dave mcbride

Kornheiser is admirable in a sense because he has been arguably one of the two or three worst sportswriters/commentators for THREE decades. Skip Bayless keeps it a tight competition, however.

You should never be allowed to be an NFL ref, Doc. Every game would be a four-hour flagfest.

You’re arguing the letter of the law and I’m arguing reality. Woods’ block was legal, but that’s not really the point .Watch it going forward - it is never called. Pick a random jags-texans game and watch from start to finish — you will quickly see what i mean. And seriously, watch the Pats 2p conversion again. That play starts at the 2.5 yard line and when amendola catches it, hogan has the end zone line - Freeze it at the beginning of the 5 second mark - that is when the catch happens and it is clear as freaking day that the falcons’ defender has been pushed to the goal line at the moment of the catch. It is literally inarguable. But they don’t. I thin it’s fine because there are too many flags as is and I don’t really like the rule because it requires players to unnaturally disengage. But that’s neither here nor there. The defense gets away with a ton within 5 yards of the LOS too.

Watch games - it literally happens all of the time. A close friend of mine who is a Pats fan complained about Bob Woods’ block on a td pass in the 16-0 victory over the Pats last season, and I made a point of looking out for it afterward. It literally happens in every game and is never called. Trust me.

See the video link above and practically any NFL game. It is never called. Large parts of the Pats' offense center around it. Whether you think it's fair or not is immaterial - the league lets it go and players play with an expectation that it ain't gonna be called.

They clearly went for his legs early on a low hit but it wasn't called.

Oh come on. If you call penalties in which the WR block begins WITHIN one yard of the LOS and goes slightly beyond, you will see 20 penalties a game on that call alone. Half the Pats' TDs in goal to go situations would be nullified. As would the TD the Bills scored against NE last year (the Brissett game) when Woods begin his block within one yard of the LOS and sustained it past that point. It happens all the time and NEVER gets called if it begins that close to the LOS. A little Chris Hogan for ya, on a play which the Pats run constantly:

As much as we complain about the call, let's not forget that the Bills were gifted two wins this year. The refs made a horrible call on that Colts 2P conversion (the block absolutely began within a yard of the LOS - I watched it multiple times), and the fumble call on Matt Ryan was beyond ridiculous. It's not often (more like never) that you see a pass that goes 15 yards down the field get called a fumble. The Bills got their calls this year, and they were the difference between 7-9 and 9-7. The Bills were absolutely screwed in the Miami game last year (remember the two non-PI calls in the EZ on on Charles Clay that arguably cost the team 8 pts PLUS all of the other stuff?), and if they had gone into the Jets game at an 8-7 record, they probably would have won that last game (against a horrible team) instead of tanking. Overall, the refs were kind to the Bills this season.

I think that Taylor is *definitely* gone, and I think Dennison is *probably* gone. Re the latter, I think it's more like 60-40 that he goes, so I wouldn't be shocked to see him back either.

Kamara absolutely deserves it. It's not even really close, actually. 6.1 ypc, 10.2 ypr, 13 TDs, 1554 yards from scrimmage - amazing. (Upon further reflection, Kareem Hunt had a great year too, but I still give it to Kamara.)

Enh, just a personal preference of mine. If the defender is breaking on the ball too and has a clear shot at it, let 'em play, and may the better player win.

Even more importantly, there were 23 seconds when he threw it and they had no TOs! That's a play in which you expect a guy being covered by Ramsay to be tackled in bounds if he catches it. And it was like a an 8 yard pickup at best. Why is he making that throw??? The only reason I can think of is because he doesn't want to challenge them deep and throw a pick. It's ironic what happened, of course.

I have no problem with the rule and agree with Belichick - getting rid of it would lead to countless weak fumble calls.

You are correct, although the PI shouldn't have been called - it was bang-bang and he was going for the ball. The defender has a right to it too. It may have been a little early, but it was a good play by Ramsay.

Not the Bills' defenders, though! They were super careful to not deliver any dirty shots - which I must say was actually admirable given the close score.

No, it wasn't an INT - the ball can be under the arm but if the hold isn't stable (and this one wasn't) and any part of the ball touches the ground, it's an incompletion. It's as clear as day. That being said, it was karmic justice for Peterman (as I say above), and anyway there was just about a zero percent chance he was gonna take them down for a TD. I can't get too upset about it.

Yup, they are a dirty team.

Definitely not an INT, but the call is karmic justice for such a cowardly throw when the snap occurs with 23 seconds left and no timeouts. Terrible decision by Peterman, who appears to stink. Scramble/fumble followed by intentional grounding followed by weak decision to throw short against an elite CB who read it all the way.

You would think. But he's a boring person.

A lot of scouts appear to regard Rudolph as you do: https://www.si.com/nfl/2017/09/19/mason-rudolph-nfl-draft-2018-scouting-report .

I don't think they're stupid at all. Beane and McDermott come from a division in which the qbs are 2 #1 overall picks, a #3 overall pick, and a #30 overall pick (from 2001) who is one of the best qbs in league history. They also get regularly pummeled by the team with THE best qb in league history. They will grab a qb early if they don't get a player like Cousins (arguably a franchise-level qb).

Disagree. The 21st, 22nd, 53rd, and 57th picks constitute a ton of ammo to move up. If they want to move up, they have plenty to deal.

I used to think that way, but the only way Dorian Gray leaves the league is if he thinks he's lost it. Winning SBs doesn't help in that regard.

Huh?? I thought Taylor was quite bad yesterday. This is a thread about Peterman, not Taylor (or so I thought).

I think they definitely draft a qb first this year assuming they don't sign Cousins.