The game was not as bad as it seemed. I watched it a few times. The thing that makes me most angry is the Pats got away with too much, just like in the first Super Bowl match. The Rams knew they would be physical as they were against the Greatest Show On Turf, but they did not fight back, now 2X in a row. I'm surprised the Rams were not throwing punches.
Rams were the most penalized team throughout the playoffs with -104 net yards. In the SB, -65 yards (not to mention the yards taken away like Gurley's 13 yard run and Coleman's bogus call, which gave the Pats 60 more yards by extending that drive). That is similar to 140 yards, like a free TD and field goal for the Pats.
And why do the Pats always get favored by the refs? I'm glad that no-call happened vs the Saints. Maybe the league will do something about this and it will level the playing field for teams that consistently get the short end of the stick.
In last year's SB, the Pats were only called for 1 penalty for 5 yards! Last year the Pats were +143 Net Yards in playoffs and +200 in regular season (Most in NFL) for a total of +343 net yards! How many points is that, about 4 TDs?
In 2016 playoffs the Pats also had the most beneficial net penalty yards of all teams with +76 net.
It would be easier to forget if the game was called fairly. I wish we lost fair and square, but we did not. Against a team that always gets the benefit of the refs, the Rams would need to play lights out to overcome it, but in this game, they only matched the Pats, so that is why they lost. Some say we lost fair and square, but if you change the calls so they were correct, we would have won or tied the game.
I hope McVay is watching the film over and over too. If he just moves on and does not study it, he won't learn anything. Sometimes it's better to linger in the past for a while. I hope something can be done about the officiating in football because it's ruining the game. We need more robots involved.
