More of the same this week, but what’s with all the bad calls? I forgot to mention the Laveranues Coles touchdown that was taken away last week due to a bad call. It simply didn’t make any sense.
This week’s game had two calls that stand out in my mind, which were back-to-back. The first play involved pass interference where Coles was tied up by the Patriots’ DB, but the zebras didn’t throw a flag. I was screaming for a flag, but since I was at home on my couch, the refs didn’t pay any mind. The very next play, the Jets got called for holding. Even during the replay, the commentators noted that there “wasn’t much there”. At this point I was livid. In fact I am still angry about those two calls, or one call and one non-call. The officiating was horrible this year overall, especially against my Jets. I still think they would be in a similar situation, but who knows, maybe a few games could have gone the other way if the officials made the right calls.
The point of this whole rant is this: I know my team is not great this year. They’ve been plagued by injuries and bad luck with turnovers and so forth, which I readily admit and accept. But when your team is doing so badly and the officials are making bad calls, or not making calls that they should be making, it just stings that much more. /end rant.
More next Monday after the Jets battle the Raiders at home.