Divisional Round Gamethread
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93.7 in Pittsburgh will be GOLD for the next few weeks. If the Pats win #6 (big if-no jinx) the entire city might sink into the the three rivers.
There were three best teams in the AFC all year. Patriots eked out a win in Pittsburg so they only have to play one of them. If the Jags can beat both the Patriots and Steelers on the road they are a worthy conference champ for sure.
From that forum "So, do we play the Pats in hell or Haiti next week because I don't think we'll be allowed to play them in Foxborough since we lost today."
The kicking team can’t advance a recovered onside kick, right? I think their only hope was a squib kick to the end zone and then somehow beating the Jags guy to the ball.
I know the Jags have a chance to beat the Pats. That said, my sphincter will be much better off without having to worry about Bell, Brown and the rapist all week, not to mention JuJu and Bryant. I am glad they are dead.
Your consistent fine work in just about every forum needs more recognition.
Will be following the news on Fournette closely. Adrenaline can carry a guy through a half, but how is it going to feel tomorrow? How much practice time does he get? And so on. Looked appreciably different after he came back.
from the Steelers forum in the fire Tomlin thread,
"Well, look at the bright side, we don't have to be embarrassed by NE next week."
beat by City
"Well, look at the bright side, we don't have to be embarrassed by NE next week."
beat by City
It's not just time, it's odds of making it. You need the combination of 2 scores.
Clock is stopped at the 5 yard line with 47 seconds left; unless you do something dumb (like take a sack/grounding penalty...) you should have enough time to take a couple shots at the endzone and still have a little time to try to get into FG range after an onside. And the odds of one of those shots actually getting the TD are way higher than the odds of a hail mary after the onside.
If the Penguins are 92 days away from their destination in the GEICO ad: Assuming the Penguins walk for all 24 hours of each day given a GPS wouldn't account for rest time, and the average waddling penguin speed is 2.4 miles per hour, they therefore need to go 5299.2 miles.
Truly awful showing from Pittsburg - at one point Bortles was 9-28 for less than 100 yards and they suddenly made him look like an all-pro.
Play of the game, in a game of many huge plays: third and five, Jags deep, 7:45 left, 7 point game -- the little crossing route to Yeldon for 40 yards. Game and momentum changer.
I suspect you are underestimating how hard it is to score from the 5. If you get the on-sides, you aren't stuck with a hail mary if you have 30ish seconds on the clock, and that's why it is likely the better percentage play. You can run a few sideline plays or even one mid-field with a quick spike.
That said, if you do take 1-2 shots from the 5 I get it. But what you make sure your QB knows (and your OC calls) is take no chances, take no penalties, and run quick plays. They did none of those things.
How long before New England fields a call from western PA asking permission to speak with Josh McDaniels?
Nobody was saying you don't take one shot from the five with :47. But you have to kick the FG from the 15 with :23.
That's completely defensible, but not what I was talking about. I suspect crossed wires somewhere.
If I can be a bit of a conspiracy theorist...I have to imagine the league will be on the Patriots side next week. Not that they need it, but none the less...I can’t imagine the league wanting Jax anywhere near the SuperBowl.
Can you imagine a Bortles vs. Foles matchup? Especially after the issues the league has had this year. That has to be their nightmare scenario.
Can you imagine a Bortles vs. Foles matchup? Especially after the issues the league has had this year. That has to be their nightmare scenario.
Here's some data, though not a perfect answer on the math:
http://www.advancedfootballanalytics.com/index.php/home/research/game-strategy/155-field-goal-first
One point, which I had thought might be the case, is that the on-sides recovery is the lowest probability event.
http://www.advancedfootballanalytics.com/index.php/home/research/game-strategy/155-field-goal-first
One point, which I had thought might be the case, is that the on-sides recovery is the lowest probability event.
I think JJ Cale said it best
Call me Drew Brees
I keep throwin' on the road
Well now, they call me Drew Brees
I keep throwin' on the road
I ain't got me nobody
I don't carry me no load
Ain't no change in the weather
we be playin' in a dome
Well, there ain't no change in the weather
we be playin' in a dome
but the damn shame is
we ain't playin at home
Not sure if Mr Brees got quite enough to win on the road,
Call me Drew Brees
I keep throwin' on the road
Well now, they call me Drew Brees
I keep throwin' on the road
I ain't got me nobody
I don't carry me no load
Ain't no change in the weather
we be playin' in a dome
Well, there ain't no change in the weather
we be playin' in a dome
but the damn shame is
we ain't playin at home
Not sure if Mr Brees got quite enough to win on the road,
I want nothing to do with the Vikings at home in the Super Bowl. Don't care who beats them in the playoffs, just want someone to beat them.
You cannot advance onside. There’s no way to get play off if they go onside. There’s 0% chance.