Jacksonville, you got schooled by Belicheck and Brady and looked like students and your d backs plain sucked. Pats deserved this winf so much especially with Gronk out on another dumb d back play by Jax.
Good on Pats, that was cool to see how you toyed with Jax albeit it only came across as toying, that was a decent game for sure. Brady and Belicheck, masters. I wanted Jax to win but they simply got schooled it was actually funny to watch how clinical the Pats came back. Very nice and as I say, I don't like the Pats but have to give full credit where credit is due.
Jax will now know what it will take to win a big one like this one. Not quite yet there.
Close only counts in horse shoes and hand grendades as they say. Pats to SB. Jacksonville hanging their heads and saying how they got schooled. Whimpering while doing so. I feel sorry for them actually.
1st down - run to the left - 1 yard
1st down - run to the left - 3 yards
1st down - run up the middle - loss of a yard
1st down - run to the left - 2 yards
Yup - Jacksonville were just one or two plays away from winning that game. And they weren't helped by that very marginal interference call against them that helped set up the Pats touchdown just before haalftime.
I’m sure someone will soon begin stirring that pot, lol.
Even officials are allowed to be impressed by a great athletic team performance.
They’re human. Doesn’t mean they become blind.
I really think that those who slag the Patriots are simply jealous. Nothing more. The team has built something that every club and player should aspire to. And something that us fans should expect more of - from the teams we support.
I agree with your statement about officials… but, congratulating him on the field of play was not the appropriate time to do that…the optics of that are bad… wait until they head off the field, or until all the media and cameras are gone.
If I was that ref and had the chance to be the very first one to congratulate such a victory - I’m taking it. He’s only human. One could argue that the ref demonstrated the highest level of sportsmanship by congratulating immediately on a big victory.
One can spin it any way one wants. I shake hands with fellow golfers at the beginning of a round and then again immediately as soon the last putt drains. It’s very common in sports.