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
he took three steps dove and reached out the ball the damn nfl has lost its mind lol
― 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
they should bring in retired refs to give their analysis like tnt does with steve javie
― 龜, Monday, 5 February 2018 18:23 (six years ago) link
someone - i want to say warren sharp - predicted a breakout game for corey clement because the patriots have been so bad covering rbs specifically on downfield routes and clement is a much better target for those than ajayi or blount. he was involved in a number of big plays, a huge wheel play in the first half i remember. i don't know if i had even heard of him before that mention.
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 5 February 2018 18:25 (six years ago) link
I’m assuming this has been done in depth, so what do the techs who design social media algorithms say the nfl rules should “incorporate”?
― Hunt3r, Monday, 5 February 2018 18:25 (six years ago) link
after further analysis of the zapruder film it's been determined that when Jackie took three steps, dove, and reached out to grab JFK's brain she didn't have possession when she crossed the plane back into her seat so gonna have to rule that one incomplete.
― omar little, Monday, 5 February 2018 18:26 (six years ago) link
xp violent collision, beer, institutional racism iirc
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Monday, 5 February 2018 18:27 (six years ago) link
― lag∞n, Monday, February 5, 2018 1:20 PM (eleven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I agree, things of that nature
― k3vin k., Monday, 5 February 2018 18:33 (six years ago) link
wonder if going for it on 4th is going to become more common now that dougie p has so enthusiastically embraced it and found success. meanwhile pats were conservative on 4th + 1.
― Mordy, Monday, 5 February 2018 18:38 (six years ago) link
it's pretty cool when it's 3rd and 1 and you know that the team actually has two downs to work w/
― Mordy, Monday, 5 February 2018 18:39 (six years ago) link
― k3vin k., Monday, February 5, 2018 1:33 PM (three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
a more skilled version of college footballs wild ride if you will
― lag∞n, Monday, 5 February 2018 18:39 (six years ago) link
they wont do it tho cause the owners/goodell are bloated ridiculous fools
― lag∞n, Monday, 5 February 2018 18:41 (six years ago) link
btw mordy we did it!!
― k3vin k., Monday, 5 February 2018 18:47 (six years ago) link
pfft did either of u even light anything on fire cmon
― lag∞n, Monday, 5 February 2018 18:48 (six years ago) link
xp i still can't believe it! the entire office is kinda half dazed half ecstatic. u gonna be at the parade??? xp
― Mordy, Monday, 5 February 2018 18:50 (six years ago) link
eliminate the PAT do 2pt conversions only
my only qualm is that football taught me how to multiply by seven and going six/eight only would retroactively ruin my childhood
― mookieproof, Monday, 5 February 2018 18:50 (six years ago) link
from now on, touchdowns worth 0 points, but merely get you the opportunity to kick the XP, which is now worth 7 points. so if you score a TD and miss the kick, 0 points.
― Hi diddley dee, hen fapper's life for me (Neanderthal), Monday, 5 February 2018 18:52 (six years ago) link
still think Cooks trying and failing to hurdle McLeod was my favorite play, that was some real WWE shit
this got kinda lost but Eagles missing that XP early on kind of had a big ripple effect the rest of the game
― frogbs, Monday, 5 February 2018 18:56 (six years ago) link
Yep - attempting to jump over the head of someone six feet tall, who was more or less fully standing, while not using your arms for leverage was wonderfully ambitious.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Monday, 5 February 2018 19:07 (six years ago) link
he mighta gotten the first down if he hadn't left his feet too
― Hi diddley dee, hen fapper's life for me (Neanderthal), Monday, 5 February 2018 19:14 (six years ago) link
so what's the real story re: malcolm butler
― mookieproof, Monday, 5 February 2018 19:16 (six years ago) link
no one knows! but here's my nutty theory - belichick liked that rowe used to be on the eagles and thought that might give him an edge covering their receivers? (tho he never played w/ jeffrey who burned him for that early td). maybe combined w/ butler going to the hospital twice the week before w/ flu symptoms? (tho he was apparently totally healthy on wed so who really knows.)
― Mordy, Monday, 5 February 2018 19:19 (six years ago) link
i almost never listen to bill simmons but it's quite fun listening to his sadsack post-game podcast
― Mordy, Monday, 5 February 2018 19:21 (six years ago) link
seems to me it's probably that Bill is lying about it not being punitive. if it were to use different packages like he clumsily explained, he probably would have reinserted Butler in after he saw his alternate plan wasn't working. If it were due to illness, as some have suggested, Butler himself might not be so angry, but it seems pretty clear he felt fine enough to play even if he was violently sick in the lead-up.
unless Bill had a serious fear of him blowing coverage due to passing out on the field, I can't imagine that there wasn't some other reason, maybe something Butler did to infuriate Bill shortly before gametime. But Bill is used to players hating him by now so idk what that thing would be.
― Hi diddley dee, hen fapper's life for me (Neanderthal), Monday, 5 February 2018 19:23 (six years ago) link
i kinda do believe that belichick is telling the truth and it was a football decision. maybe not a well thought out football decision but i gotta think he saw something he liked w/ rowe and something he didn't like w/ butler and got too clever by half
― Mordy, Monday, 5 February 2018 19:24 (six years ago) link
this should be taken with a huge grain of salt, but one theory...
https://www.barstoolsports.com/boston/a-writer-at-pff-is-saying-malcolm-butler-missed-curfew-got-caught-with-weed-then-had-a-meltdown-on-the-coaches/?_branch_match_id=456984123554125233
― Hi diddley dee, hen fapper's life for me (Neanderthal), Monday, 5 February 2018 19:26 (six years ago) link
i can buy thinking that rowe on jeffrey and gilmore on smith was how they wanted to play the top 2 guys - altho it backfired horribly as jeffrey beat rowe multiple times on the first couple drives inc both the 3rd and 13 and the td - but with the eagles playing nearly the whole game with 3 wrs butler doesn't even get a snap? jonathan jones and jordan richards are trailing after agholor instead? whatever the reason it was v costly.
butler crying during the anthem biases me towards thinking he fucked up somehow. his head hasn't quite been there all season, altho i have sympathy with him given the contract stuff/gilmore.
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 5 February 2018 19:29 (six years ago) link
i thought i read butler was on the field for a special teams play or two?
― Mordy, Monday, 5 February 2018 19:31 (six years ago) link
he was
― Hi diddley dee, hen fapper's life for me (Neanderthal), Monday, 5 February 2018 19:31 (six years ago) link
one st snap recorded. that's like rubbing it in
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 5 February 2018 19:32 (six years ago) link
i think i saw no st snaps all regular season, 1 vs jax, 1 vs phl
meanwhile on the field for 98% of reg season def snaps
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 5 February 2018 19:33 (six years ago) link