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sdandrea1 · 2021-09-27T12:40:17+00:00

Last night's Packers v 49ers OMG.

Sneakylong

Yeah, it isn’t fair. Mark Andrews is one of the top tight ends in the league. Had a Jackie Smith moment. Only Smith’s drop was in the Super Bowl.

In fairness to Andrews the elements were a factor.

professor

Sneakylong In fairness to Andrews the elements were a factor.

In all fairness, the elements were "a factor" ('ya think) for everybody in both of Sunday's games. And, I just love the critics who know exactly what it must be like to play NFL playoff caliber football - because in 6th grade we were playing in the snow with our neighborhood buddies. Yeah, I get it. LMAO

ode

Sneakylong the guy is legit, doesn't change this fact....but he gagged. Plenty of blame to go around, Lamar, and the head coach, etc.

Yipsy

Yes....I liken it a bit too MJ or DWade going in the lane and the ref blowing the whistle, replay shows no contact or minimal/no foul....I mean Craig Ehlo is still moving by🙃 Clear bias!

Sneakylong

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/houston-texans/news/nfl-analysts-rip-officials-apart-bias-calls-favor-chiefs-patrick-mahomes-houston-texans-nfl/160c6df1e9edbebc11c334c1

NFL analysts rip officials apart for bias calls in favor of Chiefs, Patrick Mahomes.

Don Van Natta added that action needs to be taken to fix this issue.

"The lopsided officiating threatens the integrity of the game and the quality of the product," he said on X. "Something must be done."

Yipsy

Sneakylong

Nice seeing people awakening to what has always been. This truth needs to go mainstream and the NFL needs to lose its stranglehold on TV ratings.

I have a feeling if people knew for certain games were fixed they would still watch. Pro Wresting proves that.

Yipsy

rsvman2

Romo definitely has an anti-Lamar bias. Two weeks in a row he's stated either Lamar or Josh could be MVP. The graphic goes up on the screen with the numbers showing Lamar's clearly superior season and Romo calls them basically the same. A total embarrassment to reality.

Lamar had a unique season in NFL annals. He is your MVP not Josh Allen.

garyt1957

Yipsy Romo loves him some Josh Allen. I think he's a bit overrated. MVP is more than just stats though.

Par4QC

Yipsy your MVP

Still trying to figure out this MVP biz.

32 teams, 17 games, some go to playoffs, 2 go to SB.
They do not play all 32 teams. Not even 1/2 of them.

And gotta be a QB or RB to qualify? (38 yrs. since a defensive player)

Defense won a ton of games throughout the season. Not the QBs/RBs.

sdandrea1

Par4QC Well, except by idiots looking to place such on 1 player, and looking to fill a time slot on the airwaves.

No, we can't say Andrews (or anyone) singularly cost them the game, but these kind of mistakes at crucial moments are pivotal. They change momentum or present/cost scoring opportunities. Like I said earlier, they're game-changers and not easily dismissed. You'll hear it constantly in the pre-game analysis that turnovers, penalties and miscues are usually the difference in closely -matched games.

Bravopilot

sdandrea1 Andrews has been very steady this year and past years. The fumble was odd as it looked at first the defensive player barely touched him. The drop for 2-pt was tricky but catchable. I would not think Balitmore players are shocked by the cold temps.

professor

sdandrea1 No, we can't say Andrews (or anyone) singularly cost them the game, but these kind of mistakes at crucial moments are pivotal. They change momentum or present/cost scoring opportunities.

Oh, game-changer's like when AJ Brown drops a beautiful bomb at the 1/2 yard line? Oh, game-changer's like when a beautiful play to Dallas Goedert is nullified because Mekhi Becton is illegally downfield? Yes, the Eagles are the most overrated team in the entire NFL. Somehow, without the Zebra's assistance, they just continue to win games that "shouldn't" be close but they are. Yup

Yipsy

Do you agree with Kurt?

sdandrea1

Yipsy

I understand his point, but what's his solution proposal? Neutral ground in domes through the playoffs? The arguments for and against are endless. Football, like life, is hard. Man up .

I remember Sergio whining about the morning weather vs the afternoon weather in pre-cut tournament rounds. Wah, wah, wah.....

johnnydoom

Yipsy Do you agree with Kurt?

Weather is part of the game. Domes are for fans and I’m not against any organization that wants one, but I applaud those that stick with tradition and play outdoors, on natural grass particularly.

garyt1957

Yipsy Yes, I agree with him. You want to see the best team advance. Baseball does the same. It's a summer sport that often plays it's most important games in 30* weather. It's just greed because they keep adding games.

Yipsy

sdandrea1

I laughed when he said he literally had no way to prepare for the cold and then mentioned he played in the cold growing up in Iowa.

The argument he makes for it I understand but when he goes through the counterarguments those can't be so easily dismissed.

Changing it would be ridiculous. It was great viewing in Philly and Buffalo. You know that every single play something crazy might happen due to the conditions. It adds a heightened sense of anything could happen to the game. Domes are sterile and nowhere as fun to watch as games in the elements.

Shame on Kurt from Iowa!

professor

Par4QC There can be no blame placed on Andrews for losing the game.

Ah, the Monday morning blame game.
I blame Jalen Hurts for the Eagles win. He valued the ball. Put up no "stats", especially no fumbles, and no interceptions. Stats always matter! Ball control offense that's led by a running game. Hmmm, I wonder what his paltry "stats" might have been - had AJ Brown caught a beautiful pass, had Mekhi Becton not been illegally downfield during a beautiful pass to Dallas Goedert. Then, while watching the Ravens v Bills game, after the third quarter, Josh Allen's "stats" - incredibly paltry, 7 total passes? Gritty performance all the while playing with a bum knee. What's "the" stat? "W"

sdandrea1

professor Oh, game-changer's like when AJ Brown drops a beautiful bomb at the 1/2 yard line? Oh, game-changer's like when a beautiful play to Dallas Goedert is nullified because Mekhi Becton is illegally downfield?

.....and the list goes on......

Par4QC

garyt1957 Yeah, tell that to Joe so he'll feel better.😄

Yipsy

garyt1957

I think the SB has always done this except for the game at the Meadowlands which I thought made absolutely no sense. I don't want to see a SB in Orchard Park, NY.

You play the regular season so you can obtain HFA. If you can't do that you're going to have to potentially face the elements and I think that's more than fair.

Do you enjoy games in the snow less than ones in a dome?

sdandrea1

garyt1957 It's just greed because they keep adding games.

.....and now Goodell is pushing the 18-game season concept. At some point, wouldn't player safety be a priority? (What am I thinking?)🤬🤣

Sneakylong

ode the guy is legit, doesn't change this fact....but he gagged. Plenty of blame to go around, Lamar, and the head coach, etc.

No question Andrews had the worst game of his career. The Ravens beat themselves. Never punted.

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