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[QUOTE="Orangeman, post: 3125335, member: 972"]
Uh, no.  Yes, thank you the Bills have a good defense, out-gained the Patriots by over 100 yards as a result.  Patriots needed a blocked punt to score the winning points (Bills' fault)...

So in a tight game, unfortunately yes, the NFL officials can effect the outcome.

And, if they call the Defensive Holding Penalty on the FG and the Bills make that before Half, and then they correctly rule on the "Interception" which led to a Patriots FG, and then the Bills can make a different decision on 4th & Goal and kick the chip-shot FG, in a vacuum the score is 16-13 Bills win.

Normally I'd say but we're not in a vacuum it's Brady...BUT, he did nothing all day...so, yes, the officials with these and numerous other calls definitely impacted the game.  If a Bill clocked Brady he's probably ejected and then 15 more yards for Unsportsmanlike, they'd adapt the rules for a 30 yard penalty (yes, the officials have "created" new penalties against the Bills vs the Pats on Monday Night Football before).

The Patriots are so cocky regarding their NFL-given advantage they literally SET A PICK in the middle of the field on a 3rd down play like he was Karl Malone in the NBA
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