T'official 2014-15 NFL thread

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Oh my

I think the only thing to do is cut off his arm and send it to Africa, Matty...

 

[Comeds]

Is it possible Belechick was able to hack into Wilson's headset and send in that play?

 

[elocomotive]

Honestly, I'm a little tired of the storyline "how did they call that one play?!?" I understand it looks like a bad play call and I was kinda surprised myself, but...

(1) They showed trust in Wilson. He'd gotten them there. You wouldn't expect it to be a struggle to execute a play there and if it fails, in most scenarios, they still have two more plays and you figure they score a touchdown regardless. Related to that, Wilson didn't execute! So he gets the credit when they win, but the OC takes the heat for his pick? Come on, he didn't see the guy jumping the route. He takes the blame on this, too. The middle of the field is the riskiest place to put the ball.

(2) The point of play calling is deception, so if everyone thinks you're going to run, in theory, a pass is not a bad play call. You should get some advantageous match up you can exploit. And frankly, the run game hadn't been that strong for the Seahawks. It was big passing plays that were winning the game for them.

(3) They aren't in that position if they don't collapse in the 4th quarter. Before the two TDs, Seattle had yielded only 31 yards in the second half. They seemed complacent on both sides of the ball towards the end. They had the air of a team that thought it had already won. And as the defense failed in the clutch, so did the offense. Two 3-and-outs totaling 3:10 possession before the final drive in the 4th quarter. They rattled off 4 straight scoring drives and then went limp. And penalties hurt them all game long. What the fuck was Doug Baldwin doing for his TD celebration? Pooping in the end zone?


If they hand to Lynch another time or two, sure, I agree they'd have like a 97% chance of winning. But I'd give you the same odds if you told me they were going to let Wilson throw twice, too.

Clubbing the OC is an easy answer (and I'm not saying it wouldn't be deserved either), but at the end of the day I think the Pats actually played the better game. And the Seahawks were busy chirping on the sideline and pulling down their pants for TD celebrations instead of staying focused on winning the game.

Sure, they should have run. But how in the world did they get in the position in the first place?

 

[elocomotive]

Doug Baldwin needs a celebration consultant.

It's "our" house, not outhouse.

 

[Cobiemonster]

 

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Is it possible Belechick was able to hack into Wilson's headset and send in that play?

That play call took a lot of balls, comeds.

/Should have used more brains.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Honestly, I'm a little tired of the storyline "how did they call that one play?!?" I understand it looks like a bad play call and I was kinda surprised myself, but...

(1) They showed trust in Wilson. He'd gotten them there. You wouldn't expect it to be a struggle to execute a play there and if it fails, in most scenarios, they still have two more plays and you figure they score a touchdown regardless. Related to that, Wilson didn't execute! So he gets the credit when they win, but the OC takes the heat for his pick? Come on, he didn't see the guy jumping the route. He takes the blame on this, too. The middle of the field is the riskiest place to put the ball.

(2) The point of play calling is deception, so if everyone thinks you're going to run, in theory, a pass is not a bad play call. You should get some advantageous match up you can exploit. And frankly, the run game hadn't been that strong for the Seahawks. It was big passing plays that were winning the game for them.

(3) They aren't in that position if they don't collapse in the 4th quarter. Before the two TDs, Seattle had yielded only 31 yards in the second half. They seemed complacent on both sides of the ball towards the end. They had the air of a team that thought it had already won. And as the defense failed in the clutch, so did the offense. Two 3-and-outs totaling 3:10 possession before the final drive in the 4th quarter. They rattled off 4 straight scoring drives and then went limp. And penalties hurt them all game long. What the fuck was Doug Baldwin doing for his TD celebration? Pooping in the end zone?


If they hand to Lynch another time or two, sure, I agree they'd have like a 97% chance of winning. But I'd give you the same odds if you told me they were going to let Wilson throw twice, too.

Clubbing the OC is an easy answer (and I'm not saying it wouldn't be deserved either), but at the end of the day I think the Pats actually played the better game. And the Seahawks were busy chirping on the sideline and pulling down their pants for TD celebrations instead of staying focused on winning the game.

Sure, they should have run. But how in the world did they get in the position in the first place?

Blindingly dumb luck?

Wilson was 12-21 throwing last night, 14-29 vs Green Bay. That's 57% and 48%, respectively. What's worse, some of those completions last night were so ridiculously lucky I was convinced Pete Carroll had made a deal with the devil.

 

[Nasty_Magician]

The play call was bad but the "best D ever" let Brady throw for 328 yards, 4 touchdowns and come back from a 10 point deficit. The only reason that bad play call even occurred was because of a miracle catch. The Seahawks let the best QB ever hang around and it cost them.

That was a fun Super Bowl. I have no real dislike for the Seahawks but the antics at the end were classless. I understand emotions are high and you're frustrated but c'mon, time and place. This isn't some week 3 matchup that doesn't matter.

 

[KennyBanyeah]

WHERE IS YOUR MESSIAH NOW, RUSSELL?!

 

[forty_three]

And someone is going to have to explain to me what the deal is with sharks.

Also, this:
Fingerprints On Lombardi Trophy To Be Used In Dozens Of Criminal Investigations | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

 

[pixburgher66]

they were down by 4. it was TD or nothing.


to be fair (reported) they play was there.

Wow...how did I not know that? Hahah, sheesh. Still think I'd run it with an extra down then.

 

[elocomotive]

Wow...how did I not know that? Hahah, sheesh. Still think I'd run it with an extra down then.

Lol. Yes, a pass may have been a bad play call. But a field goals certainly would have been the worst call that could have been made.

 

[elocomotive]

I think the sad part is that this game was fixed. Richard Sherman was signaling his team would only score 24 points with his hands early in the 4th quarter.

 

[pixburgher66]

I think the sad part is that this game was fixed. Richard Sherman was signaling his team would only score 24 points with his hands early in the 4th quarter.

All those fake "NFL is rigged" twitter accounts crack me up. There was one that went nuts after the season ended because they had "predicted" every team's final record (except they conveniently missed the Bengals/Panthers because of the tie), and when everyone called them out on the whole "deleting all wrong tweets" thing, they predicted Cowboys-Pats...after which they rebuffed and the predicted the Pats to win by 6 in OT.

 

[Comeds]

Lol. Yes, a pass may have been a bad play call. But a field goals certainly would have been the worst call that could have been made.

I disagree. Kicking the FG, on-siding the ensuing kickoff, then kicking another FG would have been bold and would have probably resulted in a Seahawks win.

 

[Cobiemonster]

 

[dare2be]

Foreshadowing...they certainly laid an egg at the end of the game.

 

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What a Sapp!

Hall of Fame player and NFL Network analyst Warren Sapp was arrested Monday morning for soliciting a prostitute as well as assault, which was first reported by TMZ.com.

The incident occured at a hotel in Phoenix, where Sapp was covering Super Bowl XLIX, and occured around 7 a.m. local time.

https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/n...liciting-a-prostitute--assault-203922606.html

 

[jstewismybastardson]

this helped me settle down

 

[forty_three]