@Hakonerd:
Blandino on A.J. Bouye DPI:
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Of those penalties, the only one that’s even worth a second look is the Bouye DPI on Brandin Cooks – a result of the Jaguars cornerback running Cooks out of bounds.
In his analysis, former Senior VP of Officiating Dean Blandino asserted that both championship games were called well and that officiating didn’t effect either outcome. In referencing the Bouye DPI, he clarified that “if the defender is not playing the ball and he makes contact that affects the receiver’s ability to make a play, then it’s a foul. It was close, there was a lot of contact, the official threw the flag.”
also, when you keep bringing up that the one sided officiating isn't common, it was before 2011, (probably a statistical fluke/coincidence that there hasn't been many one-sided called game recently):
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Since 2000, there have been 14 playoff games in which a team has had one or zero penalties called against them – 13 of which were between 2000 and 2011. It’s not unprecedented, it just hasn’t happened in a while. Back in 2011, it happened three times. The Patriots were penalized only once against the Baltimore Ravens. The Ravens were penalized zero times against the Houston Texans and the New Orleans Saints were penalized zero times against the 49ers.
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Since then, the Patriots have played in 14 playoff games – and Sunday’s AFC Championship game was the only one of them in which they were penalized just once. In seven of those games during that span, they were penalized equally or as many times as their opponent.