Can you recall two devastating failures on the same weekend?

[Returntoglory]

When have we seen two absolutely devastating blown games on the same weekend?

 

The Bears/Lions horrid clock management fiasco to end the game and then the Raiders botched snap?

 

I can't recall two plays on the same weekend that were such a devastating failure for two teams.

Edited November 30 by Returntoglory

[Ray Stonada]

It does feel like their are more totally boneheaded lack of awareness plays nowadays. Too much TikTok?

 

Or else I’m getting old and cranky finally. 

[SoonerBillsFan]

It's all in the NFL script.

[NoHuddleKelly12]

And both times the recipients of this lucky largesse were the conference #1 seeds! 

[PromoTheRobot]

Just now, SoonerBillsFan said:

It's all in the NFL script.

I'm starting to believe this.

[US Egg]

Dried out turkey and no gravy.

[Bill from NYC]

1 minute ago, PromoTheRobot said:

I'm starting to believe this.

It wouldn't really shock me either.

[PromoTheRobot]

Just now, Bill from NYC said:

It wouldn't really shock me either.

It's one reason I think the Bills win a super bowl this year or next. Gotta sell those PSLs.

[Bill from NYC]

At this point a Bills/Lions Super Bowl seems likely.  I mean, how many times can they hand it to the Swifties?

Edited November 30 by Bill from NYC

[Orlando Buffalo]

I am going to throw out a thought I had watching Bears game. If Caleb wanted Eberflus out what better way than intentionally doing what he did at the end? If Bears win that game Eberflus gets at least one more game most likely, so if you don't like him screw up the way Caleb did. I know he is a rookie but my high schoolers would not have done that. 

[hondo in seattle]

17 minutes ago, Returntoglory said:

When have we seen two absolutely devastating blown games on the same weekend?

 

The Bears/Lions horrid clock management fiasco to end the game and then the Raiders botched snap?

 

I can't recall two plays on the same weekend that were such a devastating failure for two teams.

 

I don't watch much non-Bills  football but I watched the second half of both those games and thought the same thing.

 

In each case, I was rooting for the team that screwed up.  I like the Lions well enough but I was tired of the hype and wanted them to come back to earth a bit.  And as a potential Bills opponent in the Super Bowl, I wanted to be reassured that they're vulnerable.

 

And, obviously, I wanted the Chiefs to lose for seeding.  

 

An amazingly dumb way to lose games.  Hopefully, I've now exhausted the entirety of my bad juju and will have a good Sunday.  

[DaBillsFanSince1973]

8 minutes ago, Bill from NYC said:

At this point a Bills/Lions Super Bowl seems likely.  I mean, how many times can the hand it to the Swifties?

they want the 3 peat, so, there is that. with as many and I do say many games the chefs had won that they really should of lost but won due to calls or questionable plays, says it all. those that don't see it are either chefs fans or wearing blinders.

 

get back to me after the gun sounds and who hoists the lombardi at this years sb.

[JGMcD2]

This kind of stuff happens every week, multiple times a week. 
 

Fire McDermott, they say! It’ll make us better, they say! 

[SoTier]

26 minutes ago, Returntoglory said:

When have we seen two absolutely devastating blown games on the same weekend?

 

The Bears/Lions horrid clock management fiasco to end the game and then the Raiders botched snap?

 

I can't recall two plays on the same weekend that were such a devastating failure for two teams.

 

On the last long FG attempt for the Raiders, the kicker's foot hit the ground before it hit the ball, so he had no power in his kick.   They showed it.  The  snap was fine.

 

[Rubes]

A friend was talking about how the big money in betting might have played a role. I don’t know. I can certainly see the incentive, but it just seems too improbable that both teams would put all the effort into positioning themselves to win in the final moments, only to throw it at the last second. Am I just too naive?

 

[Augie]

36 minutes ago, Returntoglory said:

When have we seen two absolutely devastating blown games on the same weekend?

 

The Bears/Lions horrid clock management fiasco to end the game and then the Raiders botched snap?

 

I can't recall two plays on the same weekend that were such a devastating failure for two teams.

 

That’s what happens when the NFL tries to own Fridays too. 

[sven233]

It got to the point last night that I almost accepted the fact that the Chiefs are going to win it again.  Not only do they have the world's luckiest horseshoe crammed so far up their butts it's irretrievable, but as always, the refs just seem to come through for them at the biggest moments as well.  And you know the league would love to have a team 3-Peat for the first time, especially one with the posterboy of the league and Taylor Swift's presence surrounding them.  It is almost like the league is willing it into existence.

 

So, I did the only possible thing I could think of to prevent it from happening.  I went and immediately placed a bet on the Chiefs to win the Super Bowl at +550.  Let's see the universe deals with this one.......  The Chiefs' luck and all the forces surrounding them trying to carry them to another Championship VS my betting record and terrible beats that I have been dealing with all season!

 

 

[Returntoglory]

18 minutes ago, JGMcD2 said:

This kind of stuff happens every week, multiple times a week. 
 

Fire McDermott, they say! It’ll make us better, they say! 

I disagree.

[Sammy Watkins' Rib]

I was thinking about the same thing OP.

 

The Raiders failure was more than just a botched snap. They never should have been trying to run another play outside of a FG attempt. I don't care that Carlson had already missed 3 FG's. At least two were way beyond 50 yards. Like 56 and 58 yards. Raiders had the ball at the 32. That's a 50 yard FG. 15 seconds no timeouts, you just kick the ball there. 

 

It was a coaching failure. First off, the previous snap to kill the clock should have happened at 10 seconds, not 15. KC still had a couple time outs and we saw what they can do with two timeouts and 13seconds left. 

 

Both games were monumental coaching failures with young QB's. And I think in the Raiders case, their center is a rookie. 

[RyanC883]

nerves.  to best a top team the underdog basically had to do everything right.  Having a subpar HC (Chicago) botch the clock is nothing new, except here it’s at the worst time.  Raiders just bumbled it away.