2023 Week 1 NFL Gamethread

CFB_Rules

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I mean the short version is Walt Anderson doesn’t want flags on the offense. He doesn’t want holds, he doesn’t want Illegal formations. He didn’t when he was in charge of the Big 12 and they had record offense.
 

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I mean the short version is Walt Anderson doesn’t want flags on the offense. He doesn’t want holds, he doesn’t want Illegal formations. He didn’t when he was in charge of the Big 12 and they had record offense.
That's what this game feels like.
 

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They need a sky judge in the NFL. This happens early on, the sky judge tells the refs to start dropping flags until the player starts lining up right.
They do…his name is Walt Anderson and he’s telling them “don’t call that shit”
 

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Teams don’t have interns watch the telecast and report back on stuff like these constant false starts?
 

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I mean the short version is Walt Anderson doesn’t want flags on the offense. He doesn’t want holds, he doesn’t want Illegal formations. He didn’t when he was in charge of the Big 12 and they had record offense.
Then change the rule book.
 

lars10

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The fact that not a single false start is being called is absolutely ridiculous.. he's jumping every snap.

Is in the grasp still a thing?
 

lars10

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Teams don’t have interns watch the telecast and report back on stuff like these constant false starts?
Is there a single person in the stadium or watching the game that doesn't see what's happening? I mean even the refs have to see what they're letting go.
 

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BB would be reaming out any ref within earshot if this were happening verus the Pats. One of those ear beatings that goes on for ages and the person on the wrong end looks like they're about to cry.
 

Jed Zeppelin

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I am all for a streamlined rule book and fewer procedural penalties that are unintuitive and often arbitrary.

Just don't have a rule book that says those things exist and choose not to call them.

For once it’s a shame Harbaugh won’t be on the mic after this one.
 

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Half of America is bitching about it. I know it’s the Lions and they are hard to trust but I’m sure they know.
 

Marciano490

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This dead mom stuff isn’t really necessary to my enjoyment of this sports match.
 

brandonchristensen

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It feels like I'm watching Catch Me If You Can, and teams lose to the Chiefs because of the pinstripes.

So to speak.
 

luckiestman

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Need to use AI to remake the Miami Vice boat to Havana scene with Cheetah and Momma Hunt.
 

luckiestman

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For the record, the illegal formation bothers me a lot more than the false starts