NFL Playoffs - Divisional Round game thread

What ONE team are you certain survives the Divisional Round?

  • Bengals

    Votes: 13 6.6%
  • Titans

    Votes: 20 10.2%
  • Chiefs

    Votes: 22 11.2%
  • Bills

    Votes: 5 2.5%
  • 49ers

    Votes: 10 5.1%
  • Packers

    Votes: 75 38.1%
  • Rams

    Votes: 5 2.5%
  • Buccaneers

    Votes: 47 23.9%

  • Total voters
    197
  • Poll closed .

Ed Hillel

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I don't know -- where do you draw the line? What if Weddle grabbed him by the throat 5 seconds later? What he did didn't affect the play.
I suppose, but that would be considered a defenseless receiver head shot there. I think it’s a fairly clear line. He was trying to break up the play.
 

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I don't know -- where do you draw the line? What if Weddle grabbed him by the throat 5 seconds later? What he did didn't affect the play.
The reason what he did was a personal foul wasn’t because it was late; it’s because he hit a defenseless receiver in the head. If he still meets the criteria for defenseless, then imo the play shouldn’t be over.
 

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The rule is dumb only because a roughing the QB call, which could occur when the ball already hits the ground or is OOB, does result in a first down regardless.
 

Gash Prex

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Always wondered why the roughing the passer on an INT undid the INT especially in light of the application here

makes perfect sense to me given it had nothing to do with the incompletion and the play is over but seems inconsistent
 

DJnVa

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Why? The hit in no way interfered with the play. You rarely see it timed like this, but it's the right call.
I understand it's right by the way the rule is written. I'm saying Weddle didn't walk up 10 seconds later and smack the guy. The foul occurred because Weddle was making a move that started when the ball was live.
 

coremiller

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Weddle started to make his play when the ball was live. He made that play as part of thinking he might need to dislodge the ball. It's part of the play.

But Arians is likely pissed, so I'm okay.
And the threat of the hit may influenced the receiver's ability to make the catch. Ruling it after the play gives TB the benefit of the foul which was to try to break up the pass.
 

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I guess I get it but that seems like it’s part of the play. If the Rams guy was taunting him and drew a flag it makes more sense.
This is where I’m at. It was a continuation of the play and the wr route. It’s not like the players were running off the field and a scuffle started. But whatever
 

Euclis20

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I understand it's right by the way the rule is written. I'm saying Weddle didn't walk up 10 seconds later and smack the guy. The foul occurred because Weddle was making a move that started when the ball was live.
Sure, but the foul didn't actually occur until the ball was dead. The hit in no way impacted Evans' ability to catch the ball - we know this because the ball was on the ground before the hit occurred.
 

Silverdude2167

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Always wondered why the roughing the passer on an INT undid the INT especially in light of the application here

makes perfect sense to me given it had nothing to do with the incompletion and the play is over but seems inconsistent
Offensive holding is offset by DPI, yet the DPI can only happen after the offensive holding has occurred.

The NFL rule book makes no sense on lots of things that are not that complicated.
 

PedroKsBambino

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Change of possession after the incompletion, are you proposing a time limit on what is a dead ball?
what is shaky there is the incentives—if you’re a defender in fourth down you might as well try to kill a receiver who has a line on a catch. If you knock ball out too win. If you hit him and ball has been dropped you have 50/50 shot you only lose yards. That’s not the incentives NFL wants in that play
 

CFB_Rules

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what is shaky there is the incentives—if you’re a defender in fourth down you might as well try to kill a receiver who has a line on a catch. If you knock ball out too win. If you hit him and ball has been dropped you have 50/50 shot you only lose yards. That’s not the incentives NFL wants in that play
95% of fouls have no penalty at all if yardage is of no concern.
 

DennyDoyle'sBoil

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The Rams are going to lose in the playoffs because of their inability to get the ball snapped on time.