Yesterday's NFL Games

[Tahuyaman]

I never said that was why the Titans lost. Ask @Hal Jordan, I never expected to beat the Patriots. That doesn’t excuse blatantly corrupt officiating.

Incompetent officiating is not corrupt officiating. When officials are incompetent, they miss or make bad calls which benefit or hurt both sides.

[jigglepete]

The Jaguars gave the type of defense which can beat the Patriots.

This is very true, the Jags, as a Pats fan this makes me nervous... although I must say, had the Steelers won, I would be even more nervous. Still, the Steelers looked shaky right from their first possession. Maybe they had the flu?

[Tahuyaman]

This is very true, the Jags, as a Pats fan this makes me nervous... although I must say, had the Steelers won, I would be even more nervous. Still, the Steelers looked shaky right from their first possession. Maybe they had the flu?

Football is about match-ups. The Steelers defense doesn't match up well against the Pats offense. Jacksonville does.

[donttread]

Either Goodell told the officials to swing the game the Pats’ way or Kraft paid off the officials. The most egregious call they made was calling a false start on the Titans instead of the Pats in the second quarter, and the call in the fourth quarter of a false start on one of our receivers when he was only trying to determine if he was going into completely normal WR motion.

Yeah and appartently if a reciever is "defenseless" you can't even accidently hit his head with firearm. /yet if his feet are planted there are times when you can go head to head! How exactly are you supposed to "defend" against that? We must remember sports is a big business and stories sell

[donttread]

Football is about match-ups. The Steelers defense doesn't match up well against the Pats offense. Jacksonville does.

That vaunted pass rush will be meaningless unless they can cover tight to prevent Brady's quick throws. I hope they can but I'm not convinced. But if they get consistentt pressure on Brady he may cry

[pragmatic]

49ers will be in the playoffs next year.

Very possible.

What a difference a quarterback makes....eh?

[Tahuyaman]

That vaunted pass rush will be meaningless unless they can cover tight to prevent Brady's quick throws. I hope they can but I'm not convinced. But if they get consistentt pressure on Brady he may cry

The Jags defense can do that. Their problems aren't going to be on defense.

I dont know if Bortles can get it done. He's extreme.y inconsistent.

[pragmatic]

Was cheering for the Vikings against Saints. So when the Saints kicked that go ahead field goal with 25 seconds left, i turned off the television in disgust.


Didn't stumble onto "the rest of the story" until i was reading my daily newspaper this morning.



*shakes head*

[donttread]

Incompetent officiating is not corrupt officiating. When officials are incompetent, they miss or make bad calls which benefit or hurt both sides.

Well then they suddenly got stupid a decade or so ago when they changed the entire way they call the passing game. The issue may or may not be corruption. It may be about parady in some cases. But they'll let a blatant defensive hold go ( I'm talking about one righ in front of the official) then call a minor one on the same player in the fourth quater . It could be about more time for commercials for all I know. But I've even seen NY confirm or refuse to reverse some absolutely horrible calls this year including "confirming an incomplete pass" after a reciever grabbed the ball, took two long steps and made a football move before he fumbled. Which is what he did. Two way pass interference has become the norm in the long passing game . Half a beat early is now " perfect timing" and many one handed catches occur because the defensive back has a hold of the other hand and you don't get called for pushing off 95% of the time. t
All I know for sure is that the game is being called very, very differently in the past 10-15 years in areas where the rules have changed little and that the focus is on over turning as few calls as possible which begs the question: Why bother with instant replay at all? It waste time, kills rythym and changes momentum

[Tahuyaman]

Well then they suddenly got stupid a decade or so ago when they changed the entire way they call the passing game. The issue may or may not be corruption. It may be about parady in some cases. But they'll let a blatant defensive hold go ( I'm talking about one righ in front of the official) then call a minor one on the same player in the fourth quater . It could be about more time for commercials for all I know. But I've even seen NY confirm or refuse to reverse some absolutely horrible calls this year including "confirming an incomplete pass" after a reciever grabbed the ball, took two long steps and made a football move before he fumbled. Which is what he did. Two way pass interference has become the norm in the long passing game . Half a beat early is now " perfect timing" and many one handed catches occur because the defensive back has a hold of the other hand and you don't get called for pushing off 95% of the time. t
All I know for sure is that the game is being called very, very differently in the past 10-15 years in areas where the rules have changed little and that the focus is on over turning as few calls as possible which begs the question: Why bother with instant replay at all? It waste time, kills rythym and changes momentum

By design, the rules favor the offense.