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My problem with the retractable roof or dome is that if you look at all of the 'newer' stadiums in the league that have been replaced or are in need to be replaced ... they are domed. Domed stadiums leave you needing a new stadium in 20 years. I don't understand why there is such a push for a stadium that won't even outlive the lease that we'll want.

so you have to drink all of the milk before the last bite of cookie? seem backwards to me ...

If my kids came home with 2-3 hours of homework at that age, I would question if anything were done at school, too. More often than not, poor teachers are resorting to simply assigning work instead of teaching.

the refs could have also called the Pats for illegal formation on a number of plays from scrimmage ... the OGs & OTs were lined up in the backfield on a lot of plays. Their heads were behind the waist of the center ... but they didn't call it

it started to pop off when he got hit, no penalty for removing it the rest of the way

Eddie Robinson ...

Just give it to 'em ... 'Nough said ...

Does anyone know when they shifted the understanding of the goaline from a 'vertical plane extending forever in each direction' to you must get the ball into the end zone within the boundaries? That was always the description I remember being talked about when I was younger ...

Possibly (one of the theories that I've heard) it is a slurring of the words "Beautiful Water" in French ... Beau Eau. Others have a Native American explanation that I cannot recall.

Kind of like Barry Sanders waiting until right before training camp to retire ... No chance for the Lions to replace him either.

I've always wondered why they don't standardize the bye issue ... How difficult would it be to have teams play another team coming off of a bye? Or ... Have an entire division off on a week and follow up with divisional games?

Oh ... you wanted Thad to intentionally miss the handoff to your HOF running back so he can make it a broken play and run it in to garner all of the attention for himself? Or did you just mean you wanted a TD?

On the Pats last FG, the play clock ticked down to 0 and then reset to 25 and they snapped the ball at 23 ... No flag The play before, just before the Bengals call timeout, Brady flinches to set his man in motion by shaking his shoulders, no flag for illegal procedure. Just over 2 minutes and the Bengals need 2 yards for a first to run out the clock and the Pats have 12 men on field, Bengals all set to snap the ball, no penalty for too many men ... I thought the whistle blows if that is the case and the penalty is automatically called ... I've only been watching the game for 10 minutes and the Pats are getting away with obvious penalties ... Non-subjective penalties that are not usually missed ... 3 in a row?

Just to be sure ... I've seen it said a few times in this thread ... Defensive holding doesn't have to be on a pass play. There are times that a DT is flagged for holding an OL so that a LB can knife through the line. The penalty is not just called against eligible receivers.

New England Penitentriots

I think he's saying that there should be a total moratorium on talking to and hiring HC candidates, not just those who are involved in the playoffs. It certainly does prevent a team from waiting for a hot shot coordinator from a Super Bowl team as it hinders the hiring of their assistants. Is it unfair to those coordinators? Maybe. But I can't see a team losing a month of preparation because they have no head coach ... Unless it was their decision to wait for one of those coordinators. I can't see the NFL making teams go without coaches ...

Tasker was ejected in his last game IIRC ... Tough way to go out ...

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That's also why they don't let the commissioner make changes to the rules and instead use a competition committee ... One man's idea of a terrible idea is often exactly what is needed for progress and improvement ...

1. No victory formation ... If you want to run down the clock at the end of a game, you must get positive yards. A tackle in the backfield amounts to an extra timeout for a defense that is trailing. 2. PATs from the 20 (or 25) ... It's not a free throw kind of situation. That point shouldn't be almost guaranteed. 3. Unnecessary roughness penalties for hits when a player is already down ... I know this adds a judgment call into the hands of the refs, but what happened to the day when a defender would simply tag down a WR who had caught the ball as he fell and was now laying on the turf? That is the pure definition of 'unnecessary roughness' ... No roughness is necessary to tackle the receiver, just tough him.

I really still believe that Mularky ruined JP, too ... When he was thrown into the Patsies game, with no practice while being suited up as the third QB, when the first and second string weren't hurt on the spur of the moment without time to warm up ... As a 22 year old kid, that can end any confidence that you may have had ... And all that against one of the more dominant teams of the last 12 years. Plus he quoted Yoda at press conferences ...

A man I could call a friend, but hadn't seen in years ... When he would shake your hand at church, we always said he was shaking your elbow. He was a true gentle giant and a great man!

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