NFL Thread 2019-2020

[wadesworld]

You can purchase 4 students for a single beer. Man, students are cheap these days.

Or are beers at athletic events just expensive?

[CreightonWarrior]

LaFleur has a long ways to go in play calling. So many promising drives stalling out.

[Cheeks]

You can purchase 4 students for a single beer. Man, students are cheap these days.

LOL. 

Let's eat grandma

Let's eat, grandma


4K looks amazing for football

[The Sultan]

This is the problem with reviewing judgement calls. No idea what the standard is for PI reviews.  That seemed much more of a PI than the one that took the Broncos TD away last Sunday.

[Cheeks]

This is the problem with reviewing judgement calls. No idea what the standard is for PI reviews.  That seemed much more of a PI than the one that took the Broncos TD away last Sunday.

In my view, PI should be replayed in regular speed and not slow motion. 

[The Sultan]

The amount of stoppages and commercials in this game is amazing.

[MUBurrow]

In my view, PI should be replayed in regular speed and not slow motion.

Yeah, replaying PI is so hard.  If anything, it shows there is PI on pretty much every play. Just this 3rd quarter replay, for example. King clearly swatted Alshon Jeffrey's hands away before the ball got there. By definition, the play was absolutely pass interference. And yet Pederson challenges it, and doesn't get the call because... consistency with prior calls? Not egregious enough PI to reverse?

It makes no sense. If you make a play reviewable, its because you've determined that as a rule, its worth the stoppage to make sure you get it right. And now we're not getting it right even after reviewing it because its not an egregious enough error by some subjective standard? I don't understand what they're trying to do.

[wadesworld]

Maybe Packers DBs should've held off on claiming to be the best defense in the league until they played a quarterback not named Mitchell Trubisky, Kirk Cousins, or Joe Flacco.

Also, Mike Daniels certainly wouldn't have hurt the cause of a DLine that's given up 150+ yards rushing for 3 straight games.

[CreightonWarrior]

Run the damn ball. Dear lord that was awful.

[Pakuni]

1st and goal.
Pass
Pass
Pass
Pass
Turnover on downs.

Cute.

[forgetful]

Run the damn ball. Dear lord that was awful.

4 attempts from the 1. All passes. Pretty embarrassing.

[4everwarriors]

Y knot kick da sure 3, hey?

[CreightonWarrior]

Philly has been head hunting all night. Finally catches up to them on a stupid launch by Sendejo.

[Benny B]

Someone please explain how watching players being carted off multiple times a game is entertaining?  Twitter streams in Kentucky and Arkansas are blowing up with "NOW THiZ iS FOOTBALL!!💀💀"

[SaveOD238]

Maybe Packers DBs should've held off on claiming to be the best defense in the league until they played a quarterback not named Mitchell Trubisky, Kirk Cousins, or Joe Flacco.

Also, Mike Daniels certainly wouldn't have hurt the cause of a DLine that's given up 150+ yards rushing for 3 straight games.

That's three weeks in a row we've been shredded by the run.  Cook, Lindsey, and Howard had the widest of lanes.  Not a good look.

[MU82]

Terrible pass by Rodgers at the end, but it still seemed receiver was interfered with.

[Dr. Blackheart]

Y knot kick da sure 3, hey?

The Ghost of Mac, ai-na?

[mu03eng]

Maybe Packers DBs should've held off on claiming to be the best defense in the league until they played a quarterback not named Mitchell Trubisky, Kirk Cousins, or Joe Flacco.

Also, Mike Daniels certainly wouldn't have hurt the cause of a DLine that's given up 150+ yards rushing for 3 straight games.

Wentz had 160 pass yards, and two of his three touchdowns were on swing passes guarded by linebackers......how is any of what happened last night the DBs fault? Run defense sucks but as long as Pettine continues to insist on playing 6 DB nearly all the time that ain't gonna get fixed.

Side note, RPO is great and I don't want more flags but on most of those throws by the Eagles on RPO the linemen were at least 5 yards downfield. How is the defense supposed to read their cues?

[Uncle Rico]

Matt LaFleur didn't have a good game.  Looks like the Packers offense operates best when 12 plays uptempo.  Sounds familiar

[The Sultan]

Honestly I don't know what LaFleur is doing versus Rodgers being Rodgers.

Elliott could go for 200 next week against this defense. BTW am I alone in thinking Martinez isn't nearly as good as people say he is? 

[wadesworld]

Wentz had 160 pass yards, and two of his three touchdowns were on swing passes guarded by linebackers......how is any of what happened last night the DBs fault? Run defense sucks but as long as Pettine continues to insist on playing 6 DB nearly all the time that ain't gonna get fixed.

Side note, RPO is great and I don't want more flags but on most of those throws by the Eagles on RPO the linemen were at least 5 yards downfield. How is the defense supposed to read their cues?

The DBs do know that the run game is part of football right?  To be the best defense in the NFL you have to be able to at least be minimally competitive against the run.  I don't care if it was Jaire Alexander, Mike Pettine, Matt LeFleur, or Aaron Rodgers.  "I know we have the best defense in the league."  Kind of silly to say when the 3 offenses you've played against so far have been quarterbacked by Joe Flacco, Kirk Cousins, and Mitchell Trubisky.  The only thing the defense has done well so far this year (beyond the Bears game where neither offense had played a snap in live action) is take the ball away.  That doesn't happen as often when you're playing against competent quarterbacks.

[The Sultan]

I'm not worried about the DBs.  One bit.

I'm worried about the interior defensive line and the inside linebackers.

[jsglow]

I'm not worried about the DBs.  One bit.

I'm worried about the interior defensive line and the inside linebackers.

Agree with Sultan.  Need to improve at the point of attack on D.  And 4 passes from the 1 is an embarrassment.  Trust your O-line coach.

Anyway, they're far from a perfect team.  But I'm still optimistic they'll have a solid year.

[JWags85]

Honestly I don't know what LaFleur is doing versus Rodgers being Rodgers.

Elliott could go for 200 next week against this defense. BTW am I alone in thinking Martinez isn't nearly as good as people say he is?

People castigated LaFleur for some of the playcalling, specifically the TOD inside the 5, completely seem to forget how much audible and freestyle ability Rodgers has.  It wasnt like Trubisky hamstrung by bad play calls.

[wadesworld]

I agree.  The DBs are a solid group.  I just mean nobody should've been talking about being the best defense in the NFL until they played a quarterback who isn't going to just give you the football at least twice in a game.

The Packers have a very favorable schedule.  They will have a chance to get a first round bye.  But I don't think this is an upper tier NFL team without getting some ILB and WR help.