NFL Playoffs - Divisional Round game thread
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To what? One possession each and the next score wins after that? Because that seems reasonable.
If they were gonna change it, they would’ve after the Pats beat the Chiefs. They’re popping bottles on Park Ave right now.
I vote this game.
What a terrible nights sleep Bills fans in Buffalo will have tonight.
And this loss has nothing to do with it.
Thing is, in todays NFL no defense can reliably stop a great offense. Any given day you might but it’s simply an offense league now
Yeah, Bill the GM has cursed Bill the HC with a (very slow), aging roster. If this is how the Bills and Chiefs are going to look for the next few years, the Pats may as well take their time with the rebuild and hope Kelce and Hill have aged out of their positions and the Bills hit salary cap hell by around, say, the 2025 season.
You'd have to make sure that they don't get far enough downfield to draw a significant PI penalty, but this totally seems like the way to go. Hold for 8 seconds, give up the penalty and give them one untimed down.
Maybe a 10-minute quarter, and if it's tied then, next score wins. If you can control the ball for 10 minutes, you deserve to win.
Boomer Esiason calling out McDermott for the kickoff
Esiason really raised his game this season.
Esiason really raised his game this season.
New overtime rule. No matter what happens on the first drive,(TD or FG) the other team has the chance to tie the game.
Then it might behoove a team to actually not accept the ball.
Then it might behoove a team to actually not accept the ball.
It's ridiculous how great these games this weekend were, and the topper was that somehow the best really was saved for last.
It could be called intentional holding. 15 yards and no time goes off the clock.
https://www.sbnation.com/2017/3/28/15066542/nfl-rule-prevent-team-burning-clock-repeated-intentional-penalties
Me neither but have to savor the consolation prize because as far as consolation prizes go it's a good one.
I really don't see the problem. Defense is part of the game too. The old rule was bad because it was too easy to pick up 30 yards on a fluke play or a penalty and kick a field goal, especially as kickers got better and their range expanded. But if you can't stop the other team going the length of the field with your season on the line, you don't deserve to win.
I can't fathom there are people out there who are not fans of this sport.
This has arguably been the greatest weekend of NFL playoff football ever.
And the cherry on top is the Packers, Bills and the Bucs lost all in nutpunch fashion.
This has arguably been the greatest weekend of NFL playoff football ever.
And the cherry on top is the Packers, Bills and the Bucs lost all in nutpunch fashion.
I admit as a Patriots fan I was rooting for Buffalo there.
…only because I think Cincy could’ve had a better chance at that upset. And if the Bills instead won it all, fuck their fans and all that, but still…at some point, you kinda want to see some of the shittiest cities in America get a “W” from time to time.
That’s why I’m all-in on Cincy now.
…only because I think Cincy could’ve had a better chance at that upset. And if the Bills instead won it all, fuck their fans and all that, but still…at some point, you kinda want to see some of the shittiest cities in America get a “W” from time to time.
That’s why I’m all-in on Cincy now.
The Bills lost when the kicked off into the end zone - nothing to do with OT rules
https://www.twobillsdrive.com/community/topic/237832-postgame-thread-dammit/
The best post of the thread: "This loss is on the D."
The best post of the thread: "This loss is on the D."
I was kind of rooting against Buffalo out of anger/shame over last week, but I feel bad for their fans. I honestly hope they get one with Allen at some point.
Bills fans are all saying “13 seconds”. I think that phrase ends up living in infamy in Buffalo along with Wide Right.
This is the type of loss that might make it tough for Buffalo to do well next season. Take the wind out of their sails.
As of 2019, coin toss winners prevail more often in college (54.9%) than in the NFL (52.7%)
We can’t really get any closer to 50/50 unless we adopt radical rules like a soccer-style 2-point shootout. The current system is pretty damn good, as it involves all three phases of the game and overall bears a close resemblence to the conditions under which regulation time is contested.
https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2019/01/22/coin-toss-would-remain-important-if-ot-rule-is-tweaked/
We can’t really get any closer to 50/50 unless we adopt radical rules like a soccer-style 2-point shootout. The current system is pretty damn good, as it involves all three phases of the game and overall bears a close resemblence to the conditions under which regulation time is contested.
https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2019/01/22/coin-toss-would-remain-important-if-ot-rule-is-tweaked/