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Fields isn't an NFL caliber QB.Really glad we didn’t draft Fields.
Fields isn't an NFL caliber QB.Really glad we didn’t draft Fields.
Hiring Hackett will also contribute to Paton getting canned. Good thing left Minnesota. He might have taken over for Spielman and ruined the franchise like he's ruining Denver.
Just brutal. The boos in the stadium were something. I hate to give up on a coach two games in, but he seems completely over his head. How every coach doesn't have a dedicated game management coach these days is beyond me.
I was pulling for the Raiders. I think the Raiders have a higher ceiling this year and it's getting harder and harder to get behind the Cardinals. Lots of people were calling for KK and GM Keim's head BEFORE the Murray contract signing debacle. I supported the Kingsbury hire initially, now, I'm not so sure.@Ogee Oglethorpe, your Raiders and Cardinals had an absolutely epic Q4 and OT. What team were you cheering for?
Skol Vikes!!
Hackett and Russ deserve each other. I took the Texans (+10) and never looked back.
I was pulling for the Raiders. I think the Raiders have a higher ceiling this year and it's getting harder and harder to get behind the Cardinals. Lots of people were calling for KK and GM Keim's head BEFORE the Murray contract signing debacle. I supported the Kingsbury hire initially, now, I'm not so sure.
Signing Murray to his extension was a colossal mistake, there was zero reason to give him an extension when they did. They needed one more year of solid information to make that call. Good grief, he literally had just finished his second season in a row where he was dinged up and the Cardinals faltered miserably down the stretch. Everything out of the organization has indicated Murray is not much of a leader, his body language on the field is horrendous (for your franchise QB), he's not been durable, the size issue, batted balls, you name it. I thought he handled the study clause like a whiny bitch, especially since he had just been quoted months earlier as saying he doesn't have to study, his mind works differently than other people, photographic memory, whatever the hell it was. Just stupid.
Excellent point, I noticed that too. That was really close to even being delay of game and it's almost never called if it's only 1/2 a second after the clock hits :00.Hackett and Russ deserve each other. I took the Texans (+10) and never looked back.
Something interesting happened in this game though, that FG attempt. The refs blew the whistle on delay of game faster than you EVER see in the NFL these days. Normally, you get a good additional beat after the play clock hits zero; McManus makes the kick, they call Delay, the Broncos end up punting instead. In this case, that ref blew the whistle the millisecond the play clock hit zero. Didn't affect the outcome, but I thought that was interesting.
The problem with that premise is that the NFL wants offense and points. So calling delay of game penalties doesn't help that goal. Hence, why they get the "extra" second and always give the benefit of the doubt to the offense. Aaron Rodgers has mastered using the "extra" second. If they started calling it like it should be, the Packers would be flagged for delay about 10 times a game. Of course offenses would adjust, and it would be a non-issue after a couple games, but instead they play this game of pretend.Excellent point, I noticed that too. That was really close to even being delay of game and it's almost never called if it's only 1/2 a second after the clock hits :00.
Seems like it would be super easy for one of the refs to have some kind of buzzer hooked up to the play clock so when it hits :00 they hear a buzzer going off. Then they don't have to look at the clock, then back down at the play.
Excellent point, I noticed that too. That was really close to even being delay of game and it's almost never called if it's only 1/2 a second after the clock hits :00.
Seems like it would be super easy for one of the refs to have some kind of buzzer hooked up to the play clock so when it hits :00 they hear a buzzer going off. Then they don't have to look at the clock, then back down at the play.
Is it really even an "extra" second?The problem with that premise is that the NFL wants offense and points. So calling delay of game penalties doesn't help that goal. Hence, why they get the "extra" second and always give the benefit of the doubt to the offense. Aaron Rodgers has mastered using the "extra" second. If they started calling it like it should be, the Packers would be flagged for delay about 10 times a game. Of course offenses would adjust, and it would be a non-issue after a couple games, but instead they play this game of pretend.
I would interpret it the way a shot clock works in basketball. They didn't used to have the "tenth" place on the clocks, just full seconds. When it got to 00's, it's a violation. If they say that there are imaginary tenths that just aren't shown, then you're relying on the refs to count that last second down, which in a multi-billion dollar industry seems overly elementary. At the end of the day, it doesn't particularly matter as long it's applied consistently. The point the original post was making was that in this case it seemed to diverge from the "norm" on how they're calling this, to which I would agree.Is it really even an "extra" second?
When the clock moves to :01 to :00, wouldn't really be :009, :008 etc? The play clocks are not calibrated to the the tenths of a second.
I assumed that's why the refs see it hit ":00" they give them "1 second leeway".
I would interpret it the way a shot clock works in basketball. They didn't used to have the "tenth" place on the clocks, just full seconds. When it got to 00's, it's a violation. If they say that there are imaginary tenths that just aren't shown, then you're relying on the refs to count that last second down, which in a multi-billion dollar industry seems overly elementary. At the end of the day, it doesn't particularly matter as long it's applied consistently. The point the original post was making was that in this case it seemed to diverge from the "norm" on how they're calling this, to which I would agree.
Either way, that was an absolutely brutal stretch of plays for the Broncos.
And then the Eagles are allowed to hold Jefferson’s arm. Gonna be a long night.That was an easy well executed eagle td
Vikings are going thru the fitting square pegs into round hole thing. Pack had no film to watch. Eagles do. Thus will be a test for this staffPlaying zone doesn’t appear to be working very well.
D-line is getting blown away.Hicks and #24 are weak links