Here's everything Bill Belichick said about officiating following Patriots' loss to Dolphins
During the New England Patriots' loss to the Miami Dolphins on Sunday, there were several controversial calls and no-calls by the officials. And they all went against the Patriots. It began when the officials did not call a blatant unnecessary roughness penalty after Dolphins' safety Deshon Elliott tackled the receiver to the ground with a helmet-to-helmet […]
During the New England Patriots' loss to the Miami Dolphins on Sunday, there were several controversial calls and no-calls by the officials. And they all went against the Patriots.
It began when the officials did not call a blatant unnecessary roughness penalty after Dolphins' safety Deshon Elliott tackled the receiver to the ground with a helmet-to-helmet hit.
It appears that he sustained a concussion from the hit, having lost his balance while attempting to get up. Parker was taken over to the sidelines and was immediately ruled out with a head injury soon after.
Later, JuJu Smith-Schuster made a solid play, knocking down Dolphins safety Brandon Jones to prevent the defender from getting an interception on the Patriots' final offensive play of the game.
Smith-Schuster was flagged for the hit, but denied it, saying it was clean when speaking with reporters after the game.
And lastly, there was a fumble that was recovered by the Patriots, but the officials ruled it as forward progress.
Here's everything Bill Belichick said following the game about the officiating:
Q: Do you anticipate asking about the hit, the non-call and the hit on WR DeVante Parker? What did you see and should there have been a call?
BELICHICK: You should talk to the officials about that.
Q: Do you think you’ll ask about it during the week?
BELICHICK: I think you should ask them about it. It doesn’t make a difference what I think.
Q: Any thoughts on the penalty calls today? There was a questionable defensive pass interference on CB J.C. Jackson, they missed an illegal motion. Any thoughts on that?
BELICHICK: Talk to the officials. They're the ones who call them. I’m sure they’ll have an explanation for it.
Q: Bill, we will ask the officials on the hit on WR DeVante Parker. The announcers – when you see the replay of that, there's only so much you can do. I get that, but I mean it was pretty blatant. And we'll talk to the officials about it. But what goes through your mind when you look at the replay and you're seeing it up on the replay?
BILL BELICHICK: Yeah… talk to the officials about it. What do you want me to do?
Q: The announcers think said he just missed the call.
BELICHICK: I don't know.
Q: On their final drive, did you get a good look at DB Myles Bryant’s tackle there to see if you though it was worthy of the challenge and maybe he had driven him back beyond the first-down marker?
BILL BELICHICK: Yeah, the look we got on it, it was close. It looked like he got it
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