NFL Thread 2019-2020

[Jockey]

Packers gotta like where they sit now.

Game hasta be played on the field, but on paper, Seattle or Philly is a more ideal matchup that NO.

[HutchwasClutch]

Game hasta be played on the field, but on paper, Seattle or Philly is a more ideal matchup that NO.

After barely surviving Detroit, I don’t think there is such thing as ideal matchup for them.  Philly has already won in Lambeau this year.  It will be a struggle no matter the opponent. Especially if Rodgers doesn’t come out of his funk

[hairy worthen]

Packers gotta like where they sit now.

3 seed gone. Next week is better but may make it more difficult if they get to nfc championship. Who knows.

[Uncle Rico]

That was some serious clock mismanagement down the stretch by Sean Payton

[DegenerateDish]

If Seattle wins, back to back cross country trips is less than ideal.

I also thought there was no way the Saints would lose today, so what the hell do I know. Anyone can beat anyone in this tournament in a one game showdown.

[Jockey]

After barely surviving Detroit, I don’t think there is such thing as ideal matchup for them.  Philly has already won in Lambeau this year.  It will be a struggle no matter the opponent. Especially if Rodgers doesn’t come out of his funk

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It appears that you are saying that matchups don't matter. I would guess that every NFL expert would disagree with that premise.

[GB Warrior]

My apathy toward the length of the Packers playoff run goes out the window when the Seahawks come to town.

[cheebs09]

My apathy toward the length of the Packers playoff run goes out the window when the Seahawks come to town.

That shot of Carroll celebrating made my blood boil. Hope we dominate him and Wilson. Though, that has not been an easy task for GB.

[CreightonWarrior]

Least favorite team in the NFL.

[tower912]

Opting for McCown as your back up QB with a clearly better option out there.   

[jesmu84]

Eagles better with Wentz...

I think Pack make the super bowl.

[hairy worthen]

Opting for McCown as your back up QB with a clearly better option out there.

Exactly, Jay Cutler would have been way better

[hairy worthen]

That shot of Carroll celebrating made my blood boil. Hope we dominate him and Wilson. Though, that has not been an easy task for GB.

The ass clown was jumping up and down like he won the super bowl when he won a reception challenge

[rocket surgeon]

Does that td get called back in the regular season?

out of all the replays/reviews, i don't have the stats in front of me, but pass interference, regardless of how obvious it has been has RARELY been reversed, over-turned or called based on the video evidence

right arm extended with a push to create space?  hmmm...who has the balls to make the reversal?

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

That is the weakness of allowing PI calls to be reviewed.  By the book, it was cearly PI.  But that's rarely called so I get why no flag was thrown.

So what exactly should be reviewed?

[copious1218]

Hope you didn’t parlay that.

Haha nope. 1 for 4. Not bad huh?

[JWags85]

That is the weakness of allowing PI calls to be reviewed.  By the book, it was cearly PI.  But that's rarely called so I get why no flag was thrown.

So what exactly should be reviewed?

I’m not a conspiracy theorist, but the Saints complaints and protestations that lead to the rule change made refs and the NFL “look bad”. So I don’t think there was any chance they review that. The refs have shown themselves to be pretty petty about it this year, given how few calls get changed even when pretty clearly wrong.

If you “review” every scoring play, the DB clearly jerks backwards with the push, no clue how that’s not further examined.

[rocket surgeon]

That is the weakness of allowing PI calls to be reviewed.  By the book, it was cearly PI.  But that's rarely called so I get why no flag was thrown.

So what exactly should be reviewed?

that's the thing-first of all, all touchdowns are reviewed.  then it became a "nothing to see here"?   it could be argued both ways however.  and it was.  in the end, the fat lady has sung

[MU82]

I’m not a conspiracy theorist, but the Saints complaints and protestations that lead to the rule change made refs and the NFL “look bad”. So I don’t think there was any chance they review that. The refs have shown themselves to be pretty petty about it this year, given how few calls get changed even when pretty clearly wrong.

If you “review” every scoring play, the DB clearly jerks backwards with the push, no clue how that’s not further examined.

The NFL said it was reviewed.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/28429620/officials-not-enough-contact-flag-vikings

"There is contact by both players, but none of that contact rises to the level of a foul," said the NFL's senior vice president of officiating, Al Riveron, who briefly reviewed the play from the league's command center in New York. "This is consistent with what we've done all year long -- we left the ruling on the field. We let it stand."

The replay review process was completed so quickly that some Saints players didn't realize it had been reviewed.

When asked by a designated pool reporter if the decision was "obviously clear enough" for the replay process to be completed so quickly, Riveron said, "Yes, Fox was great. They gave us every angle that they had pertaining to the play. So we're very comfortable with what we saw. Nothing came through afterward that we had not seen prior to making the ruling."

[GB Warrior]

I've said it before - the PI rule is already subjective, and now the NFL has over-legislated it by adding more subjectivity in the review process (or whether to initiate a review, if inside 2 mins). They have such a terrible habit of legislating to prevent this one, specific outcome with disregard for any nuanced impact elsewhere.

Let's take the NFL at its word (LOL!) that this was reviewed. I don't think you objectively look at that and say that it wasn't OPI when the defender not only stops, but jerks backwards. But the call on the field was TD, and this wasn't 'egregious' enough? You either eliminate this bogus secondary standard, or go back to the naked eye test (the correct call, imo). The former would result in a TON of overturns, which the league surely doesn't want.

[MU82]

I've said it before - the PI rule is already subjective, and now the NFL has over-legislated it by adding more subjectivity in the review process (or whether to initiate a review, if inside 2 mins). They have such a terrible habit of legislating to prevent this one, specific outcome with disregard for any nuanced impact elsewhere.

Let's take the NFL at its word (LOL!) that this was reviewed. I don't think you objectively look at that and say that it wasn't OPI when the defender not only stops, but jerks backwards. But the call on the field was TD, and this wasn't 'egregious' enough? You either eliminate this bogus secondary standard, or go back to the naked eye test (the correct call, imo). The former would result in a TON of overturns, which the league surely doesn't want.

It's a bad rule. The NFL either has to enforce it all the time -- which nobody wants -- or has to deep-six the rule entirely. Having a rule in place just to be able to overturn a repeat of what happened at the end of last year's playoff game -- something that happened only once in NFL history -- is silly.

And I think most of those who vote on these things know it. This rule was on a one-year leash, so we'll see what happens.

[Cheeks]

OPI....clear as a bell.  Announcers knew it, Terry McCauly, Mike, etc...but no one has stones to overturn it.

[#UnleashSean]

No. There was nothing there

But he definitely pushed off. Lol.

[CreightonWarrior]

Cowboys hiring McCarthy

[GB Warrior]

Good for McCarthy. I didn't think personalities would fit (tbf, who else gets along with Jerry Jones other than Jason Garrett?), but he has all the talent in town to make it work if they retain Dak and Amari.