DOLPHINS: NFL pulling for NY?

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dirtier than the Pats?

I'm lazy - I'll just watch the extended highlights  or the replay
during the week :)

On 1/11/09, Danny Nelson <cheesefrog at usa.net> wrote:
> I don't really understand why any football fan wouldn't want to watch the
> playoffs.  Not only have there been some great games because of the
> intensity
> level, but I think it's instrumental in realizing where the Dolphins need to
> go in order to get to the next level.
>
> Now Phil Simms says that a PI call in the end zone on a bomb by Big Ben was
> a
> great call, when on the replay I didn't see anything at all that justified
> it.
>  Phil's gone one toke over the line.
>
> Theres 12 minutes left but this game is over.  I sure wouldn't miss next
> week's Steelers-Ravens game because that is going to be the nastiest brawls
> you've ever seen. (2 dirtiest teams in the league IMO)
>
> ------ Original Message ------
> From: Gmail <ldouglas at gmail.com>
>
>> is it bad that I've checked out of the playoffs - I've only been
>> watching these games a piece at a time.
>>
>> On 1/11/09, Danny Nelson <cheesefrog at usa.net> wrote:
>> > I'm not sure if this was favoritism but I thought it curious that the
> refs
>> > allowed an injury timeout when Justin Tuck faked not being able to get
> off
>> > the
>> > field.  Tuck was limping off the field fairly easily, and as he
> approached
>> > the
>> > Giants sideline Antionio Pierce intercepted Tuck and ordered him to go
> down
>> > on
>> > the field.  You could even see Pierce repeatedly pointing down at the
> ground
>> > as he approached Tuck.  So Tuck goes to a knee and then rolls onto his
> back
>> > while the Giants defense regroups.  When the telecast came out of the
>> > commercial they showed Tuck on the sideline laughing.  Maybe none of the
>> > refs
>> > saw it, or maybe there's nothing they could have done anyway, but it was
> a
>> > pretty obvious fake job.
>> >
>> > One instance where the Giants did get screwed IMO was at the 2 minute
>> > warning
>> > in the first half.  The Giants got the snap off right as the clock went
> from
>> > 2:01 to 2:00 and Jacobs got 5 yards.  Then during the commercial break
> the
>> > refs somehow decided that they didn't get the play off on time.  I have
>> > a
>> > hard
>> > time seeing how you can go back and change that after the play when it
> was
>> > never called on the field.
>> >
>> > And what a terrible challenge call by Coughlin.  Interesting that Norv
>> > Turner
>> > made a similar call in the next game.  What are these guys thinking?
>> >
>> > Of course Phil Simms actually said it was a good challenge, which makes
> no
>> > sense because it wasn't even close.  Then again, Simms also said that
>> > Vincent
>> > Jackson was the one who may have interfered on his TD catch, even after
>> > multiple replays which clearly showed the defender's hand wrapped around
>> > Vincent's arm.  I don't know what Phil's smoking but Ricky and I want
> some.
>> >
>> > ------ Original Message ------
>> > From: "Rick" <mroz66 at comcast.net>
>> >
>> >> seemed to me that the Ref's were giving the Giants every break they
> could.
>> >>
>> >> On one play the refs measured for a 1st down, when the ref grabbed the
>> >> chain
>> >
>> >> to re-spot the ball he moved his hand about 6 inches down the chain.
> They
>> >> also gave Jacobs a great spot on a 4th down  play. The reversal of the
> PI
>> >> call against Webster was also BS.
>> >
>> >
>> >
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