NFL 2015: Let's Talk About Balls

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The Bears punted 10 times on 10 drives today.

The Patriots have punted 5 times all season.

and none of those 5 punts was today. At least the punter gets to hold on place kicks.

 

[The Rube]

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and none of those 5 punts was today. At least the punter gets to hold on place kicks.

Today's Pats game was a bloodbath. That was one of the games I was watching at the bar.

 

[mookie1995]

It did look very accidental, and I am partial towards the big oaf in this instance. Why? $$$$$$$$$

Mookie is not saying that was intentional

BUT, if you hit the QB low (just like if you swing your arm and hit him in the head) it is supposed to be a flag.

So throw the ****ing flag

 

[St. Clown]

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Mookie is not saying that was intentional

BUT, if you hit the QB low (just like if you swing your arm and hit him in the head) it is supposed to be a flag.

So throw the ****ing flag

Just like how the Vikings were flagged for roughing the QB when Rivers threw the ball, the DE Everson Griffen had his momentum carry through to hit Rivers. During the hit, Griffen actually caught Rivers to keep him from slamming into the turf, instead just setting him down gently, but was still flagged for the hit.

 

[Rover]

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Mookie is not saying that was intentional

BUT, if you hit the QB low (just like if you swing your arm and hit him in the head) it is supposed to be a flag.

So throw the ****ing flag

Mookie and the rest of the Steeler yinzers need to stop whining. Roethlisberger is lucking he's not still serving part of a 10 year sentence for rape.

Moving on, maybe I've been watching the Pats too long, but I can't get over how many fundamentally stupid things happen to other teams. Watching Denver-Detroit last night, Denver is attempting a 53 yard field goal in the 4th quarter to make it a 5 point game, which the kicker promptly missed thus leading to great field position, right? Wrong. The Lions inexplicably overloaded one side of the line in their attempt to block the kick, which is illegal. Denver kicks again 5 yards closer and they make the field goal. How is the special teams coach not fired after the game for that? Or how do the players not know the rules? Or anybody on the sidelines could have called a TO once they saw the alignment. Yikes.

 

[MissThundercat]

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Mookie and the rest of the Steeler yinzers need to stop whining. Roethlisberger is lucking he's not still serving part of a 10 year sentence for rape.

Moving on, maybe I've been watching the Pats too long, but I can't get over how many fundamentally stupid things happen to other teams. Watching Denver-Detroit last night, Denver is attempting a 53 yard field goal in the 4th quarter to make it a 5 point game, which the kicker promptly missed thus leading to great field position, right? Wrong. The Lions inexplicably overloaded one side of the line in their attempt to block the kick, which is illegal. Denver kicks again 5 yards closer and they make the field goal. How is the special teams coach not fired after the game for that? Or how do the players not know the rules? Or anybody on the sidelines could have called a TO once they saw the alignment. Yikes.

It's the Lions, Rover. It's explicable, alright.

 

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... The Lions inexplicably overloaded one side of the line in their attempt to block the kick, which is illegal. Denver kicks again 5 yards closer and they make the field goal. How is the special teams coach not fired after the game for that? Or how do the players not know the rules? Or anybody on the sidelines could have called a TO once they saw the alignment. Yikes.

Actually, the formation may not have been overloaded to begin with. The replay showed them lined up with only six, which is OK. Then Darius Slay, who had a game that I'm sure he'd like to forget (http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2015/9/28/9407383/darius-slay-lions-broncos-emmanuel-sanders-catch), wandered into the formation from off screen, and that's what caused the flag. A coach yelled at him when he came off and I was thinking "The time to yell at him is in practice, not after he blundered so that the game is out of reach."

 

[SJHovey]

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Mookie and the rest of the Steeler yinzers need to stop whining. Roethlisberger is lucking he's not still serving part of a 10 year sentence for rape.

Moving on, maybe I've been watching the Pats too long, but I can't get over how many fundamentally stupid things happen to other teams. Watching Denver-Detroit last night, Denver is attempting a 53 yard field goal in the 4th quarter to make it a 5 point game, which the kicker promptly missed thus leading to great field position, right? Wrong. The Lions inexplicably overloaded one side of the line in their attempt to block the kick, which is illegal. Denver kicks again 5 yards closer and they make the field goal. How is the special teams coach not fired after the game for that? Or how do the players not know the rules? Or anybody on the sidelines could have called a TO once they saw the alignment. Yikes.

It was an illegal formation penalty.

Notwithstanding the powers of your observation, there aren't actually that many illegal formation penalties called during a season in the NFL, and last year the Pats tied for 7th most.

 

[Rover]

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Actually, the formation may not have been overloaded to begin with. The replay showed them lined up with only six, which is OK. Then Darius Slay, who had a game that I'm sure he'd like to forget (http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2015/9/28/9407383/darius-slay-lions-broncos-emmanuel-sanders-catch), wandered into the formation from off screen, and that's what caused the flag. A coach yelled at him when he came off and I was thinking "The time to yell at him is in practice, not after he blundered so that the game is out of reach."

That makes a bit more sense, but still a TO by somebody who saw that happening might have been in order.

 

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That makes a bit more sense, but still a TO by somebody who saw that happening might have been in order.

Not sure they had any time outs left, and even if they did, taking a time out when you might later need them to stop the clock because someone was lined up wrong on a field goal attempt would have made them look just about as dumb.

It was an illegal formation penalty.

Notwithstanding the powers of your observation, there aren't actually that many illegal formation penalties called during a season in the NFL, and last year the Pats tied for 7th most.

Though I think most of those were on offense, not surprising given the amount of empty backfield formations they use and the amount of no-huddle they run. I don't remember ever seeing an illegal formation on defense called before; in fact I didn't even know there was such a thing. A better Patriots example would be the do over (was it last year or the year before?) they gave to (I think it was) the Jets for something bizarre like "assisting" on a field goal block attempt. If I remember correctly, someone either pushed a teammate or stepped on a teammate.

 

[Kepler]

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It was an illegal formation penalty.

Notwithstanding the powers of your observation, there aren't actually that many illegal formation penalties called during a season in the NFL, and last year the Pats tied for 7th most.

Shhh. Pats fans don't recognize anything their team does is illegal...

 

[J.D.]

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Ooooo burn. You're on fire kepler. Spygate was illegal. Happy?

Anyway, just heard an unbelievable stat. Matt stafford is 3-33 against teams with winning records and 0-18 on the road.

 

[Twitch Boy]

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Anyway, just heard an unbelievable stat. Matt stafford is 3-33 against teams with winning records and 0-18 on the road.

That's called "playing for the Detroit Lions."

 

[mookie1995]

Mookie and the rest of the Steeler yinzers need to stop whining. Roethlisberger is lucking he's not still serving part of a 10 year sentence for rape....

Any halfassed lawyer coulda got him off (pun intended)

If wet the clit, you must acquit.

 

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Anyway, just heard an unbelievable stat. Matt stafford is 3-33 against teams with winning records and 0-18 on the road.

Heard another unbelievable stat. Tom Brady has 31 more career wins than the Jacksonville Jaguars (183 - 152). Of course that says as much about Jacksonville as it does Brady. I bet Manning (Favre?) and a few others do also.

 

[The Rube]

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Ladies and gentlemen...it's happened. A KC Chiefs WR has caught a TD. First time in over a full season.

 

[Spartanforlife4]

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Go Miami Ohio Red Birds!

-Jon Gruden

 

[walrus]

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Heard another unbelievable stat. Tom Brady has 31 more career wins than the Jacksonville Jaguars (183 - 152). Of course that says as much about Jacksonville as it does Brady. I bet Manning (Favre?) and a few others do also.

Chicago punted 10 times last week against Seattle, Pats have punted 5 times all year. Probably the same thing could be said for Green Bay and Arizona

 

[joecct]

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Late games on Sunday
FOX - Green Bay at San Francisco
CBS - Cleveland at San Diego

I think the wife and I may take in a movie.

930am game. Jets v Dolphins in London.

 

[The Rube]

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Late games on Sunday
FOX - Green Bay at San Francisco
CBS - Cleveland at San Diego

I think the wife and I may take in a movie.

930am game. Jets v Dolphins in London.

GB, MN, and CHI not on at noon. Hello open TVs at the local watering hole!