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If Kaep switched from QB to Kicker, he’d have about 8 teams banging on his door before dawn.
Looking at you Chris Boswell.
"Sometimes the only victory possible is to keep your opponent from winning." - The Emperor, from The Outcast Dead.
"Tell your gods we are coming for them, and that their realms will burn as ours did." -Thostos Bladestorm
Of all the races of the universe the Squats have the longest memories and the shortest tempers. They are uncouth, unpredictably violent, and frequently drunk. Overall, I'm glad they're on our side!
Office of Naval Intelligence Research discovers 3 out of 4 sailors make up 75% of U.S. Navy.
"Madness is like gravity... All you need is a little push."
Somehow I knew the Dolphins would win this weekend. Didn't quite expect it to be like that though...
As for fantasy - After a slow start I finished 10-4, topping the league before playoffs. Hope I can carry that on, our league was very tight, so the 4th placed team is well capable of beating me.
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Mah Ravens came out big with the W against the Chargers! Phillip Rivers looked completely shutdown against the Ravens D.
Also, its week 16 and the Browns are now eliminated from the playoffs!? Usually thats made apparent week 1, but made official in weeks 4 or 5. Not bad for a team that was 1-31 the past 2 seasons. They will be a treat to watch next season, and will be trying to play spoiler to B-more next week.
If the Steelers lose to the Saints, I think B-more gets the AFC North crown! What a season.
"Sometimes the only victory possible is to keep your opponent from winning." - The Emperor, from The Outcast Dead.
"Tell your gods we are coming for them, and that their realms will burn as ours did." -Thostos Bladestorm
It's crazy! I'm worried about the Browns next week, though - they've got something to prove. But the Ravens winning the AFC North (or heck, even just getting that last wild card spot and a chance in the playoffs!) would be amazing
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You want some fun...
NFC ... Philly wins out (9-7), Dallas loses out (8-8), Seattle splits (9-7) or loses out (8-8), Minn splits (8-7-1)…. Dallas misses the playoffs. Seattle holds the direct win tie breaker over Dallas and that damn tie gives the Vikings 1/2 a game.
Eagles can still make the playoffs if they win out and the Vikings lose one of their last two games.
Washington is all but out of it now, they would need Minn lose out and to beat Eagles.
Carolina basically done as well needing to win out and Minn lose out and Philly to beat Wash (Panthers hold the head to head tie breaker over Eagles, but "Skins hold the TB over Panthers.)
Of all the races of the universe the Squats have the longest memories and the shortest tempers. They are uncouth, unpredictably violent, and frequently drunk. Overall, I'm glad they're on our side!
Office of Naval Intelligence Research discovers 3 out of 4 sailors make up 75% of U.S. Navy.
"Madness is like gravity... All you need is a little push."
helgrenze wrote: You want some fun...
NFC ... Philly wins out (9-7), Dallas loses out (8-8), Seattle splits (9-7) or loses out (8-8), Minn splits (8-7-1)…. Dallas misses the playoffs. Seattle holds the direct win tie breaker over Dallas and that damn tie gives the Vikings 1/2 a game.
Eagles can still make the playoffs if they win out and the Vikings lose one of their last two games.
Washington is all but out of it now, they would need Minn lose out and to beat Eagles.
Carolina basically done as well needing to win out and Minn lose out and Philly to beat Wash (Panthers hold the head to head tie breaker over Eagles, but "Skins hold the TB over Panthers.)
Dallas would have to lose out to both Tampa Bay and the Giants. Not going to happen. We're going to the playoffs, even if we don't make it deep this year.
nels1031 wrote: Mah Ravens came out big with the W against the Chargers! Phillip Rivers looked completely shutdown against the Ravens D.
Also, its week 16 and the Browns are now eliminated from the playoffs!? Usually thats made apparent week 1, but made official in weeks 4 or 5. Not bad for a team that was 1-31 the past 2 seasons. They will be a treat to watch next season, and will be trying to play spoiler to B-more next week.
If the Steelers lose to the Saints, I think B-more gets the AFC North crown! What a season.
The Ravens defense has been the biggest surprise this year. They look like the Big D teams that have won superbowls before.
Scary to think, but they are still improving every week.
And “Pass Interference”, having just watched the Saints score after a questionable call against the Steelers.
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"Sometimes the only victory possible is to keep your opponent from winning." - The Emperor, from The Outcast Dead.
"Tell your gods we are coming for them, and that their realms will burn as ours did." -Thostos Bladestorm
nels1031 wrote: ‘Roughing the Passer” needs to be reviewable.
Watching the Phi v. Hou game.
And “Pass Interference”, having just watched the Saints score after a questionable call against the Steelers.
In the old days that was called "Spearing" and was just as illegal, if you are talking about the Clowney hit on Foles.
Of all the races of the universe the Squats have the longest memories and the shortest tempers. They are uncouth, unpredictably violent, and frequently drunk. Overall, I'm glad they're on our side!
Office of Naval Intelligence Research discovers 3 out of 4 sailors make up 75% of U.S. Navy.
"Madness is like gravity... All you need is a little push."
nels1031 wrote: ‘Roughing the Passer” needs to be reviewable.
Watching the Phi v. Hou game.
And “Pass Interference”, having just watched the Saints score after a questionable call against the Steelers.
In the old days that was called "Spearing" and was just as illegal, if you are talking about the Clowney hit on Foles.
Nah, early in the game when Watson was hit. They got a TD out of the penalty.
"Sometimes the only victory possible is to keep your opponent from winning." - The Emperor, from The Outcast Dead.
"Tell your gods we are coming for them, and that their realms will burn as ours did." -Thostos Bladestorm
nels1031 wrote: ‘Roughing the Passer” needs to be reviewable.
Watching the Phi v. Hou game.
And “Pass Interference”, having just watched the Saints score after a questionable call against the Steelers.
In the old days that was called "Spearing" and was just as illegal, if you are talking about the Clowney hit on Foles.
Nah, early in the game when Watson was hit. They got a TD out of the penalty.
Ah.. Yeah... And the missed the Facemask on Foles on the 2-point try too. Almost like the Refs tried to help Houston win.
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Of all the races of the universe the Squats have the longest memories and the shortest tempers. They are uncouth, unpredictably violent, and frequently drunk. Overall, I'm glad they're on our side!
Office of Naval Intelligence Research discovers 3 out of 4 sailors make up 75% of U.S. Navy.
"Madness is like gravity... All you need is a little push."
And all the games that will decide who plays and who doesn't have all been "flexed" to the late games so they all happen at the same time.
And the Texans could be playing for the #1 seed in the AFC if thing go really sideways.
Of all the races of the universe the Squats have the longest memories and the shortest tempers. They are uncouth, unpredictably violent, and frequently drunk. Overall, I'm glad they're on our side!
Office of Naval Intelligence Research discovers 3 out of 4 sailors make up 75% of U.S. Navy.
"Madness is like gravity... All you need is a little push."
Three Clemson players, All starters will not be playing on Saturday in the Cotton Bowl due to Controlled Substance violations.
Also Three Players for Alabama will not be playing in the Orange Bowl for violating team rules (unspecified). At least one starter, left guard Deonte Brown, is listed among them.
Of all the races of the universe the Squats have the longest memories and the shortest tempers. They are uncouth, unpredictably violent, and frequently drunk. Overall, I'm glad they're on our side!
Office of Naval Intelligence Research discovers 3 out of 4 sailors make up 75% of U.S. Navy.
"Madness is like gravity... All you need is a little push."
That Cleveland v. Baltimore game! King of da Norf!
"Sometimes the only victory possible is to keep your opponent from winning." - The Emperor, from The Outcast Dead.
"Tell your gods we are coming for them, and that their realms will burn as ours did." -Thostos Bladestorm
Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis ousted after 16 seasons with 0 playoff wins. Been a long, long time coming. Most respectable franchises would have sent him packing after 2-3 seasons of no playoff appearances. Much like Miami did to their head coach today after 3 seasons and I think a near .500 record. Or Denver, after 2 losing seasons. Jets HC fired too.
Ravens fan here, but I’m not buying the hype about Baltimore’s supposedly unique play style with Lamar Jackson at QB. Opponents have had enough looks to adjust to it by now I suspect. Or the hype behind their defense, as they’ve given up some absolutely huge plays at crucial moments throughout this season. We were 1 tipped ball for an interception away from not getting into the playoffs, for instance. Seems like the long ball is our achilles heel.
I’d love to be pleasantly suprised with a Super Bowl win or even an appearance, but I’m not seeing it with the Saints, Chiefs, and a few other teams looking like worldbeaters.
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"Sometimes the only victory possible is to keep your opponent from winning." - The Emperor, from The Outcast Dead.
"Tell your gods we are coming for them, and that their realms will burn as ours did." -Thostos Bladestorm
Current official head coach head count is 6.. 8 if you count the Browns and Packers.
Of all the races of the universe the Squats have the longest memories and the shortest tempers. They are uncouth, unpredictably violent, and frequently drunk. Overall, I'm glad they're on our side!
Office of Naval Intelligence Research discovers 3 out of 4 sailors make up 75% of U.S. Navy.
"Madness is like gravity... All you need is a little push."
It certainly felt this way, and I only watched most of my teams games and a few select "big" games. It was raining yellow flags this year. Its a huge killer when a ref can completely change a games tempo and a teams momentum. There needs to be more mechanisms in place to prevent blown calls/ no calls.
"Red flag for NFL: Most penalties ever called in a season"
The 2018 NFL season will be remembered for plenty of memorable highlights. Fans will also look back on the regular season for the officiating, especially during a year when there seemed to be more flags than big plays.
According to Rick Gosselin, the NFL’s officiating crews set a league record with 3,447 penalties called during the 2018 regular season.
Rick Gosselin
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NFL crews assessed a record 3,447 penalties in 2018. First-year referees Shawn Hochuli and Shawn Smith and their crews finished 1-2 in penalties with the Hochuli crew assessing 253 and the Smith crew 228.
It likely doesn’t come as a surprise to many fans across the country. This season was marked not just by the number of penalties or officials not knowing what a catch is, the missed calls were just as brutal.
Philadelphia Eagles fans certainly won’t forget the missed facemask penalty by Houston Texans linebacker Jadeveon Clowney on Nick Foles. Indianapolis Colts fans will remember the embarrassing gaffe by refs that robbed the team of a final play at the end of the game.
Of course, Packers fans will never forget the unfathomable roughing the passer call on outside linebacker Clay Matthews that robbed Green Bay of a win over the Minnesota Vikings
The league office has a problem it desperately needs to address. When fans, multiple players and much of the NFL community are routinely calling out clear issues with the referees, it is something that needs to be addressed.
Because first-year referees Shawn Hochuli’s (253) and Shawn Smith’s (228) crews led the league in penalties assessed, it might be time for a full offseason to be spent educating and re-training all referees.
"Sometimes the only victory possible is to keep your opponent from winning." - The Emperor, from The Outcast Dead.
"Tell your gods we are coming for them, and that their realms will burn as ours did." -Thostos Bladestorm
nels1031 wrote: It certainly felt this way, and I only watched most of my teams games and a few select "big" games. It was raining yellow flags this year. Its a huge killer when a ref can completely change a games tempo and a teams momentum. There needs to be more mechanisms in place to prevent blown calls/ no calls.
I know I'm a bit weird, but I don't mind a game with a lot of flags. . . IF they are calling good penalties. . . I know I've lamented it here on this site before, but when literally play after play after play, I witness blatant holding by an offensive player (usually linemen) that happens directly in front of a refs face and it goes uncalled, I get heated.
Then again, referees are certainly helping the conspiracy theorists with the idea that football "wants" certain teams to win, by calling games in their favor. One example I have is during the Oklahoma-Alabama game this past weekend (yeah yeah, its college, but hear me out), in the second half of the game, Alabama's best D-lineman plowed into Kyler Murray, head first AND helmet to helmet, such that when they hit the ground Murray's helmet came off. In the college game that is targeting, reviewed an usually an automatic ejection. . . . Instead what happened was no flag, Oklahoma is without their best player for a play AND 'Bama keeps their "best" defensive player for the first half of the title game. (Note: I'm not suggesting that based on that one play, OU would've/could've beaten 'Bama. . . but it is damn difficult for OU to be playing against Bama and the zebras)
Now, I know this thread is the NFL, but in that situation, we've seen similar in the NFL this season. . . It's just ridiculous the levels of corruption that we're visually seeing in the game at these levels. . . Like, they ain't even trying to hide it anymore. And honestly, I think we'll begin seeing more and more TVs being turned off/away from college/NFL football should the same teams be at the top for as long as the current ones have been.
This kind of brings up a point about the Saints and their season.
Something changed between their game vs the Eagles and the game vs the Cowboys.
The Competition Committee decided that there were not enough Holding penalties being called and told the refs to put an emphasis on those. This change went through the week before New Orleans played Dallas. A key member of the committee? Dallas owner Jerry Jones.
So, Was New Orleans so successful earlier in the season because they were not getting called for Offensive Holding which up to that point had kept Drew Brees safe from getting sacked (20 total - second lowest) but also hit (52 - Lowest) Consider that before the Dallas game the Saints had only given up @9 sacks. And the team that allowed the fewest Sacks (18), the Colts, have Andrew Luck, and allowed 25 more hits on their QB. (Lets face it Brees isn't known for his scrambling ability.)
Of all the races of the universe the Squats have the longest memories and the shortest tempers. They are uncouth, unpredictably violent, and frequently drunk. Overall, I'm glad they're on our side!
Office of Naval Intelligence Research discovers 3 out of 4 sailors make up 75% of U.S. Navy.
"Madness is like gravity... All you need is a little push."
The Chicago/Philly game is the game most likely to be rigged this weekend after all.
Lol, if only by virtue of the Patriots having a bye week
(way later) Edit: Gut feeling makes me think that Harbaugh NOT pulling jackson and putting Flacco in, may just cost him his job. Obviously time will tell whether I'm right on this one
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Probably not, given how Jackson finished the game.
Now, maybe the game plan should have changed earlier, but they weren't going to go away from their strength until their strength clearly wasn't working, I guess?
Still, always good to see the Seahawks and the Ravens out.
Still leaning towards it being a Chiefs/Chargers vs Saints Superbowl, but, after watching Rivers throw the ball... is that his usual arm motion?
It looks like he's really heaving it on those 'deep' routes.
Alpharius wrote: Probably not, given how Jackson finished the game.
Now, maybe the game plan should have changed earlier, but they weren't going to go away from their strength until their strength clearly wasn't working, I guess?
Still leaning towards it being a Chiefs/Chargers vs Saints Superbowl, but, after watching Rivers throw the ball... is that his usual arm motion?
It looks like he's really heaving it on those 'deep' routes.
I posted that comment prior to the "decent" finish..
Not quite sure what you mean by Rivers' throwing motion, but yeah. . . his is definitely not "standard", its a pretty quick release with very little windup.
I think Rivers has a sprained ankle. He was limping a bit and the commentators made a big deal of him putting pressure on it.
And Harbaughs comments after the loss means Flacco is 100% done in Baltimore. End of an era. Hope he produces wherever he lands, if he doesn’t retire.
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