Butler had a couple of questionable defensive plays, not the least of which was when he fell down and then grabbed Lockette by the foot and tripped him on purpose...that was a blatant and clearly missed call.

Edelman did put his hand on Simon's shoulder and push off when he made the cut back to the outside, but I think I would have let that one go.

Gronk had a play earlier in the game where he pushed off with both hands and got space to make a reception, and that one was ignored, too.

I am not a Therald Simon fan. Besides the fact that he struts around like King Dick when he makes a good play, when he makes a good play on about 1 out of 5 chances that he gets thrown at, he gets burned repeatedly and whines to the refs about OPI every single time.

I don't know what we're paying him, but it better be "backup to the backup money", and I hope those backups in front of him don't get hurt any more.

Who knows? Maybe his ability to be a corner back will catch up with his size and athletic ability, because he clearly has a ton of both of those things...he just can't cover worthashit.

Fish on...

Todd