NFL 2015-2016 Season Thread

Tarrant_sl said:

NFL released a statement saying they talked to the refs, one says he wasn't in the area and the back judge says he felt like it wasn't an intentional act.

Wasn't an intentional act.....

I fucking hate the NFL sometimes.

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Hell, we could tell it was intentional sitting at home in real time.

To be honest, at first, I thought it was a smart play, I had no idea it was against the rules. But the fucking REFEREES should.

Phazael_sl said:

Before last night, I would have said Seattle wins this easily. But this team needed ref help to beat the Kittens at home. Now I am thinking 50/50 if its broadcast nationally, 80/20 Bengals favor if not. Seattle's problems are obvious, but I am not sure how to gauge the Bungles record against who they have faced so far, as the Raiders are arguably the best team they beat (and also the one team they clearly dominated) so they are kind of like this Atlanta style question mark for me.

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If you look at the coverage maps most of the Bengals games this year have been widely televised as the national game for 1

The only chance I think the Seahawks have this weekend, barring retarded injuries, is if it ends up being a defensive battle and our special teams or our defense scores for us. By all rights we should get blown out by the Bengals.

ZombieWizardhawk_sl said:

Also, that DraftKings guy winning money on FanDuel is a stupid story. They try to say it's fucking fraud when he's playing on a different site with a different playerbase and different stats. GTFO.

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The biggest surprise to me about that story is both Fanduel and Draftkings allow their employees to play (gamble) at other sites at all. It is interesting there is zero oversight also considering the amount of money that changes hands.

Bubbles_sl said:

or have the same officiating crew as yesterday. I bet my Tuesdays underwear that the refs didn't even know that it was a foul at the time of the play. They only learned it after and then acted like some didn't see it and it felt like it wasn't intentional.

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gotta love the intensity on the refs' face.

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There is a 100% chance he did not know the rule. My boy Bobby Carpenter is going off on sports talk this morning. He wants this ref fired yesterday. I can't blame him. Judgement call you disagree with? Ok, fine. Whatever. Not knowing the rules? Fired.

I agree, I don't think the refs knew the rule. I don't think many knew the rule. Then because its not reviewable they can't toss the flag even after the booth review of whether or not its a TD.

Should have been called. Lions get ball 1st and goal inside the 1. Let the lines decide the outcome. Likely at worst would be a tie game with Seattle possibly having time to take the lead again.

It is pretty intuitive a rule as well. Really the only way to manipulate field position (outside of sp teams) is to secure the ball and advance it. You can't just start kicking and batting the fucking thing around.

Tenks_sl said:

How many more blown calls until the Seahawks are the Seahawks*?

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When the Steelers become Steelers* for the the super bowl then won over the Seahawks with heavy ref help?

Gankak_sl said:

When the Steelers become Steelers* for the the super bowl then won over the Seahawks with heavy ref help?

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That game was shit by both teams. The NFL should have declared at half time no one was the winner and gone home.

Phazael_sl said:

Before last night, I would have said Seattle wins this easily. But this team needed ref help to beat the Kittens at home. Now I am thinking 50/50 if its broadcast nationally, 80/20 Bengals favor if not. Seattle's problems are obvious, but I am not sure how to gauge the Bungles record against who they have faced so far, as the Raiders are arguably the best team they beat (and also the one team they clearly dominated) so they are kind of like this Atlanta style question mark for me.

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To be fair, I don't think any good teams have played each other yet. There are like five good teams and 27 terrible to not good teams.

Vandyn_sl said:

The biggest surprise to me about that story is both Fanduel and Draftkings allow their employees to play (gamble) at other sites at all. It is interesting there is zero oversight also considering the amount of money that changes hands.

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Its absolutely cheating if they are taking their data and figuring out who is being underplayed in their pools and then applying toward the other site. The data and trends are probably really similar when looking at the big numbers. Most people can think or hope they have that sleeper pick, but the people with the access to the actual data know for certain.

That ball was going out anyways with zero chance of a detroit recovery. I'm not sure of the intent on that rule but I think in that situation it would be a helluva retarded penalty. So some guy bats a ball at the back of the end zone that was going out anyways and you think they should lose possession and give the ball back on the 1? After the amazing play to knock it free and save the game?

That's the kind of penalty there SHOULD be some fucking judgement used.

I'd say the Cards were MORE fucked on that forward progress fumble by the Rams they gave back to the Rams. Stop blowing shit dead early and let the review handle it.

But hey, after getting fucked by bullshit calls all the time it's nice to have a few in your favor. They're still paying Seattle back for that Steelers Super Bowl.

Bubbles_sl said:

or have the same officiating crew as yesterday. I bet my Tuesdays underwear that the refs didn't even know that it was a foul at the time of the play. They only learned it after and then acted like some didn't see it and it felt like it wasn't intentional.

gotta love the intensity on the refs' face.

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not a Lions player to be found. Have no issues with this missed call.

I don't get why you're allowed to hold a player after a ball is fumbled though. A lot of times a RB will fumble, everyone knows he fumbles and when he runs after balls someone will grab him from behind and bring him to the ground.

Lleauaric_sl said:

Its absolutely cheating if they are taking their data and figuring out who is being underplayed in their pools and then applying toward the other site. The data and trends are probably really similar when looking at the big numbers. Most people can think or hope they have that sleeper pick, but the people with the access to the actual data know for certain.

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Wtf are you even talking about?

Can I get one of you retard mods to make my sexy avatar larger?