you are pulling now.
Good times all around.