Doc Brown Posted September 10, 2021 Posted September 10, 2021 2 hours ago, BuffaloBills1998 said: Honestly though you don’t believe that the NFL is fixed for Brady? From New England to now in Tampa? I think star players have always gotten special treatment on a subconscious level by the refs. If they do call that you'd have people equally upset saying that Jerry has the refs on his payroll.
Success Posted September 10, 2021 Posted September 10, 2021 The Cowboys were better than I thought - particularly Dak. That no call at the end of the game decided it. I was surprised. I was rooting hard for Dallas, which I never thought possible. Brady has overtaken them on my "never root for" list.... 1
Lofton80 Posted September 10, 2021 Posted September 10, 2021 With all the what if scenarios being tossed out about the OPI and the kicker, what if Godwin doesn't fumble on a dumb play near the end zone? That game illustrated the need to outscore teams in today's NFL. I think the Bills have that base covered.
frostbitmic Posted September 10, 2021 Posted September 10, 2021 39 minutes ago, GunnerBill said: There is something to that. Star players and good teams get a sub conscious benefit of the doubt in all sports. If it was the Cowboys marching downfield last night, same exact scenario, do they throw the flag on the Cowboys player ?
GunnerBill Posted September 10, 2021 Posted September 10, 2021 37 minutes ago, frostbitmic said: If it was the Cowboys marching downfield last night, same exact scenario, do they throw the flag on the Cowboys player ? Honestly I still don't think so. 1
BillsSbSoon Posted September 10, 2021 Posted September 10, 2021 1 hour ago, Hapless Bills Fan said: The Cowboys showed why passing yards aren't highly correlated with winning In 2019 (last season Dak played) the Cowboys (8-8) had the #2 passing offense in the league, after Tampa Bay (7-9) with Jameis Winston, but #6 on points. They did just what they did last night - moved the ball down the field readily but couldn't always "seal the deal" for points. Yeah i know what those stats were. they barely lost and play in one of the now worst divisions in football until proven otherwise. I hope they go 0-16 but they are too talented. 1
Fan in Chicago Posted September 10, 2021 Posted September 10, 2021 2 hours ago, GunnerBill said: I am just telling you the reality. The refs don't like calling those 50/50 ones at the end of games. This one looked more than 50-50 to me. The side ref was standing right there too. It was a pretty blatant shove. 1
Fan in Chicago Posted September 10, 2021 Posted September 10, 2021 @GunnerBill come on, man. After the 20:00 mark...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted September 10, 2021 Posted September 10, 2021 1 hour ago, BillsSbSoon said: Yeah i know what those stats were. they barely lost and play in one of the now worst divisions in football until proven otherwise. I hope they go 0-16 but they are too talented. Your statement was "They are clearly going to have one of the best offenses in the league unfortunately. Maybe not quite "unstoppable" but pretty close. " That's a bit different from saying they're talented, and will win a bunch of games because they play in a weak division. If that's your point, I agree with you on that. But there's a lot of space between "talented and will win a bunch of games" and "one of the best offenses in the league, close to unstoppable"
GunnerBill Posted September 10, 2021 Posted September 10, 2021 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Fan in Chicago said: @GunnerBill come on, man. After the 20:00 mark... I think it was OPI but I don't think it is a slam dunk. He extends the arm out but he doesn't shove Lewis with any force if anything Lewis is slightly off balance as he turns around. I think in the middle of the 3rd quarter they call that... but whether folks like it or not the refs tend to let them play more inside 2 minutes. I have no issue with that being a no call. I'd have had no issue with it being called either. Don't consider it an egregious mistake. Edited September 10, 2021 by GunnerBill 1
LeGOATski Posted September 10, 2021 Posted September 10, 2021 2 hours ago, Doc Brown said: If they do call that you'd have people equally upset saying that Jerry has the refs on his payroll. Nope. The commentators, ref in the booth, and replay all confirmed it was a penalty. There would be no controversy if they called it, except for Bucs fans. (See the Rams DPI on the Bills last year in the final seconds. The only people thinking it's controversial are Rams fans.) On the flip side, not calling it creates a controversy for everyone else not a Bucs fan, even Cowboy haters like me. 😁
Fan in Chicago Posted September 10, 2021 Posted September 10, 2021 22 minutes ago, GunnerBill said: Don't consider it an egregious mistake. I will disagree to agree. 🙂 On another subject, as you are faux Brit - Raducanu or Fernandez? I am picking the latter in a tough-to-predict game
GunnerBill Posted September 10, 2021 Posted September 10, 2021 9 minutes ago, Fan in Chicago said: I will disagree to agree. 🙂 On another subject, as you are faux Brit - Raducanu or Fernandez? I am picking the latter in a tough-to-predict game There is nothing faux about my Britishness thank you very much! Gotta pull for our girl, she has done brilliantly. I do think it is hard to call though. British tennis definitely needed her because there is no obvious sign of a replacement for Murray emerging any time soon on the men's side and Konta's game has collapsed so we needed a star from somewhere!
Fan in Chicago Posted September 10, 2021 Posted September 10, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, GunnerBill said: There is nothing faux about my Britishness thank you very much! Gotta pull for our girl, she has done brilliantly. I do think it is hard to call though. British tennis definitely needed her because there is no obvious sign of a replacement for Murray emerging any time soon on the men's side and Konta's game has collapsed so we needed a star from somewhere! I didn't mean it as a sign of disrespect. Not many Brits who are so knowledgeable about American football I do agree British tennis needed someone like Raducanu. I find it astonishing that no British woman has made a Grand Slam final since Virginia Wade did in 1976! Raducanu looks to be a good one though. I look forward to women's tennis where these two teens continue improving and give us a Evert-Navratilova type rivalry Edited September 10, 2021 by Fan in Chicago 1
SCBills Posted September 10, 2021 Posted September 10, 2021 4 hours ago, Success said: The Cowboys were better than I thought - particularly Dak. That no call at the end of the game decided it. I was surprised. I was rooting hard for Dallas, which I never thought possible. Brady has overtaken them on my "never root for" list.... Better team won, as the only reason Dallas had a chance was the TB fumble inside the five.. but that was a bad beat to lose on a call half the refs in the league flag.
GunnerBill Posted September 10, 2021 Posted September 10, 2021 15 minutes ago, Fan in Chicago said: I didn't mean it as a sign of disrespect. Not many Brits who are so knowledgeable about American football I do agree British tennis needed someone like Raducanu. I find it astonishing that no British woman has made a Grand Slam final since Virginia Wade did in 1976! Raducanu looks to be a good one though. I look forward to women's tennis where these two teens continue improving and give us a Evert-Navratilova type rivalry No disrespect taken, don't worry 😛 Just now, SCBills said: Better team won, as the only reason Dallas had a chance was the TB fumble inside the five.. but that was a bad beat to lose on a call half the refs in the league flag. True. But Dallas's kicker left 4 points on the field too. 1
CincyBillsFan Posted September 10, 2021 Posted September 10, 2021 8 hours ago, nucci said: 460 yards of offense and 29 points and it's on the offense? I didn't say that. But go back to early last year and you will see the same thing - the Cowboys moving the ball and pilling up yards but not winning the game. And when you're plus 3 in TO's and have a 9 minute advantage in TOP, 29 points doesn't seem like that much to me.
GunnerBill Posted September 10, 2021 Posted September 10, 2021 1 minute ago, CincyBillsFan said: I didn't say that. But go back to early last year and you will see the same thing - the Cowboys moving the ball and pilling up yards but not winning the game. And when you're plus 3 in TO's and have a 9 minute advantage in TOP, 29 points doesn't seem like that much to me. They left points on the field for sure. Their kicker left 4. Zeke 3 years ago has a walk in touchdown on the pitch but now gets tackled 3 yards short. Give them another 8 points from that and the kicker... it is a different game. The loss was on the whole team and coaching. The only guy I'd absolve from blame is the Quarterback. He is the best thing about Dallas, and it ain't close. 1
Ralonzo Posted September 11, 2021 Posted September 11, 2021 (edited) 21 hours ago, CEN-CAL17 said: It’s funny how a QB can just get the snap and throw the ball from the pocket 15 ft over his WRs head and 15 ft out of bounds lol…. Don’t like that risk profile from Arians. Anything goes wrong, tackled inbounds and clock runs out. Edited September 11, 2021 by Ralonzo
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