Yeah I went galaxy brain on that one
― YouTube_-_funy_cats.flv (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 5 February 2018 14:59 (six years ago) link
to be fair I feel like very similar TDs were overturned during the regular season so I can't quite blame him there
― frogbs, Monday, 5 February 2018 15:11 (six years ago) link
on the second one he clearly established the catch and ran, wasn't going to the ground in the process of making a catch.
they really gotta simplify the definition prior to next year. IE, "eye test" catches. still maintain the same rules regarding ground but get rid of the "control" clutter
― Hi diddley dee, hen fapper's life for me (Neanderthal), Monday, 5 February 2018 15:25 (six years ago) link
feel like 5% of catches in the 70s wouldn't pass today's muster
― Hi diddley dee, hen fapper's life for me (Neanderthal), Monday, 5 February 2018 15:26 (six years ago) link
I've said it before on the site, but luck and timing is a huge part to becoming a star in the NFL.
You think when he was a backup that anyone would have thought Kurt Warner was going to do what he did when Trent Green got hurt on the Rams?
Green was good, if that injury doesn't happen, I think the greatest story on turf still could have happened.
Same thing with Tom Brady, a lot of people thought Bill B. Was crazy to not go back to Bledsoe in prime of his career. They could have won it all with him too and needed Drew to bail them out in Pittsburgh.
Kind of hard to deny that Foles has the talent to succeed, but if you stick him in a total mess like whatever was going on with the Rams under Fisher - it might not.
― earlnash, Monday, 5 February 2018 15:29 (six years ago) link
Not to derail the thread but luck and timing is the key ingredient in becoming a star at anything “tbrr” as the kids say
― El Tomboto, Monday, 5 February 2018 15:35 (six years ago) link
still wondering what happens if Rodgers goes p1p1 to the 49ers and Alex Smith sits 3 years under Favre
― frogbs, Monday, 5 February 2018 15:59 (six years ago) link
p sure AS would be institutionalized after 3 years of Favre sitting on his face
― Hi diddley dee, hen fapper's life for me (Neanderthal), Monday, 5 February 2018 16:50 (six years ago) link
lol yep, Philly fans just acting like any others
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Monday, 5 February 2018 17:07 (six years ago) link
the #notalleaglefans whiny defenses on FB have been kind of funny.
― Hi diddley dee, hen fapper's life for me (Neanderthal), Monday, 5 February 2018 17:09 (six years ago) link
Collinsworth was in the middle of his catch/no catch meltdown and said something like “he catches the ball runs for three steps — but is he a runner or a receiver...” and I wanted to throw the TV about the window
― YouTube_-_funy_cats.flv (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, February 5, 2018 9:58 AM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
that was so bizarre i was like is he having a stroke, and then the officials took forever to do finish the review and i was like am i having a stroke maybe no one knows what a catch is maybe its unknowable
― lag∞n, Monday, 5 February 2018 17:14 (six years ago) link
catch is a feeling
― bhad and bhabie (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 5 February 2018 17:15 (six years ago) link
i dont hate collingsworth at all but he had a rough game last night.
― fgti spinner (Spottie), Monday, 5 February 2018 17:19 (six years ago) link
he was incorrectly thinking it might be the same as the overturned Steelers TD and lacked understanding of why that receiver was not a runner while this one was.
― Hi diddley dee, hen fapper's life for me (Neanderthal), Monday, 5 February 2018 17:22 (six years ago) link
I like Collinsworth in general but yea, he was pretty bad last night
pretty amusing how he went from "By the rule, that is NOT a catch" to "isn't it incredible how Gronk sells the holding call better than anyone" in the span of like, two minutes
― frogbs, Monday, 5 February 2018 17:42 (six years ago) link
― Hi diddley dee, hen fapper's life for me (Neanderthal), Monday, February 5, 2018 12:09 PM (twenty-three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
fuck millie and f u
― k3vin k., Monday, 5 February 2018 17:44 (six years ago) link
the ertz one was clearly a catch and I couldn’t believe collinsworth was saying that and people actually thought it wasn’t. first could have gone either way prob but it did look like a catch to me, and the call on the field was a TD
― k3vin k., Monday, 5 February 2018 17:45 (six years ago) link
even after the Eagles WON and were CELEBRATING Collinsworth was writing love sonnets for the final Pats TD that never was god he is the worst
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 5 February 2018 17:47 (six years ago) link
cbs next year, nantz/romo
― johnny crunch, Monday, 5 February 2018 17:47 (six years ago) link
the romo hype is real i love hearing him call a game
― Mordy, Monday, 5 February 2018 17:49 (six years ago) link
they shoulda brought chucky in for one last hoorah
― fgti spinner (Spottie), Monday, 5 February 2018 17:53 (six years ago) link
feel like the thing romo has going for him is hes a departure from nfl culture as embodied by typical gruff ill tell you what tv guys
― lag∞n, Monday, 5 February 2018 17:55 (six years ago) link
ertz call was much closer than ppl are making it out to be itt, i think because the slow motion view distorts it to make it look more like deliberate steps than momentum. i'd call it probably a catch, not definitely. but it was better for the patriots that it was ruled a TD or else philly could've sat on it with a fresh set of downs and run the clock down from the 1y.
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 5 February 2018 17:56 (six years ago) link
not that this in anyway excuses collinsworth's weird meltdown
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 5 February 2018 17:57 (six years ago) link
he took three steps dove and reached out the ball the damn nfl has lost its mind lol
― lag∞n, Monday, 5 February 2018 18:00 (six years ago) link
shd mention he also turned
― lag∞n, Monday, 5 February 2018 18:01 (six years ago) link
its perfect how the sport thats the most rulesy has descended into this weird post modernism
― lag∞n, Monday, 5 February 2018 18:02 (six years ago) link
given the modern NFL they could've ruled that a touchback lmao
― frogbs, Monday, 5 February 2018 18:03 (six years ago) link
btw has any decent explanation came out about why Malcolm Butler was benched? dunno if he would've been a difference maker but god damn, it's not like the Pats defense could've done any worse. they just needed one play.
― frogbs, Monday, 5 February 2018 18:04 (six years ago) link
xxxxxpost if it wasn't ruled a touchdown, it would have been an incomplete pass, and it would have then been 4th and 7 from the 11 yard line.
― Hi diddley dee, hen fapper's life for me (Neanderthal), Monday, 5 February 2018 18:04 (six years ago) link
the catch thing is v difficult, i have a lot of sympathy for whoever is tasked with trying to sort that shit out. imo it just needs to be clearer, even if it becomes less "accurate". just say if it might be a catch then it's a catch and have done with it.
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 5 February 2018 18:06 (six years ago) link
oh yeah, you're right, i have lost the plot
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 5 February 2018 18:07 (six years ago) link
i hate it. if you cross the plain with possession whatever happens after shouldnt matter imo
― fgti spinner (Spottie), Monday, 5 February 2018 18:07 (six years ago) link
let's just be happy the strip sack wasn't ruled an incomplete pass
― mookieproof, Monday, 5 February 2018 18:09 (six years ago) link
yeah they really need to find a way to get closer to a looks like a catch definition f all this super slowmo replay where theyre trying to figure out if the ball is slightly moving around in a guys hands
― lag∞n, Monday, 5 February 2018 18:09 (six years ago) link
I feel like the rule change after 1999 allowing part of the ball to touch the ground and still be a catch accelerated the expansion of the scope of "control" in the league. maybe they should revert to not letting the ball hit the ground, just say a catch is a catch if it looked like he caught it and it didn't hit the turf.
idk
― Hi diddley dee, hen fapper's life for me (Neanderthal), Monday, 5 February 2018 18:10 (six years ago) link
f all this super slowmo replay where theyre trying to figure out if the ball is slightly moving around in a guys hands
otm
― Hi diddley dee, hen fapper's life for me (Neanderthal), Monday, 5 February 2018 18:11 (six years ago) link
they should do live action voting. text 'yes' to 45344 if you think its a catch text 'no to 63404 if you dont think its a catch
― 龜, Monday, 5 February 2018 18:12 (six years ago) link
if a catch is sick they shd allow it imo
― lag∞n, Monday, 5 February 2018 18:12 (six years ago) link
"Dax Prescott has not thrown an incomplete pass all night due to voting-bloc collusion and robo-dialing by Cowboys fans"
― Hi diddley dee, hen fapper's life for me (Neanderthal), Monday, 5 February 2018 18:13 (six years ago) link
play is under review - was the catch sick or nah
― fgti spinner (Spottie), Monday, 5 February 2018 18:13 (six years ago) link
when will the nfl wise up and play with a felt ball while wearing velcro onesies?
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 5 February 2018 18:13 (six years ago) link
― lag∞n, Monday, February 5, 2018 1:00 PM (twelve minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lol he also changed direction has everyone gone completely insane
― k3vin k., Monday, 5 February 2018 18:14 (six years ago) link
like for the love of god
i'm still hyped off that Clement stiff arm is where I'm at today.
― fgti spinner (Spottie), Monday, 5 February 2018 18:15 (six years ago) link
might be cool to switch to a way more permissive definition of a catch just like does he have the ball no football move no surviving the ground no becoming a runner etc, wld result in a ton more catches and a ton of fumbles
― lag∞n, Monday, 5 February 2018 18:16 (six years ago) link
let's just be happy the strip sack wasn't ruled an incomplete pass― mookieproof, Monday, February 5, 2018
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Monday, 5 February 2018 18:19 (six years ago) link
the clement td was more questionable than the ertz td imo the ertz was for sure an obvious catch you can't make that break the plane extension if you don't have full control. btw putting aside that the clement td *was* questionable - how amazing is it that this undrafted rookie RB scored a TD in the Superbowl??? i cannot get over it. i cannot get over this team. so much character on it.
― Mordy, Monday, 5 February 2018 18:19 (six years ago) link
the nfl in revamping their product shd go for encouraging wacky unpredictable shit eliminate the PAT do 2pt conversions only eliminate punting or have a limited number of punts per team radically more permissive reception rules as mentioned and so forth
― lag∞n, Monday, 5 February 2018 18:20 (six years ago) link
Issue is control. Looks like he has it initially and gets both feet down in bounds. There is some movement of the ball, but don’t think enough to say loss of control. Call should stand.— Dean Blandino (@DeanBlandino) February 5, 2018
― 龜, Monday, 5 February 2018 18:21 (six years ago) link