Bill Belichick Talks About ‘Unusual’ Officiating Vs. Bills

The New England Patriots ended their drought with the win over the Buffalo Bills. It was a good win for the team and head coach Bill Belichick praised Bill O’Brien for his contribution. He somehow “forgot” to praise quarterback Mac Jones for his good game. Belichick also talked about the officiating in the 25-22 win over the Bills and NFL analysts would agree with him on this one.

If you were counting, there were about 17 yellow penalty flags during the game and we are not even adding the declined penalties. According to coach B, the officiating was “unusual.”

“You’d have to ask Clete about some of those,” Belichick said in Monday’s video conference. “Throwing flags, picking them up, throwing them late and whatever. It was just kind of an unusual game the way some of the penalties were called all the way around. The obvious question is if [a flag] gets picked up, why’d you throw it in the first place? I don’t know. You’d have to ask them that.”

Patriots beat Bills despite tough officiating

Mac Jones led the game-winning drive and helped the team celebrate a big win. Patriots players didn’t earn a penalty on this one.

“I think you can get a feel for how that goes,” Belichick said about the officiating. “Sometimes it goes in that direction; sometimes it goes in the other direction [where] they kind of let the players play and aren’t calling a whole lot. That’s kind of the flow of the game. Every game’s different, and I think you see that in all sports. Balls and strikes or fouls in basketball or football — whatever it happens to be.”

Belichick always speaks his mind about the game and respects rules. Too many flags? Yes, some games roll that way.

“There’s a certain way that the game’s being played that particular game, and it might be a little bit different from another game that basically the same players are playing. That’s one of the things that you have to recognize as a player, and as a coach, you try to point that out. ‘They’re calling it tight today,’ or they’re not.”