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2015-2016 NFL Season Thread

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Some end-of-season numbers for the PAT change to the 15:

The overall average for PATs for the league was 94.3%, of which about 1% were blocked. The 2-point success rate was 46.3%, pretty close to what you would expect (the 2-pt attempt rate was for about 7% of TDs, not sure how that compares to other years).

Only 2 teams were perfect for conversions (no 6-pt-only TDs), the Patriots (with no 2-pt attempts) and the Cowboys (with one 2-pter). Several other teams were perfect for PATs but had at least one 2-pt try fail.

The worst team for missed PATs was Jacksonville with 7, followed by Buffalo with 6, Arizona with 5 and Minnesota and Houston each with 4. None of those teams had one blocked; the worst team for blocked PATs was Seattle with 2. But, of course, the most spectacular blocked PAT was the Panthers kick that was picked up by a Saint and run back the other way for 2 points for New Orleans.

This rule change looks like a pretty big success. It has definitely made the game more interesting.
 
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pachyderm said:
love to see the rams go back home... to L.A., not Chicago their original home... ;)
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The issue is right now three teams want to move there, and I don't think that area can support two, never mind three. I think the rams have most of their ducks lined up to make the move but lack the political backing from the other owners. From what I understand he can try to move them without the NFL's consent but he'll be penalized including not having a SuperBowl being played at his stadium.

What truly bothers me is the NFL holds the hosting communities hostage demanding they pay hundreds of millions towards the stadiums when the NFL is run by billionaires and reaps billions in profits.
 
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rhett7660 said:
Shoot more than a few times!!!!! There were games that were lost because of a botched extra point! EEEK! :eek:

Although it felt like more field goals were missed over all this season.
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Janakowski(sp?) missed quite a few this season... FG's that is... and at least one or two PATs...
 
Bucs fire Lovie Smith.

Surprised by the move and frankly I don't understand it. First it's Lovie's second year. Second, you draft a rookie QB in Winston which we all knew would be somewhat of a project QB to get up to NFL standards but met expectations for a rookie QB. What did the Bucs expect? That they were going to get Andrew Luck-type success and make the playoffs right away? The Bucs record is around what we all thought they would finish at. Not sure I get this firing TBH.
 
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iLog.Genius said:
Bucs fire Lovie Smith.

Surprised by the move and frankly I don't understand it. First it's Lovie's second year. Second, you draft a rookie QB in Winston which we all knew would be somewhat of a project QB to get up to NFL standards but met expectations for a rookie QB. What did the Bucs expect? That they were going to get Andrew Luck-type success and make the playoffs right away? The Bucs record is around what we all thought they would finish at. Not sure I get this firing TBH.
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And they won a lot more than I thought they would!
 
iLog.Genius said:
Bucs fire Lovie Smith.

Surprised by the move and frankly I don't understand it. First it's Lovie's second year. Second, you draft a rookie QB in Winston which we all knew would be somewhat of a project QB to get up to NFL standards but met expectations for a rookie QB. What did the Bucs expect? That they were going to get Andrew Luck-type success and make the playoffs right away? The Bucs record is around what we all thought they would finish at. Not sure I get this firing TBH.
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CNN has a logical story about his firing that makes total sense.

First, given the defenses talent, they actually performed worse for Lovie in 2015 then in 2014, which is surprising given his defensive pedigree. Then there's Lovie's record in Chicago and the playoffs (or lack there of) and More importantly they feel Koetter their offensive coordinator may jump ship to be a head coach.

They thought it would be better to promote Koetter and continue to develop Winston under the same program, then have Lovie hire a new OC and switch things up on a young QB.
 
maflynn said:
CNN has a logical story about his firing that makes total sense.

First, given the defenses talent, they actually performed worse for Lovie in 2015 then in 2014, which is surprising given his defensive pedigree. Then there's Lovie's record in Chicago and the playoffs (or lack there of) and More importantly they feel Koetter their offensive coordinator may jump ship to be a head coach.

They thought it would be better to promote Koetter and continue to develop Winston under the same program, then have Lovie hire a new OC and switch things up on a young QB.
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Meh. I don't buy that story. It makes sense but don't believe it. What reason did anyone think that Koetter was going to leave? He didn't exactly light it up with Winston, he did a good, not great job and not to the degree where someone would think to hire him.

LaVonte David is right, 3 coaches in 5 years is ridiculous. The Bucs demand some consistency but how can you do that when you're constantly swapping out coaches that bring in different schemes?
 
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What reason did anyone think that Koetter was going to leave?
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I guess Miami asked to interview him and there was some chatter about him interviewing in Philly as well.

imo, this is probably the most credible, but you know what. Time will tell, because if they hire him as the HC, then odds are the story was accurate. If Tampa goes and hires someone else, well then it was just an interesting story but wrong.
 
iLog.Genius said:
Bucs fire Lovie Smith.

Surprised by the move and frankly I don't understand it. First it's Lovie's second year. Second, you draft a rookie QB in Winston which we all knew would be somewhat of a project QB to get up to NFL standards but met expectations for a rookie QB. What did the Bucs expect? That they were going to get Andrew Luck-type success and make the playoffs right away? The Bucs record is around what we all thought they would finish at. Not sure I get this firing TBH.
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Agreed. Bad move by the Bucs.
 
maflynn said:
I guess Miami asked to interview him and there was some chatter about him interviewing in Philly as well.

imo, this is probably the most credible, but you know what. Time will tell, because if they hire him as the HC, then odds are the story was accurate. If Tampa goes and hires someone else, well then it was just an interesting story but wrong.
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Will be interesting to see what happens next year if Koetter does get hired. If Winston regresses, will Koetter get the boot for the Bucs to bring in another coach?

(rhetorical question)
 
I was never a fan of Lovie Smith and I thought the hiring was a bad move. I understand the move when they hired him 2 years ago, but I thought the bucs could have done better.
 
maflynn said:
I was never a fan of Lovie Smith and I thought the hiring was a bad move. I understand the move when they hired him 2 years ago, but I thought the bucs could have done better.
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I think that, then I remember he coached a team QB'ed by Rex Grossman to the SB... so I give him some street cred for that.
 
Other then that, though the Bears were perennially on the cusp of getting there, but never did, and this past year the Bucs were the same way, almost good enough but fell short.
 
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