Broncos @ Patriots

[ClevelandBronco]

Originally Posted by Amnorix

So I'm not going to go through this whole thread obviously. Any strong feelings around here on the only two potentially controversial calls in the game, (1) the absurd Gronk TD catch or (2) whether Branch's push-off should've been called?

My thought on (1) was that it was pretty clearly a catch. Ball can touch the ground if it's clearly controlled by the receiver before and through the entire catch. Think Gronk did that.

Branch, meanwhile, clearly did push off, but it seemed the refs were letting the boys play most game, and the Denver player was also playing grabby-games with Deion. Seems to have been a good non-call based on how the refs were handling the game.

I agree in both cases. In fact, it looked to me as though the Broncos DB initiated the contact and Branch was smart enough to know how to take advantage of the situation just short of getting called for it.

Gronk is just a freakish weapon.