Green Bay has looked so bad (and KC not much better)
"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Cooper is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Moore is flanked out wide to the right. Chubb and Ford are split in the backfield as Watson takes the snap ... Here we go."
Uh yeah…patiently waiting for the media mafia to attack him. Is he above reproach?
Mahomes is the face of the NFL right now, so they'll layoff for the time being. Don't want to hurt the brand. Plus, back to back Super Bowls buys you a lot of goodwill.
He should be getting ripped for his dumb brother. Making TikToks on Sean Taylor's memorial. Yikes.
His girlfriend and mom whining on social media don't get criticized either.
"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Cooper is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Moore is flanked out wide to the right. Chubb and Ford are split in the backfield as Watson takes the snap ... Here we go."
"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Cooper is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Moore is flanked out wide to the right. Chubb and Ford are split in the backfield as Watson takes the snap ... Here we go."
"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Cooper is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Moore is flanked out wide to the right. Chubb and Ford are split in the backfield as Watson takes the snap ... Here we go."
There have been some weird scores this week. Could the Bears possibly help us out?? Please
"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Cooper is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Moore is flanked out wide to the right. Chubb and Ford are split in the backfield as Watson takes the snap ... Here we go."
Baltimore has certainly been living right this year: at LV, vs KC, at DET, vs MIN all certainly could/should have been losses
"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Cooper is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Moore is flanked out wide to the right. Chubb and Ford are split in the backfield as Watson takes the snap ... Here we go."
Either elite/good teams always find ways to win - or they have been lucky - or they will be exposed.
I tend to think law of averages means things tend to revert to the mean at some point ... like the Browns D being woefully low on turnovers until yesterday. I think these escapes by the Ravens will catch up with them sometime.
The more things change the more they stay the same.
Woah... that should be up there with the Suh stomp and the Haynesworth stomp, no?
There is no level of sucking we haven't seen; in fact, I'm pretty sure we hold the patents on a few levels of sucking NOBODY had seen until the past few years.
Baltimore has certainly been living right this year: at LV, vs KC, at DET, vs MIN all certainly could/should have been losses
Yep. I mean you have to give them credit because good teams find ways to win... but they have pulled the proverbial rabbit out of a hat several times this year in games they should have lost.
According to that ESPN "Win Probability" calculator, at different times in those games:
Chiefs had a 84% chance of winning near the start of the 4th quarter Lions had a 70% chance of winning with 26 seconds to go in the game Indy had a 91% chance of winning in the 4th quarter Vikings had a 85% chance of winning around halftime
And the Ravens won them all... good for them but that's a hard way to make a living.
"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Cooper is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Moore is flanked out wide to the right. Chubb and Ford are split in the backfield as Watson takes the snap ... Here we go."
Myles Garrett might have to smash Mac Jones's head in with his helmet if he pulls this next week....
He should be fined, at a minimum! Even if we weren't playing them this week, I'd support his being suspended a game or two and forfeiting those checks.
Browns is the Browns
... there goes Joe Thomas, the best there ever was in this game.
He should definitely be suspended for that. There is no excuse, and he definitely knew what he was doing.
Micah 6:8; He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
John 14:19 Jesus said: Because I live, you also will live.
He should definitely be suspended for that. There is no excuse, and he definitely knew what he was doing.
Burfict was actively trying to hurt players on a weekly basis and the league didn’t want to suspend him. There is a 0% chance Jones is suspended.
I said should, not will be. I stand by my comment.
Micah 6:8; He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
John 14:19 Jesus said: Because I live, you also will live.
There is a chance that the Browns could be fighting for whether or not to HAVE a tie Break Advantage in a one on one consideration with the Buffalo Bills, for a Playoff Berth, hinging on the outcome of the Browns at Patriots game, which is next week.
Not just playing the Patriots, but playing the entire AFC east, the Jets, Bills, Patriots, and the Dolphins. and everyone in your division too!
The Patriots game is a must win! for the Browns if they want to be a playoff team.
Can Deshaun Watson play better for the Browns, than Baker Mayfield would have? ... Now the Games count.
Justin fields looks like every great qb from Ohio state. Dude will be out of the league in less than 5 years. Nagy doesn’t do him any favors though
Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday. -John Wayne
Mike Tomczak, buckeyes qb in 1985, had a somewhat of a career. Joe burrow had a little one. I think Justin Fields has a shot to stick in the NFL for about a lengthy career.
Can Deshaun Watson play better for the Browns, than Baker Mayfield would have? ... Now the Games count.
Pittsburgh using the refs to win again. This game is a joke. Feilds is getting pummeled and no calls. I frigging hate the NFL referees. Took away a TD with a bad call, and then let Feilds get hit late. Sickening. Somethings never change
Pittsburgh using the refs to win again. This game is a joke. Feilds is getting pummeled and no calls. I frigging hate the NFL referees. Took away a TD with a bad call, and then let Feilds get hit late. Sickening. Somethings never change
Fields gets nailed late three times in a row, no flags. Shameful. That's what happens in a league where these blind fools answer to nobody. This league is getting so hard to watch with the officiating favoring the teams it does. An absolute joke anymore.
Absolutely horrible game by the refs. Pretty much every bad call they could make they did - faux roughing, faux taunting against Chicago, faux illegal block against Chicago - missed a real roughing against Pittsburgh. I won't even talk about PIs. 7 points directly impacted in a six point game. Shame on the refs or the league.
Last night’s game was a fairly blatant attempt by the NFL to keep Pittsburgh afloat in the AFC chase.
Baltimore pulls out games like that because they’re good
Pittsburgh pulls out games like that because they’re favored
"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Cooper is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Moore is flanked out wide to the right. Chubb and Ford are split in the backfield as Watson takes the snap ... Here we go."
Did you guys also notice the hip check from referee Tony Corrente before he threw the flag for taunting? Saw this last night before I turned off the stupid @#$%@# fixed game and was hoping someone else in the world had noticed by the time I woke up.
That's right, just like high school. Remember that one kid you didn't like so you would nudge your way into a "bump" as you passed in the hall? That was esteemed ref Tony Corrente and just-elevated-to-the-roster Cassius Marsh. Then he pulls the flag and throws it for taunting.
So let's retrace the steps here. It wasn't really taunting but you decided in your little pea-brain that would would only throw the flag if he ran into you (Marsh had long since turned around, jogging back to sideline), since you knew the call was b.s.? So you nudge your way backwards to make sure he "runs into you" to justify your call?
There's no history with Cassius Marsh, no reason to be out to get him, Corrente is obviously just mad because Pig Pen was sacked. There's only one word that can describe what I watched (besides idiot) and it's crystal clear.
BIAS
I know this league is pretty much trash anymore in the way it polices it's refs. In my world, my league, he's offered the standard severance package today. What we saw can only really be seen one way. It stinks like hell and is a total disservice to this game and it's fans.
The refereeing last night was some of the strangest I’ve ever seen
"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Cooper is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Moore is flanked out wide to the right. Chubb and Ford are split in the backfield as Watson takes the snap ... Here we go."
The called back Chicago TD was the difference in the game. They called them for a low roll block, that was legal. The problem was he never touched the defender. It was hard watching that game as you knew anytime Chicago had a chance, a flag would be thrown. The taunting penalty was assinine. Wat can jump around and flex towards the opponents, something he always does, and never a taunting call. Chicago got hosed. Even the referee in the booth was dumbfounded on some of the calls. People wonder why Pittsburgh always seem to win at home, this is why.
It's funny you say that, I was just about to post asking when do we realize and accept that the NFL is basically just the WWF/WWE?
Like I said, if that’s what you think it is, then you should stop watching.
I really probably should. I should also stop going to social media and watching movies/TV shows.
Also, it's entirely possible for things to be getting rigged (or nudged toward an expected outcome) without the league being the one to purposefully favor and without players even being party to it; heck without players OR refs being involved, even). It can also be as simple as individual refs on the take or even betting on games themselves.
Browns is the Browns
... there goes Joe Thomas, the best there ever was in this game.
"It can also be as simple as individual refs on the take or even betting on games themselves."
And this is the question. The NFL, even has an "official" sports book. I personally think it is done to keep certain "prize franchises" relevant. Think of it, how many times has Ben been slightly grazed and a flag is thrown, while in the same game the opposing QB will be pummeled by Watt and others after releasing a pass? I see almost all Steeler games, living where I do, and believe me, it happens all the time. Those who want to poo poo this away as some fake conspiracy, probably have not witnessed it as much as many of us do.
So Fields slides late, bad move, but the defender hits him in the back of the head with a full shoulder. The lineman gets called for an illegal roll block, which according to the rules, was not illegal, and changes the point differential by 4 points. The taunting allowed Pittsburgh to get into field goal range. The late hit on Fields would have gave them a first down close to the goal. Instead, they get a FG. These calls directly influenced the scoring in this game.
This is also, one of the few times in my life, where on Facebook and Youtube, even Steeler fans are agreeing that the Bears were robbed.
This is why I've always said that CLE teams need to win their games decisively, so that refs' calls don't swing the our games. It sucks. But it's the world the NFL has created, and it's the world that CLE fans have had to live in since The Return.
If last Sunday's Cleveland Browns team can go out and drop 40+ on a home team division rival with .25-.33 of their starters out, that team needs to start winning games in this fashion all the freakking time. Because they can. They've repeatedly shown us that they can.
IMHO: The best antidote to 'ref poison': administer a weekly beat-down that leaves no question. Every. Single. Week. From here on out.
If they do that, refs can't change a single game they play That should be the Cleveland Browns' goal.
I believe it was in the first half. It was the call for the low block, even though it was in the TE box when you watch the replay. It was really a shady call, and one that you hardly ever see called when it's close to the TE box, but it was overshadowed by the Marsh penalty.
They called back the TD as a result of that play and ultimately had to go with the field goal.
Blue ostriches on crack float on milkshakes between the sidewalk titans of gurglefitz. --YTown
"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Cooper is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Moore is flanked out wide to the right. Chubb and Ford are split in the backfield as Watson takes the snap ... Here we go."
Called back TD for bogus 15 yard low block call...
2nd & Goal at PIT 1 (9:19 - 3rd) A.Bars reported in as eligible. J.Fields pass short right to J.Graham for 1 yard, TOUCHDOWN NULLIFIED by Penalty. PENALTY on CHI-J.Daniels, Low Block, 15 yards, enforced at PIT 1 - No Play.
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