The reason that you think most DBs in the league would be flagged for it is because against the Patriots, they are. And the reason for that is because your team referees the game worse than any other in the league. The day the league stops your players, especially your QB, throwing imaginary flags and screaming in the face of officials, the better. Marshall's a gobshite prick, but at least he has the self respect not to be pissing and whining about not getting the flags he imagines he deserves every time he doesn't come up with the ball. You might think that our fans are whiny bitches and in some cases you might even be right, but at least ours are only in the stands. It seems to be central to the entire ethos of your shithouse organisation.
RACK IT! Watched the Pats Dallas game and it is LITERALLY on every incomplete pass, either by Brady or the receiver. I'll take my fans being whiny bitches over my team doing it any day of the week. It's inherent in being a fan of your team. You ALWAYS think you're getting rooked, and that things are stacked against you. And you remember in Goodfellas, where Henry Hill says they carried his mother's grocery bags those extra blocks home, outta respect? Well, that's what Revis gets from the officials. It's no different that the treatment Brady or Manning get in regards to late hits, and it's no different than what Deion got for contact down field (of course, Deion didn't play in the Revis NFL, where the Patriots (and the Colts) are the reason DB's can't so much as sneeze on a receiver anymore), it's no different than the holding calls LT used to get where other guys on the same play wouldn't. Revis is quite simply the best corner in the game right now, has been for the last few years, and therefore might get a little more leeway than another corner does. Except of course, as we saw, against the Pats. So be happy... it was apparent your Jordan Rules treatment still trumps ours...
Every CB in the NFL holds and interferes to an extent. Every CB in the NFL does not get every single one of his defended routes replayed for the world to see like Revis, so people just notice it more.
It is pretty damn sad they are trying to discredit Revis and his physical play at any chance they get. Revis is good for the league, if not for him, no secondary is safe from shutting down record breaking passing games. The day they start to limit Revis from his game, will be the day the shutting down the opponents best receiver becomes a lost art. Coaches really shouldn't be complaining their 6'4 receivers get out-muscled and out-techniqued by smaller defenders. Revis is a technician and a student of the game. They mentioned on MNF how he was upset at the scout team receiver not giving him the proper route running needed to prepare for Brandon Marshall. This guy works and studies his ass off and its really sad to see opposing coaches trying to reduce the physical aspect of his game.
I don't know if he tripped or not but the defender has the right to his position on the field. As I said in Gruden thread I thought that it was clearly not PI. I'd say closer to offensive PI. As far as referees blatantly favoring one team over another, I think it is ridiculous for a fan of an team to accuse their arch-rival of benefiting this way unless they have some hard comparative numerical evidence. Pointing to a few calls is anecdotal and not an argument, it's just homerism. Without systematic, quantitative comparative evidence it doesn't carry any weight.
Well thanks for showing a "keen sense of the obvious", Bidet. Of COURSE I'm going to throw a good natured Jibe when its appropriate . I'm a freakin' Pats fan. I'm sorry if you feel my "whiny b!tch" comment crossed the line. It seemed like the correct phrase at the time. The fact is that EVERY fan base complains about the officials....to some extent. However Jet fans take it to a whole new level. As if THEY have the only team that gets questionable flags trown on them. And then there's that tired "Brady" comment, when its been show to be BS several times already on this board. See Bidet that the kind of mindless whining that I was commenting about. :smile: B
that's utter bullshit you feel we whine more, bc you're here reading it. dumbass. show me how brady bitching to the refs everytime someone looks at him funny is tired? please. you're a better poster than this, bc this shit is fucking childish drivel and you're coming off as s fucking douche. your past posts don't tell that story. so what is is ken? are you a fucking douche or you just like acting like one? appropriate, yeah its definitely appropriate to come on another team's board acting like a prick. seriously.
I think he does. He's getting into that Rod Woodson, Deion Sanders, level of CB and both those guys were given the same wide berth once they established themselves as the best. Just like Mike Irvin and Jerry Rice and Randy Moss were allowed that little push off that most WRs would get flagged for.
I don't know anyone (and I'm in the middle of Patriots country up here) that doesn't think Revis is the best CB in the league. A couple may pick the Packers guy, but if so, they think he's next best.
yeah, after seeing that gif, you can see he clearly just trips and stumbles into revis. he literally runs into him. when i saw it live and then one time the initial replay (without really studying it), i seemed to notice the jersey tug more than anything. good non call by the refs. they clearly saw that right
You must know only fairly intelligent people. Many people try to talk him down and call him overhyped by the ny media.
You should see the NFL section of reddit. Maybe half the posters see Revis as the best CB in the game. The rest are split among Woodson, Asomugha or still clinging to Champ Bailey.
Revis is by far the best corner in the league. That one stat about QB rating when throwing his way that was posted in a separate thread earlier is proof of that.
Reddit is mostly retards who think they are smart. I think many general nfl forums are pretty split on Revis.
That's a typical official philosophy that is in all sports. Sports officials protect the best players, and the idiots who are the usual suspects get foul or penalties on them all the time. Its not officials being biased, its about the flow of the game. Cro is the idiot that has the stain of being a grabber, so all officiating crews look for it. Revis is usually technically perfect, and he's a HOFer, so he's gotta really fuck up to get an official to make the call.
Michael Irvin took that to a whole new level. The NFL actually instituted a rule change aka the Michael Irvin Rule to make some of his push off moves illegal as offensive pass interference. Some contact is allowed and is not pass interference under the rules. Pushing off if it doesn't impede the opponent is legal. The Rule Sayeth: "When players are competing for position to make a play on the ball, any contact by hands, arms, or body shall be considered incidental unless prohibited. Prohibited conduct shall be when a player physically restricts or impedes the opponent in such a manner that is visually evident and materially affects the opponent's opportunity to gain position or retain his position to catch the ball."
