What infuriates me too is the “it was called that way on the field, so we’ll lean that way if it’s a standoff.” We’ll, it wasn’t anything close to a standoff, or a draw, or too close to call. It’s almost as though they don’t give a shit whether they get it right or not. Get Joe West to do games like this.I still can't get over that spot on the fake field goal. The Rams did everything right, Hekker made the play and the refs just screwed them. Only the NFL can have one of their marquee games of the season fucked over by an officiating mistake that was only magnified when they doubled down on it after the review. Just mind-numbing. They have the technology to splice multiple angles together and get that call right 100% of the time, and it's like they must have forgotten they had it, because there was no way anyone could have reasonably found him short.
Yeah, I 100% get while they called him short originally, as it looked like his knee was down. But the replay clearly, 100% showed that the knee wasn't down and he extended the ball at least a half yard beyond the first down marker. It wasn't even close. So if you can't correct that call, why even have a challenge system?I still can't get over that spot on the fake field goal. The Rams did everything right, Hekker made the play and the refs just screwed them. Only the NFL can have one of their marquee games of the season fucked over by an officiating mistake that was only magnified when they doubled down on it after the review. Just mind-numbing. They have the technology to splice multiple angles together and get that call right 100% of the time, and it's like they must have forgotten they had it, because there was no way anyone could have reasonably found him short.
Thanks for the update. How'd your poker game go last night?Kamara with 30 Fantasy Points at the half; Brees with 28. They could combine for 100+ fantasy points for my team if LAR keeps pushing them
I've got Goff, Woods, Gurley Zuerhlein and Kupp between my 2 teams, but of course, I'm playing against Kamara on one of them, so this is pretty much lunacy.Kamara with 30 Fantasy Points at the half; Brees with 28. They could combine for 100+ fantasy points for my team if LAR keeps pushing them
I think the trailing ref call him out there at the 5. No idea what that ref was looking at.Miserable call by Buck.
You’re so miserable.Thanks for the update. How'd your poker game go last night?
Point of order: will the roof be open in Atlanta for the Super Bowl itself?8 more games indoors
Yeah I was in Houston for Pats-Panthers 2003 and the roof was open... until like half hour before kickoff.I could be wrong but I think to date every SB played in a retractable has been played with the roof closed.
Didn't Lady Gaga stand on the edge of the roof just last year? Or did they close it immediately after her performance? Or was that part pre-recorded? (I got pretty drunk)I could be wrong but I think to date every SB played in a retractable has been played with the roof closed.
It was prerecorded, I think.Didn't Lady Gaga stand on the edge of the roof just last year? Or did they close it immediately after her performance? Or was that part pre-recorded? (I got pretty drunk)
I never saw anything that showed it was a catch or not for sure, but the Rams hustled up and snapped it quick.That wasn’t a catch. I don’t care either way but that definitely hit the ground. How’s Payton not challenge
So ... better than Nathan PetermanThat pass by Wilson would embarrass Osweiler.
I was trying to use an NFL quarterback for my example.So ... better than Nathan Peterman
And it was the year before (our win, not our loss). Doh!It was prerecorded, I think.
I think he's the most accurate thrower ever. Doesn't mean he's the greatest QB ever but for sheer accuracy I think he's the standard.A Saints player (Ingram?) said a few weeks ago that Brees is so accurate with the ball that as a receiver you have almost no choice but to catch the ball. He doesn’t just throw the ball to the open man, he throws it to the open pair of hands.
Yeah that pocket Brees has on the third down completion was ridiculous.Refs put the flags away this half, or offensive holding has been repealed.