Ok I've been trying to get a word in edgewise on an ESPN blog about this headline I read (see above) but there's actually TOO MANY people talking to get meaningful constructive dialogue. I have my own comments to this, but I will reserve them for the time being. What does everyone think of this? Here's the article quote from ESPN.com;
"The New England Patriots were assessed zero penalty yards in their win over the St. Louis Rams on Sunday -- and the Rams want to know why. The Rams are sending a videotape to the NFL's offices, highlighting plays the team believes should have resulted in penalties against the Patriots on Sunday, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. 'Never ever, ever, ever played a perfect team before,' Rams guard Richie Incognito said about the disparity, according to the report. 'That's all I am going to s ...'"
Derek
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
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I didn't watch the game so it's hard to say for certain, but I will say that I've watched games before where minimal penalties were called (maybe 1 or 2) on a team, and that team is generally the home team because they have an easier time cutting out any procedural penalties. I don't know what penalties were being called against St. Louis, but I see there were nine for 63 yards. That being said, it seems hard to believe that penalties would be so lopsided and if you watch any play it's almost a lock that there's holding going on somewhere on the field.
The issue in my mind is, would anyone really care about this if the Rams were playing any team other than the Patriots? Probably not.
Maybe this is some sort of conspiracy against the Rams by the league office for trying to circumvent the Rooney Rule? Probably not either. So at the end of the day maybe St. Louis should have played better defense in the 4th quarter or Bulger shouldn't have been sacked four times or whatever else happened that kept them from winning the game and not blame the refs.
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