I'm pretty sure it isn't the NFL keeping Blackmon down. Its Blackmon keeping Blackmon down.
NFL 2015-2016 Season Thread
- Thread starter Gavinmad
- Start date
Famm
Ahn'Qiraj Raider
- 11,041
- 794
Except Tate had two feet down and control, got stripped, the ball never hit the ground and the opposing team got possession of it...but that was all blown dead and called a TD. I actually agree with you, by the book neither one was a catch (although the book rule is arguably stupid itself) but how the fuck did one crew give Tate the TD? That's the problem, the refs took it in their own hands and diverged from the actual rules in one case. He's not saying they should have called OBJ complete, he said that its a total inconsistency.
Why the fuck am I responding to your asterisk ass, IDK.
Famm
Ahn'Qiraj Raider
- 11,041
- 794
Nah the NFCE is 100% up for grabs. Det and SF are likely done, Saints and Bucs are probably done barring something insane. Anyone else, even Dallas thanks to that shitbag division, are potentially in it.
As far as AFC, Balt/SD/Cle are probably without hope. The Jags are actually within a win of the division lead if both Hou/Ind lose and they win again, Ten is all but done for but once again since the AFCS is soft you can't say that definitively yet. The rest of the AFC is shaping up to be a huge race for the two wildcard spots among the teams that don't take their divisions.
Itlan
Blackwing Lair Raider
- 4,994
- 744
How funny, this article literally says the same thing.
Are you a writer?
Justin Blackmon may not want to return to the NFL and thats OK - Big Cat Country
Kirun
Buzzfeed Editor
- 19,996
- 16,458
Watch your fucking tongue, pleb. Blaine train is coming in fast to 10-6 station. Choo choo motherfucker, choo choo.
Famm
Ahn'Qiraj Raider
- 11,041
- 794
Ok paper bag man, I'll see you guys at your place in our superbowl rematch then since we are being super optimists.
Caal
Lord Nagafen Raider
- 1,588
- 66
Did you leave the Lions out because its just assumed they're hopeless?
Merrith
Golden Baronet of the Realm
- 18,791
- 7,363
Nah, really don't think they're sitting there watching every player be completely in their set position on those hurry up plays. I'm sure if you slowed down all of those plays you could find something to flag more often than not. In this case the tight end was setting up behind the line of scrimmage, which if I'm not mistaken you're allowed to be in motion as long as your motion isn't forward towards the line of scrimmage at the snap. None of it had any effect on the play itself, it's just a 2-7 team complaining enough to get the league to throw them a bone by saying "yeah, by the book we could have found something to flag here". Only thing that lost that game was Dumervil being an idiot.
Merrith
Golden Baronet of the Realm
- 18,791
- 7,363
Not sure why it's Redskins versus Eagles, are you kind of assuming the Giants WILL be there (involved in the hunt for division lead) all the way through and are basically only expecting one of Skins/Eagles to challenge? If so I kind of buy it. I could see it being a total shitshow with all 3 of those teams involved in the race for a couple more weeks still. My wildest optimism has the Skins possibly going 4-3 the rest of the way to end up 8-8 though, so I think we're a bit of a long shot. But everyone else sucks so who knows. Skins have the potential for the best division record at 1-1 with 4 games remaining, although losing again to the Giants would give them the head to head tiebreaker over us, and we have to play Dallas twice with Romo back.
Also as good as the Denver defense is, if they score nothing, I'm not completely convinced that division isn't still in play. 3 games is a large gap with 7 to go, but I don't think it's a complete lock anymore.
Yes on the Skins/Eagles, I think only one of them will even put any effort up. It is a total shitshow but I think the Giants have enough momentum they are the top of the shitshow there.
I am not convinced the Raiders or the Chiefs are going to put the necessary pressure on Denver, it comes from being invested in that division.
Merrith
Golden Baronet of the Realm
- 18,791
- 7,363
Gotcha. As far as the AFC West, only reason I give those teams a shot is they've both only played 2 division games (both 1-1), while the Broncos are at 2-1 in the division. Raiders would need to win next meeting to prevent head to head tiebreaker, but I think it's doable with Manning out/or shitty. Chiefs already have a split with the Broncos (really odd they've played Broncos twice and neither Chargers or Raiders at all yet).
Chiefs next 4 games are all massive as far as playoff/divisional implications are concerned. Chargers, Bills, Raiders, Chargers...3 divisional games, 4 AFC games, the non divisional game against the team that's currently in the 2nd wild card. Just for fun too, Raiders and Chiefs play each other last week of the season.
Raiders next 4 will show a lot as well. Lions, Titans, Chiefs, and Broncos. Next 2 games should be wins, then the 2 divisional games to see where they're at. They finish the season up against Chargers and Chiefs the final 2 weeks.
Broncos finishing schedule isn't easy. @Bears, Patriots, @Chargers, Raiders, @Steelers, Bengals, Chargers. At this point if they're only getting what they've been getting from their QB, I expect them to lose to Pats and Bengals...possibly the Steelers too. With Manning out this week, I could see Bears beating them in Chicago too. Aside from that is the 3 divisional games, of which I could see them losing 2 of those as well.
I say check back in 2 weeks on the AFC West, we'll know more.
Not saying they're going to the playoffs, but oddly, the Bucs are 2 games out from the last wild card spot and have games against other teams vying for that spot, including Atlanta, who they beat in ATL and are playing them at home. Its a long shot, but I've seen crazier shit happen
- 1,841
- 452
You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Famm again.
This was the whole point of the damn video. Of course Azeth* didn't understand.
Merrith
Golden Baronet of the Realm
- 18,791
- 7,363
Merrith
Golden Baronet of the Realm
- 18,791
- 7,363
Xevy
Log Wizard
- 9,059
- 4,288
ODB was in the endzone for the entire catch. There he has to maintain control the entire time. Tate caught it, had control, broke the plane. After he breaks the plane with control he can fucking chuck it through the uprights and it's a TD. The most important part is where the receiver was for the actual catch. Otherwise people in the endzone would just have to have the ball for 0.25 seconds to be called a TD. If they have control through breaking the plane it's a TD. Some big honkey dude did it last week where he basically dropped the ball 2 inches past the plane and it was a TD because he had control until that point.
