For some unknown reason you must always try the extra point after a TD. They opted for a two point try and took a kneel down.Anyone know why the Eagles had to take that extra snap after the touchdown with 0:00 on the clock?
Ahhh. I thought that if there was 0:00 left and it didn't matter they didn't take it. Maybe just in OT.For some unknown reason you must always try the extra point after a TD. They opted for a two point try and took a kneel down.
But not in overtime, right? Because the Bills didn’t, I think anyway.For some unknown reason you must always try the extra point after a TD. They opted for a two point try and took a kneel down.
This is such a hot take, terrible post and I know it's a game thread, but it hurts my soul to read such ridiculousness.The Wentz injury is so, so, so huge.
If he’s out and either the Patriots or the Steelers don’t win the Super Bowl, someone fucked up hard somewhere along the way.
Yes, but the NFL just signed a $500 Million deal with Verizon for streaming of NFL games, so Goodell has done his job and the concussion protocol can wait.Just a month or so after Russell Wilson and the Seahawks gave the middle finger to the concussion protocol, Tom Savage was allowed back on the field after getting pummeled so badly he did the involuntary fencing pose and was seen spitting up blood. The concussion protocol continues to be a joke. Disgusting.
AKA: was Steve McNair actually a top 5 QB of all time?The current starting QBs of the top 3 seeds in the NFC are Nick Foles, Jared Goff, and Case Keenum.
Otherwise known as "The LA Rams QB depth chart before the 2016 season"
I didn't see the game, but what was Bennett doing to mess with the snap?Why can't the NFL pass a rule to prevent what Michael Bennett was trying to do at the end of the game with messing with the snap? Why don't players try that before the end of the game? I can't find anything in the rulebook specifically forbidding it, but just pass a rule saying defensive players can't attempt to interfere with the process of the snap and make it a 15 yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, which counts towards ejection. Justify it by claiming it will help prevent injury. Because it's obvious Pete doesn't want to stop it and Bennett certainly can't help himself.
The Jags were in kneel down formation with Seattle out of time outs. The Seahawks did the same thing they did in Superbowl 49 where they attempted to bullrush the kneeldown snap to I guess force a fumble. But Bennett appeared deliberately to try to take out the center's (I think it was the center) knees by rolling into him -- pinning down the lower leg while he backrolled over him. The worst part maybe was that when the Center got out of it, Bennett went after him again and appeared to try to roll over the back of his legs. It was Gronk bad. Pretty deliberate attempt to injure at least once maybe twice..I didn't see the game, but what was Bennett doing to mess with the snap?
It's already illegal to simulate the snap count. It's just impossible for the refs to police because of positioning.
Right. I think the rationale for forcing teams into trying an extra point in regulation is that there could theoretically be a case in which the defense scores on a failed try, whereas a touchdown in overtime ends the game. Of course, in any case in which a defensive score on a failed point(s) after TD attempt could tie or win the game (team up by 1 or 2), the scoring team can simply tell the refs they are trying a two point conversion and then kneel down. So, it's silly. It's especially silly where the team that scored to end the game is up by three or more points.But not in overtime, right? Because the Bills didn’t, I think anyway.
Well, aren't points-for somewhere along the chain of determining tie-breakers?Right. I think the rationale for forcing teams into trying an extra point in regulation is that there could theoretically be a case in which the defense scores on a failed try, whereas a touchdown in overtime ends the game. Of course, in any case in which a defensive score on a failed point(s) after TD attempt could tie or win the game (team up by 1 or 2), the scoring team can simply tell the refs they are trying a two point conversion and then kneel down. So, it's silly. It's especially silly where the team that scored to end the game is up by three or more points.
If the guy you are losing is someone who you would have been substituting out anyways, it might not be. If your suggestion was the rule, you know coaches would have a guy or two designated to fake an injury in these situations, so they could take more time to communicate about the play with the QB.But... the clock was already stopped... so the only worth in a fake injury would be to buy the offense some extra time to huddle up beyond the usual play clock time. But then the offensive player would have to leave the game. Seems like a horrible trade-off that nobody would take.
Put in another way, it makes no sense applying the rule to a team on offense in a clock stoppage situation. It's a bad rule because it is not specific enough. It should only apply when the injury actually stops the clock.
Yes and somehow we always play both of them at their house in an important fall game and then have to beat them again in the playoffs.Steelers are indeed the 2015 Broncos.
Fuck em.
Fortunately, no Chris Harper this time.Yes and somehow we always play both of them at their house in an important fall game and then have to beat them again in the playoffs.
I would think snow=ground, right? Since you will never be able to see the actual ground?Dumb questions about the snow game.
If the snow is, say, 4-6 inches deep on the field--is the top level of snow considered the ground? Could a pass sit on top of the snow and not be incomplete? If it is incomplete, is a player also down when his knee touches the snow?
Dumb questions about the snow game.
If the snow is, say, 4-6 inches deep on the field--is the top level of snow considered the ground? Could a pass sit on top of the snow and not be incomplete? If it is incomplete, is a player also down when his knee touches the snow?
For some unknown reason you must always try the extra point after a TD. They opted for a two point try and took a kneel down.
Wow. We ARE spoiled.But not in overtime, right?