Thursday, March 15, 2012

Patriots blame themselves

The Patriots had no problem with the officiating Sunday when theofficials called the game after New England wide receiver CurtisJackson was flagged for illegal motion with less than 10 seconds leftto play and the Pats on the Bears' 21-yard line, preserving a 24-17Bears win.

They had problems with themselves.

"Absolutely they got it right," coach Bill Belichick said of alittle-known rule that 10 seconds automatically are deducted on anoffensive penalty with less than two minutes to go. "We didn't getour (receiver) set under 10 seconds. The play went off and we got a10-second runoff.

"I'm upset because of all the mistakes we made the entire game-the penalties …

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