Ambiturner
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No they didn't. The rules may be dumb and unintuitive, but they're not nearly as complicated as people are acting
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No they didn't. The rules may be dumb and unintuitive, but they're not nearly as complicated as people are acting
Whidon
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Umm yes they did, The Kelvin Benjamin touchdown was exactly the same thing and they ruled it oppositely. Even the ESPN hacks who hate the catch rule admit this and just argue "The way they were calling it all season before was wrong"
incidentally is exactly the line of reasoning that gives us retarded supreme court decisions that go against nearly a millennial of Common Law.
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Ambiturner
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Oh, so you just parrot what you hear announcers say and don't actually understand the rules. Gotcha
Rude
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Their D was total trash most of the year yet patricia had everyone sucking him off for better work. Makes no sense when it's repeatedly displayed that the Patriots won in spite of their defense
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He was clearly a runner, so didn't matter, soon as he breaks the plane, it was a TD. I'll be honest though, the other catch rule one I thought maybe should have been incomplete by current rules. Looked like he had to re-grip the ball and one foot landed slightly in the white after that. But in general, I'd like the rules to reward receivers more for these insane catches they make, and not be looking for the slightest ball movement.
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Merrith
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They gave up a shit ton of yards and were poor in DVOA ranking, but they had the 5th best scoring defense in the league. A lot of that is because of how great their offense is at protecting their D, plus they have good special teams so their defense didn't face a lot of short fields. Probably allowed a lot of FG's, but if they were decent in the red zone you could get weird stats like their D had. Not sure I've ever seen as big a gap in defensive rankings as theirs being 5th best scoring D, but 29th overall in yardage allowed.
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I, as a fairly casual fan, take issue with rules contradicting what I see with my eyes. I am not a fan of either of these teams. Both disputed catches appeared to be fine on the surface and I was shocked the announcers thought they'd be overturned.
Overall, constantly reviewing the excruciating minutiae of each play's results has made the game a real drag and is likely one of the reason viewership is down.
Overall, constantly reviewing the excruciating minutiae of each play's results has made the game a real drag and is likely one of the reason viewership is down.
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Agreed. I thought Jon Gruden was dead on in the Chief's game when he said something along the lines of "If they're going to analyze everything that happens on the football field in super slo-mo they're going to be wasting an awful lot of people's time". I usually defend Collinsworth, but I really did think he sounded like a Pat's homer in this game.
One of the best Super Bowls I can remember though, and I enjoy defense but this was fun. I need a still image of the overhead shot of the hail mary. As I remember it it was a funny image with 6 little green guys surrounding a white giant Gronk. This shot sort of shows it, but the overhead was better. The name of this one should be "White men can't jump".
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Merrith
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So this is the new controversy?
Should Eagles have been flagged for illegal formation on Foles' TD catch?
Frankly, if it's a judgement call, I'm glad they didn't flag it. Shit like this would just be too much.
Should Eagles have been flagged for illegal formation on Foles' TD catch?
Frankly, if it's a judgement call, I'm glad they didn't flag it. Shit like this would just be too much.
Alex
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You can quote people and agree with them. I was teaming up against Cybsled's retarded comment.
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Foggy
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College replay is even worse.
I’m eagerly waiting for Bill Simmons’ salt flavored podcast today. He better not disappoint.
pharmakos
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after watching the Superbowl, i feel a lot worse about Patricia being the new Detroit head coach
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Itlan
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People bitch that the Pats have the refs in their pockets, but it looked to me every call went the Eagles way last night, especially the no call on the hail mary when Hogan just got blasted 15 yards down field.
I understand you don't want to throw a flag in that situation to elongate the game but come on. Doesn't mean the defense should be able to maul people downfield with no consequence.
I understand you don't want to throw a flag in that situation to elongate the game but come on. Doesn't mean the defense should be able to maul people downfield with no consequence.
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Ambiturner
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The ball can move and you still be considered to have control of it. So while there's a definite chance it was incomplete, there's way a human ref could have possibly seen that in real time and no way there was enough evidence to do anything but let the call stand.
