Around the NFL Week 17

[EmotionallyUnstable]

Also twice tonight Collinsworth has said “hardest route to cover” and listed two different routes 

[Sierra Foothills]

I'm enjoying this game. Pretty good watch.

 

[Beck Water]

42 minutes ago, Big Blitz said:

 

Just read this.  
 

Considering the reach he has and his connections to the organization I will buy that either the coaches, AR, or both are a massive problem.  

 

Don’t hold back, Pat, tell us how you really feel.

 

 

2 minutes ago, Sierra Foothills said:

I'm enjoying this game. Pretty good watch.

 

 

It is, actually.  I probably should just mute it though.

[ProcessImproverMan]

Daniels should be rookie of the year 

[EmotionallyUnstable]

Just now, ProcessImproverMan said:

Daniels should be rookie of the year 

Haven’t you heard it’s Xavier Worthy?

[Sojourner]

8 minutes ago, EmotionallyUnstable said:

Also twice tonight Collinsworth has said “hardest route to cover” and listed two different routes 

He seems like the guy who thinks there’s a hardist and hardest. 

[Big Blitz]

 

It’s 3rd and 22!  It’s 17-7 Falcons.  Commanders not doing anything offensively.  

And Washington scored on that drive and just took the lead.  Atlanta looked completely deflated.  

 

I'm having a harder and harder time accepting this league isn’t massively rigged.  

Edited December 30, 2024 by Big Blitz

[Low Positive]

10 minutes ago, EmotionallyUnstable said:

Also twice tonight Collinsworth has said “hardest route to cover” and listed two different routes 

Reminds me of watching an NBA game called by Bill Walton about 10 years ago. A Pistons player threw away an inbounds pass (something that happens all the time), and Walton said "that was the worst play in the history of professional basketball." If you search YouTube, he named at least 20 plays a year the "worst in the history of the NBA."

[CincyBillsFan]

NFL officials are doing their best to kill the sport.  Their combination of incompetence and inconsistency is making games almost unwatchable.  The last few seasons I have come to loath these cretins. 

[BillsFan130]

Soft. NFL officiating is so bad all around 

[Draconator]

2 minutes ago, Big Blitz said:

 

It’s 3rd and 22!  It’s 17-7 Falcons.  Commanders not doing anything offensively.  

And Washington scored on that drive and about to take the lead.  
 

I'm having a harder and harder time accepting this league isn’t massively rigged.  

 

Illegal contact, past 5 yards from the line of scrimmage. It's a nothing play, but it is a penalty. 

[RiotAct]

great job by Tirico reading that letter word-for-word and fitting it all in between plays, for all the illiterate viewers out there.

[BuffaloBillyG]

Looks like he knocked him off his route more than 5 yards off the line of scrimmage. Is it a major offense? No. But by letter of the rule it's a flag.

[Htt2821]

I mean, by the letter of the law, that’s a pentalty…don’t shove the receivers after a certain point, especially knocking them off their route, simple as that. 

[BillsFan130]

Just now, Draconator said:

 

Illegal contact, past 5 yards from the line of scrimmage. It's a nothing play, but it is a penalty. 

By letter of the law you're right, but you can literally call that 20 times every game.

 

Context as well- To call that on 3rd and 22 

[Big Blitz]

1 minute ago, Draconator said:

 

Illegal contact, past 5 yards from the line of scrimmage. It's a nothing play, but it is a penalty. 

 

 

It’s the equivalent of calling a hold or DPI on a Hail Mary that happens every single time in the EZ.  

 

You just don’t call that.  

[Sierra Foothills]

1 hour ago, Boatdrinks said:

When the Commanders benched Cousins and inserted Penix, it was just the tip of the iceberg for Collinsworth. 

 

1 hour ago, Sojourner said:

Tip of the Penix 😱

 

You guys are speaking in code... why so circumcised... I mean, circumspect?

 

For the click adverse... McAfee's rant:

 

I’ve said what I believed to be the truth about the team.. & a bunch of “Colts fans” on the internet were trying to get me booed out of the city.. Current players, who have won nothing during their entire tenures, started using me and my face to try and paint me as the enemy in the city I’ve committed my life to. And in the end… everything went.. just like I ***** said it would In the biggest moments everybody with a brain knew they’d crack.. and they did. A blind person could see the red flags on this team.. Work ethic questions, NEVER happens on good teams.. Preparation commitment questions, NEVER happens on good teams.. Late to meetings, NEVER happens on good teams.. Late to/skipping treatment, NEVER happens on good teams.. The franchise QB tapped out of a game.. on 3rd down.. in the red zone.. because he was tired… NEVER HAPPENED in the history of the NFL. That’s literally the only thing you need to tell someone (who knows ball) and they could tell you everything about this team… “Hey the franchise quarterback, who’s a professional athlete getting paid millions of dollars, and the face of a multi billion dollar franchise tapped out of the game because… because… because he was tired in the middle of the season” “Oh wow.. that team has no chance” would be the immediate response.. And to the surprise of nobody.. that was the response by everybody who’s ever played/coached the game before but.. Colts blogs and fans who have been covering the Colts since 2020 and more recent knew better than everybody… Started personally attacking me and trying to kick me out of town. When I said Joe Flacco gives us a better chance to win than AR immediately after the tap out.. I would’ve said whatever backup QB we had on the roster. That can’t be what the face of your team is doing.. just can’t be.. and to a bigger aspect of it all, somehow AR thought it was ok to do that. That’s a locker room issue.. that’s a culture issue.. thats an indicator of a loser attitude radiating thru a building that was built by greats. I have no idea how they fix it.. I don’t think it’s like a light switch. “Alright, we’re gonna become Pros now” but… maybe it is, but what do I know? Oh wait….. how this was all gonna work out. I knew that. As a multiple year season ticket holder (not renewing).. and someone who has actively, daily, attempted to be an additive to this beautiful city. I hope they become a good franchise again.. this city deserves it.. the OGs in the Colts building deserve it (equipment managers, trainers, ticketing, PR, sales).. and on the flip side the players/coaches in that building deserve whatever happens to them. Your unwarranted arrogance, laziness, and lack of professionalism has lead you to ANOTHER early vacation… which is probably what most of you entitled bums have been hoping for. I don’t speak for the city.. and I don’t speak for all ex Colts players because I was only a punter.. nominated for the HOF 3 times now but nonetheless.. I speak from my own perspective.. I’ve never seen a group waste opportunities/talent/money more than this group.

[Warcodered]

It is ticky-tack, the real issue is whether they're consistent with that kind of call if not then ***** em.

[Big Blitz]

I found it - more context - which makes this worse.  

Commanders fans are saying they needed a “make up call” for this which helped put them in that hole:

 

 

Maybe stop over officiating.  Call the blatant.  
 

And yes if a team puts itself in a hole you can’t bail them out with a ticky tack call.  
 

This should be in the training manual.  
 

 

These calls changed the game.  Might have ended Atlanta’s season.

[Sierra Foothills]

Six QBs taken in this draft.

 

The only one we haven't seen yet is JJ McCarthy.

 

The other 5 all have shown excellent potential... 2024 could very well go down in history as the best QB draft ever.