Brentz, Linares, Nova, Kalish, Sweeney,Hazelbaker,Repko,etc…..Sox should not not be looking for outfield talent from ouside the organization.  Their future is already within the organization and here’s a vote for Beyeler for manager.  He knows the talent and has done a super job at Pawtucket.  Our primary need from outside is pitching and a pitching coach. 

do you know a AAAA player when you see one? 26years old and 28 years old playing in AA or AAA usually means they are not major league talent.

With all the media attention around Ray Lewis retirement, the NFL wanted to Ravens to win

Roger Goodell’s farce was played out last night before the NFL’s fans and again his play falls short of Broadway! If you didn’t think that these games were scripted before you know it now!!!! The referees blew this game with non holding call on Jimmy Smith in the endzone! No offence meant but Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder could have made that call…..Goodell you stink!

It was a missed call.  But to be fairI have to feel if the situation were reversed and it was Anquan Boldin who was being held, a flag still would not have been thrown.      However that does not make the situation “okay”.   Teams prepare to play within the rules, and when those rules aren’t enforced, the game suffers as a result.

The bottom line is that when a game is called “tight” (that is, the referrees decide to make the players play by the rules) dirty play teams like the Ravens lose.   When it is called “loose” (which is code for letting players break the rules), teams like the Ravens win.

The NFL either needs to go back to the old rules for downfield contact (something I’d be in favor of) or make damn sure that the refs are calling a “tight game” every game.

Typical Jim Harbaugh crying about something. 

Say what you will about Belichick but he would have just said, “it is what it is. It is the officials call”. Not this crying and whining.

There maybe some truth to THAT call, but Niners next time try not being down by 22 points before you decide to start playing. 

If he makes that call and the niners go on to win the game, the talk would’ve been al about “how could a ref make such a call in a game like this?”  For as physical a game as it was, I thought the refs did a good job.

Good non call.

I watched it a few times.  Yes there was contact, but I don’t think it was an obvious hold.  The no call was a good call.

Wow, I didn’t realize how much Niner’s fans sound like Patriots fans.
But seriously, just think what would have happened if Brady played even a halfway-decent game against the Ravens.

Where’s the wife John?

I thought that the NFL picked the “best” refs from all of the officials based upon performance during the season? I didn’t even recognize the head ref. I didn’t see him all year. There were two or three outstanding, in-charge refs all year. This guy last night wasn’t one of them….NFL making a statement?? But I’m just sayin’.

Wow, I didn’t realize just how much you sound like my sphincter in the morning after a few beers…

LOL

The ball landed like 5 feet out of bounds.  Kaepernick threw up a prayer that wasn’t catchable if Crabtree was uncovered.  The Harbaughs are like spoiled little children out there.   How many other NFL coaches throw freaking temper tantrums like they do, constantly!  Also, you know if the Pats were in the SB this year, all we would be hearing about today is “Blackout-gate”.

frank gore- it’s ALWAYS “a couple plays here, a couple plays there.” what a bunch of whiners. if you had made a couple more plays you wouldn’t  have found yourself in that position 

frank gore- it’s ALWAYS “a couple plays here, a couple plays there.” what a bunch of whiners. if you had made a couple more plays you wouldn’t  have found yourself in that position 

frank gore- it’s ALWAYS “a couple plays here, a couple plays there.” what a bunch of whiners. if you had made a couple more plays you wouldn’t  have found yourself in that position 

frank gore- it’s ALWAYS “a couple plays here, a couple plays there.” what a bunch of whiners. if you had made a couple more plays you wouldn’t  have found yourself in that position 

frank gore- it’s ALWAYS “a couple plays here, a couple plays there.” what a bunch of whiners. if you had made a couple more plays you wouldn’t  have found yourself in that position 

frank gore- it’s ALWAYS “a couple plays here, a couple plays there.” what a bunch of whiners. if you had made a couple more plays you wouldn’t  have found yourself in that position 

frank gore- it’s ALWAYS “a couple plays here, a couple plays there.” what a bunch of whiners. if you had made a couple more plays you wouldn’t  have found yourself in that position 

Come onm buddy.  You can say you watched it once and saw nothing but on a replay, you HAVE TO SEE he was holding with both hands before the pass and while the pass was in the air.  Holding or PI, your choice. 

The underlying fact here is that ball was uncatchable.  If Crabtree had been closer to catching it they probably would have thrown the flag.  He was definitely held though no question.  That ball was never going to be caught so the flag was not thrown.

Frank Gore is a great player, but he sounds like the Ravens did all last year after losing to the Pats in the AFC championship game saying ‘we were the better team. waaahhh.” Usually the team with more points is the better team and definitely the team with more points is the WINNER no matter how much whining the losers do. I do think the no call was questionable, tho, and was glad the niners came back and made it a game, it seemed evenly matched after that. Two exciting young quarterbacks there.

IT was UNCATCHABLE  the ball clearly lamnded  2 feet out of bounds  didn’r matter

I don’t think so, the only people that care about the Ray Lewis story at this point ate the Ravens fans – after Ray Lewis’ overdramatic displays in front of the camera after winning the AFC Championship and all the side stories related to his previous trial and finding god and everything just turned a lot of people off.

Just to clarify, not saying finding god is bad, just the way he handles it in the media started to seem farcacle.

Seeing as I wasn’t a fan of either team in the Super Bowl – an outsider’s view was that Crabtree was held with two hands tugging at his jersey, almost tackling him from the moment the ball was snapped and during the entire of the play – it should have at least been holding or illegal contact – but pass interference was also appropriate.   This has not been a good year for officiating in the NFL.  Worst I’ve seen in years and punctuated by the season ending an incorrect call.

Seeing as I wasn’t a fan of either team in the Super Bowl – an outsider’s view was that Crabtree was held with two hands tugging at his jersey, almost tackling him from the moment the ball was snapped and during the entire of the play – it should have at least been holding or illegal contact – but pass interference was also appropriate.   This has not been a good year for officiating in the NFL.  Worst I’ve seen in years and punctuated by the season ending an incorrect call.

Except the previous drive where the Ravens got a field goal it was called. It was a hold and should have been called

The ball ended up being uncatchable because the receiver was HELD… If he wasn’t held it was 6 points… Watch it again…

I know the inclination is to let the boys play but cumulatively non-calls can have a massive impact on the game.  Particularly if they seem to go one way.

1. Pass interference on Bolden WAS called.
2. Ed Reed was offsides on the 2pt conversion.
3. Holding on the pass to Crabtree.
4. Heck holding on the non-punt/safety play. I know the penalty would have been an automatic 2pts since it happened in the end zone, but a call would have given the Niners a few seconds to work with.  Instead of trying to return the ball, the runner could run out of bounds and give the Niners with a hail mary opportunity.

I will also say that time and time again I see coaches make mistakes on the decision to go for 2pt conversions.  It was a mistake with about 7-8 minutes left in the game to go for the 2pt conversion.  The Niners offense was going to get the ball back anyway.  So a FG would be needed to win whether the score was tied or down 1.  If the Ravens scored a TD, you would still need a TD (and conversion) to tie. 

a ball that hits the ground two feet out of bounds is uncatchable?  even vern troyer could catch it if it lands 2 feet out of bounds.

why did williams not get ejected for pushing the ref in the first half?  why was there not a holding penalty on the non-punt?  it wouldn’t have changed anything, but should have been called.

Holding is holding, i don’t care when it was, who it was, or what part of the game it happened in. If you don’t call it there, why call any penalties? That cost the 49′s the super bowl. That is the big problem with the NFL, they decide when they feel like calling these penalties? How about the play before that when a helment to helment hit to knock Crabtree for a loop and again no penalty. That call was made all year. If that was Brady to Welker that call is made 99% of the time

The 49′s make one of the great comebacks in super bowl history, only to have the officials rob them of the win

Ray Lewis should have  been  in a 6 x 8  jail cell for the past decade…..He murdered two men….A hero???….I think not,,,,,

I was thinking the same thing…when Lewis first came out to announce his retirement my gut instint was to relent to a Raven’s win in the Superbowl…and once again…my gut was right….not because they are a great team….but because that would make a good storyline for the Superbowl.

Do you suppose that maybe if Crabtree wasn’t held at all he would have been where he should have been and Colin would have thrown a better ball?

Darn it…I was hoping for a Sonny Bono headline to emerge from Vail….drat.
Hey, but there was good news from the playoffs, no? Eli didn’t throw any picks…
Even better news emerging from the Bronx…I guess Text Message just realized he’s been a step above a corpse and is now on the “downside” of his career and is “overpaid”. 22.5 million until 2016? I wonder how much the Yanks are trying to cheat their way out of this contract…
BTW, you’re kind of like Floyd Mayweather…pound for pound, the biggest ahole on WEEI….keep up the good work. Just a few more days until Youk emerges as the best infielder on the Yanks….

Eat it,Alice.

Call Lenscrafters.

sure there was holding as well some pushing off by the receiver. In order to make the catch the receiver would have had to be out of bounds. Good no call!! Wish regular season games were officiated that way.

Just to make this clear ….on a holding penalty the ball doesn not have to be catchable for the penalty to be called…holding is still holding reguardless of where the ball is thrown …a ball being uncatchable only applies to Pass interference…

No.  It landed on the paint.    Ask the 2008 Arizona Cardinals how uncatchable that corner endzone stuff is.  They’ll tell you all about a man named Santonio Holmes.

He wasn’t exactly graceful with the week 3 field goal that won the game for Baltimore.

Sonny Bono jokes….?……Way to stay fresh, sport…and topical…..But it may work best if you get some coherent thoughts first before posting…..it’s better for everyone…Other than that, keep up the mediocre work….
BTW – How fitting was it that Brady was golfing–literally–yesterday during the SB.  No pressure so I’m sure he shot even par.

That was pass interference and not holding, if I recall correctly.

 He did play half way decent if you have him miss the throws he missed BUT have his wide outs catch the balls they dropped (just do that) the patriots collect 3 first downs and a Touch down.. blaming Brady is easy for those that check in to watch 15 minutes of a game.

Topical and fresh…just like you…and I might add, you wouldn’t know a coherent thought if it slapped you right across your cro-magnon brow…As far as Sonny goes, I guess your small brain didn’t get the metaphor…
Brady? Good for him to be enjoying a day on the golf course…what was Eli doing? Probably throwing beers to Peyton at their family Super Bowl party only to have them intercepted by their mom….
I read where Bronx morticians are placing bets in Vegas…

Yes,  I now agree that play was pass interference with Crabtree after seeing it a few times; but offensive more than defensive.  But the no call was the right call for the contact between the two cancelled out.

I think we all got the metaphor num bnuts, it just wasn’t funny.  Remember, the bar is set a lot lower in NH so try to keep up with us.  Or better yet, just wait for me to tell you what to say.  Capiche?
(That’s Italian for ‘go get your fing shine box’)
Let’s move on.

Ya, but they would never call it in this league.  Four chances inside the 10, game on the line, scrambling quarterback with an ‘ell of an arm, and you can’t get more creative than throwing in a tight corner to Crabtree?  C’mon…

When you grasp ones shirt with both hands thus preventing him to get to the predetermined spot, it’ called holding.  Look again. This no call determined the winner of the superbowl, just as written. The Ravens got away with a lot of holding and cheap shots as well. Guess they call it agressive unless it’s a team you don’t like.

Everyone is talking about the 4th down call and thats not the call that stood out. On 3rd down Crabtree motioned out of the backfield and did a quick out that he missed and the Ravens defender CLEARLY and SOLIDLY speared him with a helmet to helmet. That is the play that should have been called. Holding and PI’s can be coin flips but helmet to helmets are NOT.  So much for Goodell on “player safety”. Crabtree gets speared with a helmet to helmet when he was defenseless, was right in front of the line judge and he doesnt call it.  Watch the play again. 3rd and goal and just watch Crabtree. Also, on the 2pt converstion..Reed was CLEARLY offsides and there was no flag????  The refs were told by Goodell to swallow the whistle as much as they can when it comes to being against the Ravens.This was fixed the moment Lewis said he was retiring. Is anyone really surprised??  The Ravens sucked all year and all of a sudden he makes his retiring statement and they win it all??? NFL is the WWF

I dont want Brady to retire but hopefully in the middle of next season or near the end he announces hes retiring. I want another championship and next year is a lock if he does

New England Patriots Super Bowl XLVIII CHAMPS!!

It’s also easy for people who look at his statistics with no context of what actually happened to blame solely Brady.  A tipped pass at the line of scrimmage is one of those types of INT’s you just credit the other team for making a great play, it’s not a play where Brady was at fault.  The 2nd INT happened in garbage time when the game was already decided and is pretty much meaningless, except for the statistics and box score of course.  Brady played a solid game, but the mismanagement of the clock was definitely his fault (though not his fault alone since Hernandez didn’t get out of bounds the play before, and the coaching staff also could have called a timeout).  Other than that, the receivers had a bad game, failing to beat press coverage and committing way too many drops in big moments.  Of course, the haters just want to jump all over the Pats & Brady after just that one game, but we all know the QB always gets way too much of the blame when the team loses (and likewise often too much credit when the team wins).  To steal a quote from Ray Lewis, they lost “as a team”.

Ray Lewis should be serving time in a Georgia State Prison, not playing football in the NFL. The only God he worships is the one on the dollar, In God We Trust, on the dollar bill. After watching the game I could tell which way they wanted this one to go. Disgracefull on the part of the NFL Referees to let Williams stay in the game after he shoved the referee. Even during the kickoff return by Jacoby one of the 49ers was getting sandwhich held by two Ravens. This was a gift wrapped win from Godell to Ray Lewis. The Pass Interference that they called against the 49ers was far less flagrant than the one that was committed on Crabtree in the end zone, plus the helmet to helmet contact on the play before that on Michael Crabtree. Even on the two point conversion the tackler was way off side from the Ravens. Disgracefull, the season started with controversial calls and truer to former ended with a major one that cost the 49ers the Super Bowl. Real Black eye for the NFL.

“They got away with one,” Gore said. “We showed we were the better team. It was just a couple plays here, a couple plays there.”…. CAN’T YOU SAY THAT ABOUT ANY GAME IN ANY SPORT?

Obviously wether a ball is catchable has no bearing on holding calls, however it was nice to see the officials make an attempt to let the game be decided on the field and not by penalty flags.  Had all the Patriots regular season games been officiated that way they well may have been 16-0 again. :) 

I found it hilarious…as funny as anything you’ve tried to persuade us all as being comical…and pus snuts, the metaphor was aimed at you…nobody else could give a rats behind…most here don’t like you…too bad you think NH is a bit a bit lower on the totem pole…actually, we just pretend to be slower…we like to lure you super cerebrals up here to buy our liquor and cigarettes..helps us to afford our beautiful homes and luxury cars…
The day I wait for you to explain anything will be the day Arod admits he’s a fraud….whatsa matter JS, am I getting under your skin? A veiled attempt at a threat? I’ve seen Billy Bats and you John Spygate are NO Billy Bats….just do us all a favor, the site would be deeply appreciative; One tablespoon of lye in a 12 ounce bottle of beer will do the trick…You know what Fitzy sez….now just do it.

The Blind Side now the Blind refs……….  It was holding and they cant even make the right call.  I could care less who won, the Chargers weren’t in it…….. but SF got the wrenches put to them.
Shame on you Mr. Ref- looking straight at it and blew the call.

What I do not hear anyone talk about is that that throw was a desperation heave, Before the replay I was thinking how could that throw constitute the most critical play in the game. After the replay I agree there was a hold but the timing of the play was aleady shot. If the play was on time and it was the db that disrupted the timing then I think it gets called otherwise I think a majority of the time in a critical game the refs will let them play.

If any team can’t be better than one bad call, they deserve to lose…end of story! I wanted the Ravens to lose so bad but were there to win!

the problem is the raven’s have ray lewis.  the other problem is the 49ers have jim harbaugh.  so how can anyone root for either team

That is one of the best referees in the NFL. He’s solid.  That said, the holding / non-holding call is not his to make.  It belongs to the back judge or field judge, who are both close to that play.

“Uncatchable” is for pass interference, not holding or illegal contact.

just like the non call(clear holding on #51 at the 25 yd. line)on the kickoff return for the TD and the multiple non calls for holding on the punt that went for a safety. Everyone wondered why it took so long to get to the punter, just look what happens to the two guys that went after him…..

the holding was clear, the interference debatable. Whether or not the ball was catchable(clearly wasnt 5 yds out of bounds) doesnt matter on a holding penalty…..

Actually, the underlying fact is it doesnt matter whether the ball was thrown out of the stadium, holding is determined before the ball is thrown and not dependent on if the ball is catchable. If the ball is in the air, it would be called pass interference, not holding…..

lol…..and receivers dont stretch out more than 2′ to make a catch?? Btw, the call of holding is applied prior to the ball being thrown, making your uncatchable ball argument irrelevant, the act of holding when the ball is in the air is called pass interference……

Good to see the team can go back to their roots. The forty fng whiners. Cheers. Your team didn’t deserve to win. Besides if the ball was catchable, ie thrown better so that Crabtree could actually get his hands on it, he would have caught the ball anyway. Give it up niners, choose to accept it, or go back to your whiner ways.

Green Bay is not whining because they should have played the whiners at home due to the failed Mary pass in Seattle. Whiners fans, your lucky to even be there.

 SPYGATE.. YOU’RE SUCH A TROLL GET OVER YOUR HATING MAN.. GET A LIFE YOU LOSER!!

Actually the Ravens last drive was aided by a PI call which was questionable because the ball wasn’t a catchable ball and there was grabbing and pulling by both defender and receiver.

He’s fine. As long as go numbers are strong I do not care.

drinking is what big pollocks do…whats the problem?

If your Bob Kraft you must be cringing.This great player is a reckless fool andhas the intellect of a 17 year old.You know he will get drunk and break his wrist on someone nose and be out a portion of next year.They need him obviously to win a super bowl and the window is narrow.

 He’s making a fool of himself, is embarrassing the team and unless corralled,  he will do something very stupid.

Gifted by God with a lot of talent, but it looks as though he might have been short changed in the smarts department,  Hope he can grow out of it.

It’s getting old……that last video has me questioning what winning means to him. I’m sorry, and I know that I am in the minority, but seeing him party it up after the SB loss was bothersome to me.
He is an AWESOME player but does losing bother him…….or is he on txt with his brothers planning the next trip to Vegas or AZ?

you consider yourself a journalist? get a life bro.

you consider yourself a journalist? get a life bro.

you consider yourself a journalist? get a life bro.

you consider yourself a journalist? get a life bro.

Finally Kirk you hit the nail on the head. 

Finally Kirk you hit the nail on the head. 

Finally Kirk you hit the nail on the head. 

Finally Kirk you hit the nail on the head. 

Not sure if people are aware of this but he’s still a kid. He has every right to enjoy himself when hes not on the field.

Since when is 23 a kid?He can enjoy himself without body slamming someone and breaking his arm yet again.Patriots had such an offense with him in there and now I get the feeling this talent will never be on the field much.

no one cares what you think DENNIS

WHO CARES? YOU ARE JUST A NEGATIVE DBAG

gronks a drunk!

Haha reading all the blowhards like Kirk wanting to micromanage players personal lives. Nothing Gronk did was illegal or wrong, you are all ‘concerned’ for his arm, give me a break.

Accept that his life is a bit more interesting than yours.

Let Gronk be Gronk he’ll grow out of it.  He’s just out having a good time.  At least hes not gang banging carrying guns shooting people beating up his wife or girlfriend.  This kids a saint compared to some of the other clowns playing this game.

If he actually broke his arm again, I don’t think there would be as many people here defending him. He has the right to have fun off the field, but he’s still got to be responsible about it and not be wreckless.  Other than that, he does deserve his popularity and general support because he’s probably the best tight end in the league now when healthy.  He can have his fun, just as long as he’s not putting himself at serious risk of getting hurt (as with most athletes… see: Ben Roethlisberger riding a motorcycle without his helmet on a few years ago).

If this was someone other then a Patriot he would be getting blasted. A grown man with his shirt off in a bar dancing is all you really need to know about “Gronk” and his opinion of himself. Perhaps the reason he gets hurt every year is because he would rather party at the superbowl then play.

I don care what hes doing.. but when he puts himself in physical harm… then i have a problem.. the pats are counting on him to be adult and not act like a little kid… he needs to grow up..

Dunno about everyone else in the real world but I grew out of the party phase at like age 21-22. Soon as it became legal to party it up it got boring. Plus one has to go to work to pay the bills. 

These celebrity athletes are in their own world without real world problems. Of course they are gonna do whatever they want since they feel they are larger than life.

minihass,  your a punk writing about Gronk  one of the best at TE  for Pats   your story is crap  better to apply to another  trade  ……

YOU GUYS, OK AS LONG AS THE NUMBER ARE STRONG, WHEN???///.. BETWEEN FREAKIN GAMES 1 AND 10,  BEFORE WE WILL BREAK THAT ARM AGAIN BECAUSE HE WAS WRESTLING HIS BROTHER IN THE CLUB???..,   ITS DIFFERENT WHEN YOU AND I DO IT , WE ARENT PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES !!.   HE IS DIFFERENT, HE HAS TO BE MORE RESPONSIBLE AND TAKE CARE OF HIMSELF,  YOU GUYS DONT CARE.. BUT LETS SEE IF YOU CARE NEXT YEAR WHEN HE ISN’T ABLE TO BE ON THE FIELD BECAUSE HE IS DOING SOMETHING STUPID..

YOUR right man, someone has to get to him, and he is immature but what do u expect, remember he is still 23 yrs old lol.. alot of growing up to do still

your not in the minority , im right here wit ya

ENJOY YOURSELF BUT NOT PUT YOURSELF IN HARMS WAY WHEN YOUR BODY SLAMMING PEOPLE ON STAGE AND GETTING HAMMERED.  RIGHT AFTER YOU SUFFERED A FREAKING BROKEN ARM.  THATS A BI LIABILITY TO THE PATRIOTS!, TELL ALL THIS TO BOB KRAFT THATS PAYIN HIM THE MILLIONS..!

23 YRS OLD NOT A KID BUT STILL NOT MATURE ENOUGH BUD. SPECIALY GUYS, WE MATURE WAY SLOWER THAN FEMALES..

LOGIC , DID IT BOTHER YOU THAT GRONK COULDNT BE ON THE FIELD FOR THE PLAYOFFS FOR A 2ND CONSECUTIVE YEAR???

yea me too lol but dude  its a lil different when your a millionaire though.. 

Its   frustrating!Patriots would be champs if they had had him.He is an incredible talent and one of a kind but would hate for something stupid to happen.

holy caps lock…..

obviously he needs to be released so some other team can deal with him

probably lost SB Gronk injury,could’nt play in title game Gronk injury 2 years in a row millions invested ,Maybe we have a fragile tight end here save the moves for the Patriot nation

im being facetious if you can’t tell

Gronk needs to grow up!! Hs acts like hes playing in pop werner

Honestly, I wouldn’t have cared about this story if he hadn’t broke his arm this year. He can body slam, suplex, put someone in the sharpshooter, pile drive, do whatever he wants in the offseason as long as his arm is 100%. That’s the problem; his arm isn’t 100%. He needs to pick his time and  place. He’s allowed to enjoy his personal life. He’s allowed to date pornstars, do stupid things not involving the law all he wants. Not everyone is going to be a prune superstar like Brady and live the model life with the model, kids, yada yada. I just wished he used better judgement this offseason, and let his arm heal. Gronk will be Gronk. 

pleeease , i thought it was something bad , loud music , dancing moves , nothing to write about , go gronk , hAve fun , you awesome , man !!!!!

Kirk, isn’t it time you had a vacation?  Non-story written just to get yourself some attention at the expense of one of the very special athletes in this town.  Nobody “needs” to have a talk with anybody. Gronk will be fine.  Will the Pats win the Super Bowl again? Who knows. They’ll need to play well, have some other folks not play so well, and have some better luck with injuries than this year.  For now, they need to have some fun and come back ready to go. That’s all. 

I really don’t understand where people like yourself get that Gronk could care less about losing!!   Have you never really watched the kid play??  He plays the game as hard as anyone, which clearly shows he is determined to win..  Yeah so he danced after the superbowl loss last year and he partied in Vegas during this years superbowl..  What do you expect him to do??  Would you all be happy if photos of him crying in his bed surfaced??  He is still a kid, leave him the hell alone!!!  Yes, it probably wasnt the best decision to pick his buddy up, but what harm came from it??  Did he get hurt?? Did he break any laws??  NOOOOO, so leave the kid alone!!!   He is by far the best tight end, and a top 5 receiver in the Nfl, we should be jumping for joy that he is employed by the Patriots!!  One thing you all seem to miss is that all of these so called incidents have occurred during the off season..  Never have we heard of Gronk behaving inappropriately during the season, unless you blowhards consider him banging a hot porn star during the season a problem.  Would it be fair to say that other players do such things during the season??  I’ll take 10 Gronk’s on offense anytime!!   Also, for those who say he is fragile, that’s a crock of crap too!!!  The kid got his ankle rolled up last year, and broke his arm in a freak incident this year.  The rebreak, it appears was the result of the plates not being set correctly in his arm, so everyone should just relax!!!!  Look what the team does without him!!!  Enough said!!

In Nfl terms, 23 years old is a kid!!  Did he break his arm??  No, so relax!!

Totally ignorant comment!!!  You are a fool sir!!!

I guess the hit on Flacco out of bounds was an ok no-call which would had given the Ravens a 1st down. How about the BS roughing the kicker call that gave the 49ers sucky kicker another shot at a missed field goal? That was 3 free points. Why aren’t these being discussed by 9er fans????? You won’t hear a peep about these from them! The better team won, plain and simple.

You got it right, Ray Lewis is indeed a Raven so he belongs to the Raven fans first and foremost. The other side to your coin is that Raven fans don’t care if you like him or not.

This was the head ref 1st Superbowl. The NFL should have put in a more seasoned referee, but instead, there were some questionable no calls.

Next year 49 ners !! Game over so stop crying

The game is history. Young brother is a cry baby.

Do not blame one play you cry babies

The 49ers played a good game, but they didn’t play when it mattered the most. Unfortunately, the Ravens were consistent just about throughout the whole game

It is an absolute disgrace that 3 officials who had the most demerits  this season officiating games got promoted the the game of games by the NFL.   They were undeniably incompetent but got promoted anyway sounds shady if you ask me.   Its a joke. The blatant non calls against the Ravens was disgusting no matter who one was rooting for.

Thats why the game is played for 60min.

Bawwwwwa aha ha ha ha ha …. you all want some cheese with that whine!!!!! You bunch of losers!

Like every team in the NFL doesn’t get calls or non-calls… Losers, you should have shown up the first half and it would have been a non issue!

Yall are all missing the point!!!! The lights going out was RIGGED!!!!! The 9ers were fixing to get blown out and the fuhrer known as goodell wasn’t gonna let that happen!!!!! Would be bad ratings!!!!! Just sayin

I counted the hold for 6 steps in the replay. It was in front of the official. Looked excessive and when these calls are not made they take away from the fun of the game. It had a definite impact on the games outcome.

None of the teams were mine – We live in LA. Just takes away from the fun of the game.

BTW… the NFL channel is replaying the game right now… you losers might want to tune in and watch all the NON-calls by the refs against the 49ers. You will see more than you will admit to. And of course, you will see you lady 49ers lose again.!

Jim Harbaugh: “You know, I really want to handle this with class and grace, and we had several opportunities in this game. We didn’t play our best game, and the Ravens made a lot of plays and battled back. They competed to win. But there’s no question in my mind that rapped the bed on those last four downs by passing instead of using my best asset running backs, Sorry San Fran, I blew it and let you all down.”

If and but were candies and nuts everyone has a merry Xmas. Whineakin and waburgers!

Wow, it never seems to amaze the hate and negativity against the 49ers..whether they win or lose people still choose to hate..I guess misery loves company and that was a missed call..yes there might be a push here and there, a grabbing of the jersey but last time I checked, you aren’t allowed to fully wrap your arms around a receiver and interfere with a play before its made..anyone who actually knows the game of football whether they want to admit it or not, knows that, that was a pass interference call..it’s common sense..football 101

The ball was overthrown anyway! Frank Gore a cry baby! Game over Ravens won! Better luck next year! What about when flavco was hit late out of bounds on the drive before the goaline stand! That should have been called!

You are stirring the pot my friend.

“If this was someone other then a Patriot he would be getting blasted”  Correct me if I’m wrong but isn’t this an article “blasting” him?  Why is it all you haters think the Patriots don’t get “blasted”?  Is it because your team is so irrelevant you have to invest your time in reading about the Patriots?  He may be a grown man but he is only 23 coming off of a Football Season…which unlike your 9 – 5 desk job is very grueling.  Yes….he did this last year after the Superbowl loss….but do you recall seeing him do this before Training Camp or during the Regular Season?  Yes he did it again this year after the Superbowl…and one can hope he will have gotten it out of his system like he did last year and be back in good form for Training Camp.  So how about you take yourself pretty little self over to your Yets forum and read up on how it is impossible to fix that team for next Season.

No…he needs to be more careful…who are you to judge and order someone to grow up?  Maybe if he’s doing this when he’s 30 then we can judge him.  I guarantee you this….he will be back next Season acting “grown up” as you call it.

HTFC HE IS AN ADULT ON HIS OWN TIME I WOULD TELL YOU ALL TO MIND YOUR OWN F—— BUISNESS . WE ALL WISH WE COULD DO WHAT HE DOES .

Who are you kidding WEEI?  These guys get paid millions of dollars, they get to drive away in sports cars to their super model wives in mansions win, lose or whatever happens.  Of course they are going to party, who wouldn’t?  What matters is that he plays hard, end of story.

big tuna likes fish.  Pollock does live in the ocean

Crabtree stoped his route there for he’s the one that started the contact! Why would you throw to him 3 times any way he’s not even a clutch wide out! Stupid play calling stop crying!

The REAL reason?  How about Gronk, Talib and Jones out?  The fact is without Gronk the Pats are a good, not great offense with little margin for error.  Without Talib and Jones it’s a porous defense in rebuilding mode. 

If I am Kraft and seeing the highest paid TE in football playing the fool with his broken arm I would be pissed.  Better chance of him breaking a bone by playing the fool than blocking on an extra point.  Just who knows if it is going to keep trending this way – rather be a celebrity than football player.   

through the entire game the refs took the attitude LET  THE BOYS PLAY  in order to let the game be decided by the players rather than the officials’ flags. The only thing different about the holding noncall was it happened near the end of the game. Should the refs have changed the way they reffed the game merely because its close to the end? NO!! be consistant.

Nothing wrong with ‘tight end’ like Gronk and a few guys having a few drinks and dancing on the stage at Ramrod’s in Boston…Right?    

It’s laughable that so many “educated” football fan geniuses try to say the ball was uncatchable.  Holding doesn’t require the ball to be catchable, that would be pass interference.  John Madden said it was absolutely catchable and the ball was clearly only a few feet away.  The holding is what slowed him up.  Ravens win will always have an asterisk next to it.

 Hey genius, holding doesn’t require the ball be catchable.

Only in your mind. In my mind the better coached and playing team won. Only whiners will put an asterisk. Go ahead do it. The asterisk to me means the forty fng whiners have returned.

I’m sure you have sympathy for the Packers then. If packers won, niners would lost in Lambeau Get over it. Niners suck. Only 5 championships to Packers 13. And 7 during the time you got 5. So bow to your sensei.

1. {LETS END THIS NOW. YES THERE WAS CONTACT, YES IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN HOLDING. DID I EXPECT IT WATCHIN IN FULL SPEED NO. THIS IS WHY… THE BALL WAS NOT THROW IN THE PAINT. IF IT WAS THROWN IN THE PAINT AND CRABS HAD A CHANCE ON IT, THEY MAY HAVE CALLED IT.} 2. { ALSO THE MORE AGGREGIOUS PENALTY WAS THE HELMENT TO HELMET. RIGHT THERE WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIRST AND GOAL AT THE 2. REF WAS RIGHT THERE, THE GUY LEAD WITH HIS HELMET WITHOUT THE RECIEVER DUCKING ECT… THIS NULLAFIES EVERYTHING GOODELL WAS PREACHING ALL YR LONG.} 3.{ I DONT CARE IF IT IS STILL A SAFTEY IN THE ENDZONE YOU GOTTA THROW THE FLAG. WHAT IF BY SEEING THE FLAG ONE OF THE RAVENS LETS UP…. YOU GOTTA THROW IT} 4. { THIS  GAME WAS NOT BEING CALLED TIGHT , BECAUSE ON CRUCIAL PLAYS THE NINERS  GOT FLAGGED WHILE THE RAVENS DIDNT. IT WAS ONE SIDED. LATE HIT ON FLACCO IS BS , FLACCO WAS STILL TRYING TO THROW THE BALL HE WASNT GIVING UP ON THE PLAY WITH THAT  SAID , THE NINERS SHOULD HAVE RUN THE BALL ON THE GOALINE.

DID A PATRIOTS FAN REALLY JUST SAY THAT!!!!!!!!! I GUESS YOU DIDNT SEE THE GAME WHERE THE 9ERS PLAYED YOU GUYS.

Dont ever  talk bad about Frank Gore, though not the most articulate guy, he is one of the hardest working , most passionate dedicated and loyal guys in the NFL. He knowsthe niners are the better team. unfortunately on that last set of downs they didnt have the  best  coaching effort. He deserved the ball. the ravens played dirty and got away with it. but the niners squandered opportunities and still had a chance at the end . Gore has every right to say what he said.

that is highly false.. alot of  people cared about the ray lewis story that werent  ravens fans.

I have an issue because he was injured for the Superbowl last year and didn’t play in the playoffs this year. That’s my issue.

It might help to have him talk with Bledsoe.  I guess the mosh pit was just Drew being Drew.  Was there not a lawsuit involved with that?  Might have been paid off, but Pats slammed the door on Drew being Drew quickly.  I don’t care if got drafted out of high school;  he still ha to realize he is a direct representative of the Pats wherever he is.  All of these pro players are basically entertainers and need to be taught how to perform oout in the field.  BTW, if he does continue his IR status another year…trade him for what you can get.  Part time players don’t hit it.  Hate to hear him saying “I coulda been HOFER, I coulda been somebody instead of a bum which I am”.

Pats Predictions 13.0 Sign Free Agents Wes Welker, Mike DeVito DL Jets, Chris Canty DL Giants
Brian Hartline WR Miami, Tony Carter CB Broncos and Glover Quinn S Texans.
1 Trade for 2 and 4 2 Trade for 3 and 5 2 Sam Montgomery DE LSU 3 Jamar Taylor CB Boise St
3 Kyle Long OT Oregon 4 Gavin Escobar TE San Diego St.5 Everett Dawkins DT Florida St
7 Spencer Nealy DE Texas A&M 7 Xavier Nixon OT Florida.

Hey Dano,  Your on the ball, I like your picks. Who’s the QB from San Diego St ?
And the Pats need a outside receiver, a burner with good hands–tall !!!
Defensive Coordinator, who shall it be ?

Thanks and Ryan Katz is the QB from San Diego St. Escobar the Tight End I predict pats will draft had 42 receptions and 6 td’s.

Pats Predictions 14.0 Draft 1) trade for 2 and 4 2) trade for 3 and 5.
2 Sheldon Richardson DT Missouri 3 Justin Pugh OL Syracuse 3 Tharold Simon CB LSU
4 Cobi Hamilton WR Arkansas 5 Chase Thomas OLB Stanford 7 J C Tretter G Cornell
7 Gilbert Pena DT Mississippi.
Free Agent Wes Welker,Danny Woodhead,Greg Jennings WR Packers,Daryl Smith OLB Jaguars
Sean Smith CB Miami,Sam Baker OT Falcons and Anthony Fasano TE Miami.

 70% of NFL fans hate the Ravens. I mean Double murderer Ray Lewis doesn’t get kick out of the NFL nor does jail time, then Vick and Burress get screwed, The NFL goes after the Saints, Roethlisberger and countless others. Then under 2:00 minutes left in the most important game in the season the Refs take the pay off the Ravens offered them. 49er’s are by far the best team. They came back and B**ch slapped the Ravens. Thats why I like teams like the Steelers, now next season the Steelers will put the Raven in heir place and knock them out of the post season and it will another 20 years before Ravens see an AFC title win The Ravens suck the NFL fan base has spoken, Sorry Baltimore your on your own in denial. The whole city needs to take the couch. I’m totally glad that they are only 20 year wonders. Why do you Think the Colts left Baltimore, trash town USA.