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NFL 2015: Let's Talk About Balls

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Collinsworth just spews nonsense and/or completely obvious statements. About the only one that is worse, IMO, is Joe Buck. I can deal with Gruden loving everybody, he still has good takes on the game. Aikman isn't great, but he's passable. Love Al Michaels.

As a team effort, the old SNF trio of morons took the cake.

Edit: agree on sideline reporters for the most part. Pam Oliver, Michelle Tafoya, and Erin Andrews can stay. They actually know their stuff and ask a decent question or two. Kolber cannot be gone fast enough, along with all those other "pretty face-empty head" types.
 
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Kolber > Andrews (as an analyst and spinner) and it ain't even close for me. :)
 
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Andrews boinked Bert. That makes me call into question everything she says and does.
 
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As Brent McClanahan knows, running the ball at the goal line in the Super Bowl is always a safe play!
 
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Brenthoven said:
Collinsworth just spews nonsense and/or completely obvious statements. About the only one that is worse, IMO, is Joe Buck. I can deal with Gruden loving everybody, he still has good takes on the game. Aikman isn't great, but he's passable. Love Al Michaels.

As a team effort, the old SNF trio of morons took the cake.

Edit: agree on sideline reporters for the most part. Pam Oliver, Michelle Tafoya, and Erin Andrews can stay. They actually know their stuff and ask a decent question or two. Kolber cannot be gone fast enough, along with all those other "pretty face-empty head" types.
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I actually disagree on Collinsworth. I think he's pretty good.

It's funny you like Michaels but dislike Collinsworth. Michaels is on record as stating Collinsworth is as good as he's seen. In fact, Michaels said in a recent interview with Bryant Gumbel that Collinsworth would have the ability, right now, to coach any NFL team and know as much about what that team is trying to do as the current coaches.
 
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joecct said:
Didn't Grogan and Eason get you to the Super Bowl?
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Grogan and Bledsoe. And then proceeded to demonstrate that their team didn't even belong on the same field as their opponents.
 
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rufus said:
Grogan and Bledsoe. And then proceeded to demonstrate that their team didn't even belong on the same field as their opponents.
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That was indicative of the entire AFC during that time. It wasn't a question as to which team would win the Super Bowl back then, it was more a matter of how badly the NFC team would beat the AFC team that year. Then the Broncos changed that.
 
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Game is replayed on NFL network tonight, set your dvr
 
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Brenthoven said:
Kolber cannot be gone fast enough, along with all those other "pretty face-empty head" types.
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That won't happen. The average football fan is a fat dumb guy on the sofa with his hand in his pants, and that's what they're there for. You might as well ask Fox News to fire their blondes.

The target demo don't like "smart" chicks, so Erin Andrews' and Megyn Kelly's boobs will have jobs as long as they're pert.
 
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Well, that gut busting play to kill the Seahawks just has a life of it's own now.

This has to be the coolest video I've seen of a football play. It's quick, immediate, in the right place at the right time, and just listen to that crowd noise. As a person who constantly complains about canned music over the PA and inane announcers, to see that play with no soundtrack but the sounds on the field and the roar of the crowd... that's good stuff.

http://deadspin.com/this-is-the-best-angle-yet-of-malcolm-butlers-incredibl-1683583281
 
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rufus said:
Bert? Clue me in here.

And I'm with Joe Namath re Suzi Kolber. And I'm sober.
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Bret Bielema. Either Everyday Should Be Saturday or some SB Nation blog started calling him Bert after a bunch of boneheaded decisions.
 
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ExileOnDaytonStreet said:
This has to be the coolest video I've seen of a football play. It's quick, immediate, in the right place at the right time, and just listen to that crowd noise. As a person who constantly complains about canned music over the PA and inane announcers, to see that play with no soundtrack but the sounds on the field and the roar of the crowd... that's good stuff.

http://deadspin.com/this-is-the-best-angle-yet-of-malcolm-butlers-incredibl-1683583281
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The more I see that play, the more amazed I become at just what a great play Butler made. Some people are speculating that Belichick, by not calling a time out, induced the Seahawks into over-thinking things (they had the wrong personnel on the field on that play for an "all hands on deck" running play and didn't substitute like they would have had Belichick called time out), and then the Patriots were completely ready for that play call: Butler even said he recognized it during the game because they had practiced against it earlier in the week!

Isn't there a quote that goes something like, "genius is when preparation meets luck" or something like that?
 
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FreshFish said:
Isn't there a quote that goes something like, "genius is when preparation meets luck" or something like that?
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity
 
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ExileOnDaytonStreet said:
Well, that gut busting play to kill the Seahawks just has a life of it's own now.

This has to be the coolest video I've seen of a football play. It's quick, immediate, in the right place at the right time, and just listen to that crowd noise. As a person who constantly complains about canned music over the PA and inane announcers, to see that play with no soundtrack but the sounds on the field and the roar of the crowd... that's good stuff.

http://deadspin.com/this-is-the-best-angle-yet-of-malcolm-butlers-incredibl-1683583281
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I didn't think it was possible for me to feel worse about that play, but I do now.

He knew. He runs, from the snap, right to the point where the play will happen. That's horrific.

Great play by Butler. I'd love to know why he knew -- was this based on a discussion during film work? Did the way we lined up tip it off? Was it just the greatest guess in football history?
 
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Kepler said:
I didn't think it was possible for me to feel worse about that play, but I do now.

He knew. He runs, from the snap, right to the point where the play will happen. That's horrific.

Great play by Butler. I'd love to know why he knew -- was this based on a discussion during film work? Did the way we lined up tip it off? Was it just the greatest guess in football history?
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Yes to the first two questions, plus got burned on that play by the scout team and it was pointed out to him. That was good coaching, and a coachable player.

Gutsy move too. Imagine if, instead of a slant off the pick, the receiver had run a quick out. He would have been open by ten yards, and Butler, in the space of three plays would have been the victim of a miracle and a really bad guess.
 
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Kepler said:
I didn't think it was possible for me to feel worse about that play, but I do now.

He knew. He runs, from the snap, right to the point where the play will happen. That's horrific.

Great play by Butler. I'd love to know why he knew -- was this based on a discussion during film work? Did the way we lined up tip it off? Was it just the greatest guess in football history?
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The Patriots ran that play out of that formation in practice the week before. no doubt because they saw it in film. Butler was beaten for a touchdown. Belichick took him aside and said, "Don't let it happen again." Butler recognized the formation and thought it was coming. As soon as he saw Kearse positioning for the pick, he knew and took off for the spot. He made a brilliant play.

On a different note: Karma indeed.
 
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Here's a thought: a couple plays before the interception Wilson had to burn a timeout because the play clock ran out on him.

If the Seahawks still had two timeouts, would they have run Lynch on second down? Run Lynch, if he gets stuffed burn a timeout and try again on 3rd, if he gets stuffed again burn the other and try again on 4th.
 
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