Watch Patriots' Bill Belichick angrily grab official after game

September 24, 2012|By Chuck Schilken

<br /><p class="runtimeTopic">New England Patriots Coach Bill Belichick might not have heard about the warning issued earlier in the week. More likely, he either wasn't thinking about it or just didn't care during the seconds following his team's 31-30 loss to the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday night.</p><p>Days after NFL vice president of football operations Ray Anderson said the league was not going to tolerate disrespect toward replacement officials, the Patriots coach did something that likely would result in some sort of punishment even if the regular officials, locked out by the NFL in a contract dispute since June, had been in place.</p></div></div><div class="float" style="clear:both;height:1px;line-height:1px;"><img src="/images/pixel.gif" height="1" width="1" alt="" /></div><div id="mod-ctr-lt-in-top" class="mod-latarticlesadcpc mod-adcpc with-fourth-cpc"><script type="text/javascript"> var adSkipCounter = 0; </script> <script type="text/javascript"> //<![CDATA[ var loc = window.location.href + ""; var float = ""; google_hints = "neck injury field goals baltimore ravens";google_ad_client="pub-0227802054925200"; google_ad_output="js"; google_ad_channel="5212128158,9744208858,8321278795,8261105409"; google_ad_type="text"; google_image_size="300x250"; google_safe="high"; google_feedback="on"; google_max_num_ads="2"; google_skip="" + adSkipCounter + ""; google_adtest="off"; google_page_url=document.URL; function google_ad_request_done(ads) { if (ads.length == 0) { return; } // If no ads are returned then dont build the ad block if (ads[0].bidtype == "CPC") { adSkipCounter += ads.length; } // Increment ad skip counter when cpc google_ad_request_done_internal(ads, "", "", "true", "medium_rectangle", "", "", "pgtp=article&pi=34&ci=34065399&cat=sports&pe_id=34065399&tv=ap-LA12-G02&rna=pub-0227802054925200&rn=g&rnrci=5212128158&rnrcn=CMI-A-002&rncci=9744208858&rnccn=CMI-A-028&rnpci=&rnpcn=&rntci=&rntcn=&rnlci=8261105409&rnlcn=8261105409&rnp=c&rt=cpc&paidClick=1&placement_id=ctr-lt-in-top", "", "", "", "", "", "ap-LA12-G02", "Los Angeles Times Articles"); } //]]></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/google_ad_request.js.php"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script></div><div id="mod-a-body-after-first-para" class="mod-latarticlesarticletextwithadcpc mod-latarticlesarticletext mod-articletext"><p>Before his handshake with Ravens Coach John Harbaugh, Belichick angrily pursued one of the officials and grabbed him by the arm while berating him. The NFL does not allow contact with officials -- the Ravens were penalized earlier in the game when Harbaugh bumped one while attempting to call a time out.</p><p>"I can't believe Bill Belichick just did that," NBC commentator Cris Collinsworth said during the "Sunday Night Football" broadcast.</p><p>Perhaps Belichick was angered by the pass interference call that set up Baltimore's game-winning field goal. Or maybe it was the fact that the game-winning field goal, which soared above the right upright and appeared very close to being no good, was not reviewed (a lot of people were upset by that, but it turns out that <a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/ravens/ravens-insider/bal-controversy-over-justin-tuckers-field-goal-much-ado-about-nothing-20120923,0,458089.story">field goals are not reviewable</a>).</p><p>Or it could have been one of many questionable calls or noncalls throughout the game, which was a rematch of last season's AFC championship.</p><p>“I'm not going to comment on that,” Belichick said. “You saw the game. What did we have, 30 penalties called in that game?”</p><p>Actually, there were 24 flags thrown, 10 against the Patriots. Regardless, Belichick can rest assured that the league will have something to say to him about it -- and that his wallet may be a bit lighter afterward.</p><p><strong>ALSO:</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.latimes.com/sports/football/nfl/la-sp-farmer-nfl-week-3-20120924,0,3313661,full.column">For NFL's Western teams, a change in direction</a></p><p><a href="http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-patriots-ravens-20120924,0,3928736.story">Justin Tucker's field goal lifts Ravens over Patriots</a></p><p><a href="http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-raiders-win-heyward-bey-injured-20120923,0,6863868.story">Raiders get first win, lose </a>Darrius Heyward-Bey<a href="http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-raiders-win-heyward-bey-injured-20120923,0,6863868.story"> to neck injury</a></p><p><em>The Associated Press contributed to this report.</em></p></div><div id="mod-a-body-after-first-para-ad-cpc" class="mod-adcpc"> <script type="text/javascript"> //<![CDATA[ var loc = window.location.href + ""; 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