none of the good defensive players are really injury prone. Most of then have been solid the last 4 years.
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2017-2018 NFL Season Thread
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none of the good defensive players are really injury prone. Most of then have been solid the last 4 years.
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The NFL had a bad officiating day today, First a horrible catch rule in the Patriots Steelers game, and now using a folded piece of paper to determine a first down. Are you serious, with all the money the league makes they can't decide simple ball placement.
I didn't watch the game, so I have nothing really invested in it, but from the replays the ball was moving around especially as he landed. I guess the call could go either way, but when I see receiver struggle to gain control and its moving as he goes to the ground, I don't think that's a catch
I might be misunderstanding it too, but from what I saw he had control of the ball, but he “dropped” it when he went for that reach and it moved around. Honestly if he hadn’t reach for it, they would have been at the 1 or 2 yard line and could have quickly rushed in for the win.
Yeah, I can see that was the case, I also can see how this call could have gone either way in all honesty.
Might was well have been, this was to decide homefield advantage in the playoffs. Both of these teams are great at home so that was huge for the winner if they face each other in the AFC championship
I don't have a problem with the call. When I saw it live, I already knew what the call was going to be. The players can complain all they want everyone knows what a "catch" is in the NFL. I commend the effort and that's all a coach could ask from their players but what separates the great players from the good ones is having enough football IQ to know what to do at a certain point in the game. Jesse James should have enough football IQ to know that if you're going to stretch out the ball, the ball better not move especially if you never gained possession and you're extending the football in one action like he did. If not, catch the ball and land on your side or back and clock the ball at the one yard line.
Another example, I commend Carr for his effort to try to get the TD but that extra effort was not worth it knowing he went out of bounds at the 1 or 2-yard line. Clock stopped and you have Lynch in the backfield to rush it in.
Another example, I commend Carr for his effort to try to get the TD but that extra effort was not worth it knowing he went out of bounds at the 1 or 2-yard line. Clock stopped and you have Lynch in the backfield to rush it in.
A catch should be a catch all the time, not at the desertion of the officials. Breaking the plain is a touchdown, but not when it hits the ground after, unless it was a football move. A runner had different rules from a receiver. It's so convoluted at this point.
This wasn't a judgement call. Based on NFL rules, the refs called it 100% correctly - anyone who understands the rules agrees with it. There is no "the refs messed the call".
A lot of people have brought up the runner argument but when the runner is running into the end zone, he has already established possession way in advance even before reaching the goal line so anything after crossing the goal line is irrelevant because the plane was broken with possession. With Jesse James, he caught the ball and fell forward at the same time - clearly one action, easy call for incompletion.
The NFL is such a quick game where every play is bang/bang, the NFL's catch rule makes sense. Let's imagine that Jesse James made the catch and got hit hard and lost control, how many people would be crying incomplete pass and no fumble? If this catch rule didn't exist, the number of fumbles would sky rocket.
What do you think of Mark Cuban's comments quoted below? They a couple of months old, but I stumbled upon them
The age comment struck a chord with me, in that I think he hit the nail on the head on that observation. I think the younger crowd is just not as interested in the game, couple that with brain trauma, and the NFL is failing to raise up young fans. I as a parent would not permit my children to play football, though I have girls who have little interest in football.
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Rating information to back up his October comment:
The NFL ratings slump is getting worse
NFL's Thanksgiving games take a ratings hit
I don't think there's one issue but rather a complex confluence of problems facing the NFL
The age comment struck a chord with me, in that I think he hit the nail on the head on that observation. I think the younger crowd is just not as interested in the game, couple that with brain trauma, and the NFL is failing to raise up young fans. I as a parent would not permit my children to play football, though I have girls who have little interest in football.
Link
Rating information to back up his October comment:
The NFL ratings slump is getting worse
NFL's Thanksgiving games take a ratings hit
I don't think there's one issue but rather a complex confluence of problems facing the NFL
I think the league needs to review these rules and make an effort to achieve consistency between the runner rule and the receiver rule. I agree that that the right call was made based on how the rules are currently written. But, it should be consistent that when a player has control/possession of the ball that breaking the plane is a touchdown regardless of whether the ball carrier is a runner or a receiver.
James, by rule, didn't have possession because he didn't "survive the ground", but can you really argue that he didn't have possession when he clearly caught the ball and had enough control over it to extend it forward over the goal line. If a runner leaves the ground to jump/lunge for the end zone and either another player or the ground causes the ball to move or come loose it's still considered a TD if the plane is broken.
I'm not sure if there is a rule that can or will cover every possible situation, but we need some consistency in this area. The key area up for debate is what determines "possession", when is it established, and how can it be lost?