New England Patriots
“I’m like, ‘Did they even watch the video?'”
Patriots fans weren’t alone in expressing their dissatisfaction with the officiating during Sunday’s 25-19 win over the New Orleans Saints.
Head coach Mike Vrabel, speaking Monday morning on WEEI’s The Greg Hill Show, didn’t mince words when asked how officials can fix the problem at hand.
“I’ve got a tough enough job to coach this football team,” Vrabel said with a chuckle. “There’s not much. It becomes comical at a point.”
Vrabel said the officials send videos out every week and do “a great job.” He and John Streicher, New England’s vice president of football operations and strategy, “hang on to every word.”
“Then I’ll see something in the game, I’m like, ‘Did they even watch the video?’” Vrabel said. “Me and [Streicher] are like pausing it, rewinding it.”
The lack of consistency appears to be what frustrates Vrabel the most.
The Patriots were on the wrong end of several questionable calls Sunday, including an offensive pass interference call that negated a 61-yard touchdown.
Even so, they still managed to take care of business to move to 4-2.
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