Watch Patriots' Bill Belichick angrily grab official after game

Watch Patriots’ Bill Belichick angrily grab official after game

By Chuck Schilken

Sept. 24, 2012 12 AM PT

&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p class=”runtimeTopic”&amp;gt;&amp;lt;runtime:topic id=”ORSPT000192”&amp;gt;New England Patriots&amp;lt;/runtime:topic&amp;gt; Coach &amp;lt;runtime:topic id=”PESPT00008929”&amp;gt;Bill Belichick&amp;lt;/runtime:topic&amp;gt; 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&amp;nbsp;team’s 31-30 loss to the &amp;lt;runtime:topic id=”ORSPT000161”&amp;gt;Baltimore Ravens&amp;lt;/runtime:topic&amp;gt; on Sunday night.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Days after &amp;lt;runtime:topic id=”ORSPT000007”&amp;gt;NFL&amp;lt;/runtime:topic&amp;gt; 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.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;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.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;”I can’t believe Bill Belichick just did that,” NBC commentator Cris Collinsworth said during the “Sunday Night Football” broadcast.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;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 &amp;lt;a href=”https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/ravens/ravens-insider/bal-controversy-over-justin-tuckers-field-goal-much-ado-about-nothing-20120923,0,458089.story”&amp;gt;field goals are not reviewable&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;).&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Or it could&amp;nbsp;have been one of many questionable calls or noncalls throughout the game, which was a rematch of last season’s AFC championship.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;“I’m not going to comment on that,” Belichick said. “You saw the game. What did we have, 30 penalties called in that game?” &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;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.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;ALSO:&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=”https://www.latimes.com/sports/football/nfl/la-sp-farmer-nfl-week-3-20120924,0,3313661,full.column”&amp;gt;For NFL’s Western teams, a change in direction&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=”https://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-patriots-ravens-20120924,0,3928736.story”&amp;gt;Justin Tucker’s field goal lifts Ravens over Patriots&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=”https://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-raiders-win-heyward-bey-injured-20120923,0,6863868.story”&amp;gt;Raiders get first win, lose &amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;runtime:topic id=”PESPT000008620”&amp;gt;Darrius Heyward-Bey&amp;lt;/runtime:topic&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=”https://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-raiders-win-heyward-bey-injured-20120923,0,6863868.story”&amp;gt; to neck injury&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;The Associated Press contributed to this report.&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;

Watch Patriots’ Bill Belichick angrily grab official after game

More to Read

More From the Los Angeles Times

Most Read in Sports