By now most of you reading this post will have already heard that the New England Patriots lost to the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday 09-23-12 with a score 31 to 30.

Another game that had a number of mishaps (some say bad calls) by those officiating the game. I don’t want to pass judgement on the replacement officials since I can’t claim that I would do better, (even though on some calls I might have) and it’s easy for us watching the replays to say things like “That was a bad call etc”.

It is my sincere hope that the league will get the contract dispute settled, although some sources say that it is currently getting no where. I just want to get back to enjoying the game more, and with all these distractions with the officials it is taking a bit of enjoyment away from the game.

The game was mostly a lot of fun to watch and I was impressed with the resolve and professionalism of Torrey Smith who had only learned of his younger brother passing away just earlier that day. Way to go Torrey for scoring 2 touchdowns on such a day and may you and your family recieve comfort.

More and more this season we are seeing quarterbacks be given a little more freedom on the fieild and a number of them are honing their skills and doing a good job of calling audbles at the line and converting well on the no-huddle plays. Tom Brady of New England is one such quarterback and in fact at one point during the second half it really did appear that Brady would be successful and take the Patriots to victory but such was not the case.

All in all though a good game.