Socnorb11 wrote:
On another note, aren't defenders typically taught to bat the ball down on the Hail Mary? It seems like you're just asking for trouble by trying to make a circus catch and keeping the ball alive. That doesn't excuse the bad call, but players aren't without fault, either.
batting the ball down didn't work out so well for the Titans db on Sunday
or for Glover Quin of the Texans a couple years back
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If there was a game today I wouldn't watch. In fact if I wasn't leading my fanticy football league I don't know if I'd watch another game all regular season.
I wish there was a way to support my team without supporting the NFL
Diddy wrote:If there was a game today I wouldn't watch. In fact if I wasn't leading my fanticy football league I don't know if I'd watch another game all regular season.
I wish there was a way to support my team without supporting the NFL
Not watching has become less of a protest thing (I wouldn't personally affect any rating) but more of an I'm-seriously-not-enjoying-this thing
Diddy wrote:If there was a game today I wouldn't watch. In fact if I wasn't leading my fanticy football league I don't know if I'd watch another game all regular season.
I wish there was a way to support my team without supporting the NFL
Not watching has become less of a protest thing (I wouldn't personally affect any rating) but more of an I'm-seriously-not-enjoying-this thing
Diddy wrote:If there was a game today I wouldn't watch. In fact if I wasn't leading my fanticy football league I don't know if I'd watch another game all regular season.
I wish there was a way to support my team without supporting the NFL
Not watching has become less of a protest thing (I wouldn't personally affect any rating) but more of an I'm-seriously-not-enjoying-this thing
Right now, the only way the refs come back is if the players union sides with the refs and they refuse to play. They could even tie it to the "dangerous" conditions that go against the current priority of the NFL.
I was at the game. Too far away to see the final play, but the players were clearly unhappy with the referees long before that. There was a lot of pushing and shoving, like kids in a class with a substitute teacher who can't control them. Now, I don't think the players have any respect for the replacement refs and public opinion is going against them as well, so maybe we will see a settlement because of this. As Packers guard T.J. Lang tweeted, "[Expletive] it NFL. Fine me and use the money to pay the regular refs."
Socnorb11 wrote:
On another note, aren't defenders typically taught to bat the ball down on the Hail Mary? It seems like you're just asking for trouble by trying to make a circus catch and keeping the ball alive. That doesn't excuse the bad call, but players aren't without fault, either.
batting the ball down didn't work out so well for the Titans db on Sunday
or for Glover Quin of the Texans a couple years back
I don't recall the Glover Quin play, but the Titans one last weekend was another case of the defense failing to execute what they're taught. There's supposed to be a defender blocking out the "trailer" (the offensive player waiting for the tipped ball). Nobody was defending the trailer on that play. All of the defenders were in the end zone chasing the ball, trying to be a hero.
Honestly, I'm still not convinced that the Seattle player didn't have both hands on the ball at the same time as the Packer player when they were airborn. The Packer player clearly won the wrestling match and was in better position overall, but fools like Chris Carter try to claim that the Seattle player never had both hands on the ball. That's just incorrect.
