I mean, we can point to plenty of NE mistakes, especially the Harper fumble.
But there is no way a neutral fan can watch that game and not see how ****ed up the officiating was. It wasn't just one blown call or a few on non-crucial plays. The refs literally stole a 50-yard pass (into FG range), a big 1st down conversion in the 4th, and a 3rd down sack play that could have ended the game on the next play.
With the trolling in this thread early on and Gronk going down, this entire game made my blood boil. Kudos to Tom for leading that game-tying drive with a bunch of practice squad kids on offense, but **** I wanted to win that game so much to toss that corrupt garbage in the faces of the NFL. Regardless of injuries and chances of sustaining undefeated, the refs literally just took away our undefeated season.
And we lost Gronk and Hightower. I don't know what to say. All we can do is pray Gronk isn't season ending and we can get some weapons back for January. Otherwise, Brady is going to have to go into 2006 Godmode to win games.
D made some big plays but not enough and against a rookie QB. What a truly frustrating, infuriating evening of football. Vomit-flavored cherry on top was having to listen to Chris Collinsworth blow his ****ing load twice (Brock TD to take lead, OT winner)