Rubes

Wow.

We are? Who?

If you look in that video, it says Kolb had been sacked 23 times in the last 3 games, including 6 against the Bills that day. That's just about 8 sacks per game for three straight games. Yikes. Any QB would be "injury-prone" (my least favorite football phrase) behind that.

I didn't use to think this, but I'm believing more and more that you draft an impact player at #8, and roll the dice to see who's available in Round 2. An impact LB or WR in round 1 is probably the better way to go. It's likely one of those QBs will be there in round 2, just maybe not one of (Smith, Barkley, EJ). But it's not an easy choice, that's for sure. We can't afford to blow another 1st rounder. Not that we wouldn't by picking a LB or WR, but it would seem the odds of success are better. I don't know.

If he can make it through training camp, preseason, and a few regular season games until Chandler comes back before blowing out his achilles, I guess it'd be worth it.

I still can't get over the fact that Tampa Friggin Bay won a Super Bowl before we did. Man, that hurt.

Same story, different year. What's the big deal?

I guess the question for you Bill is: Is Moore really any better than T. Jackson? I never really thought TJ was anything more than an average QB, and I kind of have the same opinion of Moore. But it's not like I know a ton about either one. If Moore isn't a whole lot better, I'd rather just go with TJ/Fitz/rookie and use the FA money on defense or WR.

Trade done, according to Jason La Canfora. He thinks it's either with KC or JAX, but nobody can know until March 12th...let the rumors begin!

It would be nice to get either a WR (Bowe) or a LB (?) in free agency, along with keeping Levitre and Byrd. It almost has to be that way now, considering we don't have enough draft picks to fill all the holes. But we have to get either a WR or LB in free agency, so we can concentrate on the other in the draft...

But we excel at losing sight of facts. Don't mess with what works.

If the presence of our CEO at the combine could causes this much angst, I suppose anything is possible.

I could've sworn I asked this here a while back, but search returned nothing. Sucks getting old. Anyhoo, wondering if any of you out there use any home automation products. I know X10 has been around forever and has its issues, but some of the newer ones like INSTEON and Z-wave might be more reliable. Then there are isolated, wifi-enabled switches like the Belkin Wemo if all you need is a few lights automated. I'd like to get my house (mostly lights) on a schedule that I can control from computer or smart phone, but I wanted to see if anyone has good or bad experiences with any of these products.

The funny part is imagining which end those unearthly noises were coming from.

I know I shouldn't laugh, but that was damn funny. Glad you're feeling better.

I don't give a crap anymore who we draft as QB. I just want to see one of those guys if only to see something new and different from this team.

Yeah, I still think it qualifies as a "Palpably Unfair Act", and if the ref believes it had a significant impact on the outcome of the play, he would have the authority to award whatever he sees fit. I think a grayer area would be if Ginn wasn't absolutely "running free" -- that is, that maybe there were one or two Ravens who might make the tackle, but just as easily might not. Say, for instance, that Ginn only has the kicker (or in this case, punter) left to beat for the TD, and someone jumps off the sidelines to tackle him? Does the ref believe the punter was really going to make the tackle to save the Super Bowl win?

He's an RFA, so he won't be tough to re-sign. It's not an urgent matter.

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Sure, but who knows if any of his teammates understood what he meant? Or even if they could see the one man left to beat and just thought he was running free? Some of these guys aren't too bright.

Sure, but what if he only had one man to beat? In that case, the odds are fairly even that the guy is either going to get past him or get tackled. Imagine the ref getting put into that position, where he gets to decide who wins the Super Bowl based on his determination if the guy would have scored or not...

You don't have to watch the video. There's a plain text story linked right there from the very beginning.

All I can think of when I see this name is Ogie Ogilthorpe.

Overheard on the sidelines, Joe Flacco told teammates standing with him that they should tackle Ted Ginn Jr if he broke it and was heading for a final TD to win it. If that happened, what would the refs be able to do, right? Interesting thing is, the refs could actually award a score to the 49ers. I never knew that. The rule: Could you imagine this actually happening? The media firestorm would be crazy. Here's the NFL Films video showing Flacco saying these things. It occurs around the 4:00 mark. I can't quite tell if he's kidding around, but it doesn't seem like it.

Sorry, this is football. Penalties never, ever, ever stop a play from running through to its completion once the ball is snapped. Dead-ball fouls, of course -- such as illegal procedure -- are called before the ball is snapped. That is consistent throughout the game of professional football. There is no inconsistency there. It has always been that way. It is not a loophole. As KD said, there are many possible outcomes from a play, and once a penalty occurs during the flow of a play, the play is allowed to finish completely so that other possible outcomes can be allowed to happen.