In a fair competition there should not be any studying of the opponents film or scouting of the other teams. Stealing signs is expected in baseball and part of the game. If an NFL team is too stupid to change hand signals like a baseball team does they should be beat.

No doubt BB was upset…. and if you look at the video he immediately turned and went the other way after the ref passed him by. He touched him. WTF…the ref should be happy he got out of the stadium without being tared and feathered.

NFL is so careful with their image that they should end this strike, pay the officials and put a quality product back on the field. Or fold up for one year.

Bill is NORMALLY a soft spoken guy because he was always the beneficiary of phantom calls – especially those that are game changing. Now we have refs that are not paid off…Oh…Bill soft spoken…NOT SO MUCH.

you obviously have to fine him but a suspension would be ridiculously overboard. trying to grab a guys arm to get his attention is different from throwing a punch

It was the most important play of the game, maybe take a look?

Bill in normally a mild mannered soft spoken guy. So when he gets angry like that, you know these officials need to go

I “buy” his explanation since it was pretty obvious even at the time that that was exactly what he was doing – trying to ask if there was a replay of the FG. It’s surprising to me that so many people have misconstrued it as attacking the official, but I know Bellichick is a target for a lot of fans.

(PS Not a Pats fan … no reason to be making excuses for their coach)

But there is a good reason you have to draw a hard line on physically touching officials in any sport – you can’t determine “intent.” You can’t put officials at risk. Just can’t do it, even if the ref is the most incompetent ref in history. There is a difference between yelling and touching an official. Bill has to be hit with more than the usual fine.

Personally, I think a spineless official, following a game in which the “refs” did another abnormally horrible job, trying to run away from the coach so he didnt have to answer for his call is a little bit worse

The refs are SUPPOSED to leave the field immediately after the game without speaking to anyone,the regulars and replacements. As long as Bill has been doing this,you’d think he’d know that.

That said, if the Ravens had lost, it would have been Harbaugh chasing the ref down. This game was such a mess, that I am surprised there wasn’t a riot.

Teams that consistently win are far easier to hate than teams that don’t.

Unless it involves the Jets!

The kick would have gone wide right. The Ravens got lucky.

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What do you mean “would have”? It didn’t.

While I do think Belichick was very frustrated, the game was over. What was he going to say to the ref that would/could change anything?

Bottom line, the NFL puts out a product that we spend money on. The product is far less right now.

Yeah…because the place was silent and there was nothing going on…loud pa, screaming crowd, people running around, etc. He could have whispered in his ear and stopped the ref from getting out of Dodge right?

Nonetheless, you can’t grab…so I suppose we are splitting hairs here. Sigh…I’ve been patient with these replacements, but I’ve seen some wildly inconsistent calls derail my team in a couple close games.