I think the game needs MORE kicking not less kicking. What about about awarding 1 or 2 points for a field goal that can be punted in from anywhere during a running of a play from scrimmage. Would bring excitement back into the two minute drill and you would need a whole bunch of kicking skilled players on your roster to exploit the rule. Most important it would help sell the game internationally to soccer and rugby fans. The kicking aspect of the game is utterly arbitrary as it is and this would actually help harmonize the kicking and non-kicking elements.
Wow! A disappointing underachieving tiny market team about to register its 13th straight non-playoff year sells out against one of the worst teams over the past years. This is the kind of thing that will make the owners think twice before authorizing any move of the franchise.
Hairston may get beat by top speed rushers on occasion but often holds his own and is Ogdenesque compared to some players seeing action at tackle in this league. Have you seen the cards or eagles play? Cornell green a few years ago. There is a whole baseline level of tackles he is way better than.
In 07 we beat the ravens a playoff fixture over the last decade and we also took down the redskins on the road, a team that would surge to the playoffs winning their last four. In 08 we destroyed Seattle who were coming off of a string of playoff appearances then racked up wins over over Jacksonville and San Diego who were also coming off of playoff appearances. We then beat Denver on the road who were fighting for the playoffs. In 09 we racked up huge wins in the road in back to back weeks against the jets who would go on to play in the conference championship and Carolina who went 12-4 the year before. Later that year of course we destroyed a colts team that would go 14-2 and was a play away from winning the Super Bowl. The signature win in the '10 season came late in the year when the dolphins came into our stadium with big playoff hopes and left with their dreams shattered. The franchise posted a number of great wins in 11 in addition to the new England game including over co-division champs Oakland and Denver. Just thus year we went on the road against a 4-1 Arizona team coming off a road win at the pats and came away with the W.
If playing with the playoff calculator can get Johnny gold's hopes up can you imagine what a 3 point ugly home win on Sunday against one of the league's worst teams would do?
If a guy with a rocket arm leadership ability and wheels and great field awareness and size is there after round 1 I'll be happy. San fran found one that the whole league missed.
The sports media is in on this as well. They know sullying the league is to destroy their business model. Didn't a ref in the nba get caught fixing games a few years ago. Are you kidding me. How do you recover from that? You just stop talking about it.
Certainly in best long te interest to play Tavares. But chan will selfishly be trying anything to get to 7 wins which is the job saving Mendoza line. In his estimation plying fitz is less risky.
Bruce could still play. Dominated in his last game as a bill. It was not the benching of an ineffective Flutie per se that was wrong. It was the fact the owner mandated it.
Fitz, Campbell, Smith, Orton all pretty much the same. Upper echelon mid career backup material with lots of starts. (though Campbell looked utterly horrible last week).
All the more reason to feed spiller 30 times a game. If enough eye popping plays make the highlights he becomes the star the league will coddle and escort into the post season.
This thread just goes to show how much the season depended on the titans game. FOURTH down Td from the 15. Before that Wilson could not squeeze an iint handed to him. Before that fitz wrecks a good game by a pick when it mattered most. Tough to take.