After watching this week's Monday Night Game, I was frustrated to hear all of the crying. While it was also frustrating to see three fourth down opportunities granted to New England on one set of downs, the calls that were made were the correct calls. Baltimore had opportunity after opportunity to salt this game away. Is Boller so bad that he can't complete a pass down field with 8 and sometimes 9 men in the box? After being gashed for three quarters, the New England 'D' sold out on the run. The simple response is to throw over the top to force them out of the box. Bad turnovers, shaky play calling, and a great opponent are the reasons for this Baltimore loss; not one way out of line ref.
Calling Sumari Rolle a 'boy' is completely out of line and if this is substantiated this ref should be fined, suspended, and put on probation. On the local radio station a college ref called in and said that he was taught that as a ref you should always keep in mind that "you can't quote silence". They teach refs this because we don't want to hear about refs. They are there to police the game, not to require policing. This said, the level of complaining, moaning, and griping seemed pretty high and might of tested those who are not strong of mind. I won't forgive this guy for losing his cool, but I don't want to exonerate his antagonists either.
This whole business of the NFL trying to sell their Network by keeping New England undefeated is a little ridiculous. Are they going to sing and dance on the way to the bank if this happens? Of course they are! But, to say that they are behind some sort of ridiculous conspiracy to allow New England to go undefeated is a more than a little crazy. The strongest point against this conspiracy theory is that if the NFL was going to affect the outcome of this game it would have chosen a much less abrasive method than having the refs taunt the opposing team. Come on!
However unfortunate it may be, New England is undefeated becasue they make plays when it counts and often when it doesn't.
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Yes, Kyle Boller is that bad.
Really good post, by the way. You should blog more often.
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