Hey Calzone, if Fletcher’s shoulder-to-shoulder hit was a personal foul of any type, then we need to put a skirt on Brady and shave his legs. Fletcher’s hit was clean and only wimps like you would complain about it and call it a personal foul.

There were three terrible personal foul calls yesterday in the Pats-Skins game.

The calls on Carter, Fletcher, and Wilfork were all terrible.

The defender in all three cases were already in motion to strike before Carter was pushed, Brady slid, and Wilfork was already barreling down on the runner so he wouldn’t get up.

Not to mention how many flags were thrown and then picked up? Terrible job by the crew in this game yesterday. Even as a Pats fan I couldn’t believe they called Fletcher for that. Awful

The same should apply to a QB tucking and running towards the line of scrimmage, then throwing it at the last minute. You’re taking a risk to get popped the way a running back would, so don’t do it unless you’re aware of the consequences.

If Harrison gets fined and/or suspended then Fletcher should also receive some sort of punishment.

Is this what we sink our money into? Broken replay machines and penalties for anybody who sneezes near Tom Brady??

But Goodell doesn’t have any credibility.

Had no real impact on the outcome though.
Brady slid at 20. Ball placed to 10 after penalty. Patriots kick a FG.

They were getting the 3 points anyway.

The officiating was certainly terrible, but Brady had nothing to do with it.

WEAK call. London Fletcher seems like a cool guy.

For the whiners, Tom Brady had nothing to do with this call. Thanks for playing, though.

IMO, they need: 1) full-time refs, 2) actual repercussions for bad officiating teams (they need to be put on leave or outright fired), 3) big, game altering penalties need to be reviewable, and/or 4.) the elimination or reduction of spot fouls (you shouldn’t be able to toss the ball 70 yards down the field and get a 70 yard PI penalty).

The winning side rarely argues about poor officiating after a game. If the outcome went the other way, then I guarantee you Pats fans would be clogging the boards with outcry over the BS calls.
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I think he was talking about players and coaches complaining to the press after the fact, not fans.

Fletcher is not a dirty player at all and Triplette completely made up that thing about the forearm to the head. I was incredulous. Just say it was for hitting a QB who had already given himself up via the slide. QBs have been know to slide late to draw that flag. It’s not a penalty I personally would call in that particular instance but it is what it is. I don’t blame Fletcher for being mad and complaining to the ref at the time. Guys only lose credibility when they rant after every call. I watched him enough when he faced my Pats twice a year in Buff that I know he’s not a habitual ranter.

If this surprises ANYONE, then they have not watched a lot of Patriots games. Tom Brady is the FIRST person to jump up and down at the ref looking for a flag if someone touches him.

It is disgusting, it is a disgrace, and it makes the NFL a joke of a game. It is the ONLY way the Patriots can win a close game, if the ref’s help them.

any other QB this would have been seen for what it was…. a blind man could see it wasnt a foul but a blind man that went up and touched the QBs face to see it was Terrific Tom woulda thrown the flag too….

your teams stinks anyway… go away London Fletcher… no one cares.

Fletcher for Roughing – Bad call, slide was late.

Carter for Roughing – Terrible, negated an INT

PI on Santana Moss – Tough call, was after 5 yards, Moss initiated contact.

NO PI called on Wilson on Brady’s last pick, clearly grabbed the jersey twice altering his route.

Through rules changes and official decree, the NFL has done everything that it could do for years now to encourage offense at the expense of defense. While I enjoy offense as much as anyone, unimpeded offense, which is what we’re seeing more and more, is as boring to me as a game in which the defenses dominate. It’s past time for the officials to reign in on some of these roughness penalties and let the guys play.

go figure. they would never miss that on a marquee qb

Yes, you guys are right, the refs wanted the Pats to win the game. The refs were the one’s who made a Redskin player pick up a penalty flag and chuck it downfield (15yd penalty) like a genius after he was flagged for a blatant hold. The refs wanted the Pats to win so badly they flagged Carter for a clean hit on Grossman and DIDN”T call pass interference when Underwood was held by his jersey on Brady’s interception. It’s a vast conspiracy to make sure the Patriots win. Unless you have a brain.

Talk about more relevant worse calls, the offensive pass interference call that took away the Redskins touchdown at the end was ridiculous. There is a reason they did not show it on TV, but with my DVR I watched the play and Julian Edelman ought to apply for an emmy for the fall he took after he missed his inside chuck on Santana Moss.

Neither should be fined.