(Non-Patriots) Divisional Round Discussion and Game Thread

[SemperFidelisSox]

These NFC offenses are ridiculous. Pats D will have their hands full with whoever makes it to Houston.

 

[mauf]

Seattle has a legitimate beef if they get called for a pick at any point in this game.

 

[Brand Name]

Oh joy, more pick plays not going to be called!

 

[snowmanny]

Man, Sherman

Stood in the end zone waiting for JJ to come to him.

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

Sherman Island is inhabited.

 

[Ed Hillel]

Seattle has a legitimate beef if they get called for a pick at any point in this game.

Pretty close, maybe a half yard past the legal zone.

 

[mauidano]

Stood in the end zone waiting for JJ to come to him.

Thinking the same thing...he was so far back. He never had a chance. Jones was salivating when he saw that.

 

[ilol@u]

Seattle front 4 is getting abused.

 

[ernieshore]

Do Your Job is on the NFL Network.

Oh nice! Thanks!

 

[Investor 11]

Not that I really care about the rule itself, but shouldn't that have been a 15 yard penalty on the Falcons for celebration? I thought you couldn't have multiple players in anything that appeared "choreographed. Am I misremembering?

 

[Captaincoop]

Might get in a walk between games (mandatory 7 lbs put on over holidays).

That would be great. These back to back games are brutal on the liver and belly.

 

[Catcher Block]

The pick looked like it was right at the LOS. Isn't that legal? Essentially a screen?

 

[snowmanny]

"You're saving for a big man cave. (Chuckles) good luck with THAT dave."
-Brad Paisley, estimated net worth, $65,000,000

For reasons that aren't clear to me I hate everything about Brad Paisley.

 

[luckiestman]

The pick looked like it was right at the LOS. Isn't that legal? Essentially a screen?

Legal for a yard, afaik


Good game so far

 

[SumnerH]

Hester may be afraid to take a hit, but he's still shifty as heck.

 

[Ed Hillel]

The pick looked like it was right at the LOS. Isn't that legal? Essentially a screen?

Contact started legally and he pushed a yard or two past the legal zone. Not sure of the rule on that.

 

[mauf]

The pick looked like it was right at the LOS. Isn't that legal? Essentially a screen?

I thought he was blocking a good 2-3 yards across the LOS by the time JJ caught the ball; @Ed Hillel thought it was much closer than that.

 

[Cellar-Door]

The pick looked like it was right at the LOS. Isn't that legal? Essentially a screen?

yeah I think it was legal, he made first contact within a yard of the LOS, so it's a block.

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

Not that I really care about the rule itself, but shouldn't that have been a 15 yard penalty on the Falcons for celebration? I thought you couldn't have multiple players in anything that appeared "choreographed. Am I misremembering?

That wasn't "choreographed".

 

[Ed Hillel]

Mike agrees with Mauf.

 

[johnmd20]

Collins, nice play. Butler-esque, if Butler was an idiot.

 

[Captaincoop]

So this Atlanta defense is complete garbage.

 

[johnmd20]

Oh, he did touch him. Sorry Collins.

 

[soxhop411]

DOWN

 

[Section15Box113]

Not touched. So dumb.

Edit: glad I'm wrong!!!

 

[Investor 11]

He's down, that was close

 

[mauf]

He's down at the 20. Didn't see that live.

 

[jsinger121]

Atlanta still stinks on defense

 

[Brand Name]

Costly by Jalen Collins, but heads up by Paul Richardson.

Smart to call TD so it's auto reviewed. Think it stands because the towel is technically not part of the uniform, I think?

...uh, oops, idiot alert. Replay showed me otherwise. Maintain my point on auto review though.

 

[Ed Hillel]

Richardson is a nightmare when he's actually on the field.

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

Interesting that touching the towel doesn't count.

 

[E5 Yaz]

That wasn't "choreographed".

Neither was "At Long Last Love"

 

[ilol@u]

How are these defenses so bad? Where is the pressure?

 

[Al Zarilla]

Atlanta DBs wrist bent from the touch. How not see that?

 

[McBride11]

Are there going to be more commercials for APB or 24 Legacy?

 

[Captaincoop]

Atlanta is the paper tiger most people expected.

 

[E5 Yaz]

Interesting that touching the towel doesn't count.

Does touching the towel not count only when it's separated from the body?

 

[Ed Hillel]

How are these defenses so bad? Where is the pressure?

There.

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

only when it's separated from the body?

Gotta be only when away from body, but not sure.

 

[Al Zarilla]

There.

Occurrence of 1 is almost like a 0 in probability theory.

 

[luckiestman]

Atlanta is the paper tiger most people expected.

Are you from the future?

 

[Ed Hillel]

That was a dangerous throw for Baldwin. Ten years ago he's clobbered.

 

[Catcher Block]

That FG was a bullet.

 

[Captaincoop]

Are you from the future?

Are you watching them right now?

 

[McBride11]

Okay, I switched to Do Your Job, as it is the final drive. Love BBs explanation about not using the TO, seeing SEA all confused. Well, I really love all of this.

 

[mauf]

Are you watching them right now?

Shootout probably favors Atlanta. Let's see the Thomas-less Seahawks get a stop before we bury the Falcons.

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

No commercial?

 

[Brand Name]

I like what Baldwin did there on Alford, despite it going incomplete on 3rd down. That's going to be an issue going forward for the Falcons, be it him or Poole, especially in size.

 

[johnmd20]

11 minutes of time of possession 19 minutes into the game, 2 to 1 in drives, isn't that big a deal.

 

[E5 Yaz]

The beauty of making definitive statements in the moment is that you're always right