The Allen IR or cut stuff is ridiculous. The guy made one mistake in the heat of the moment. He's been a lights-out punter all year long. If the injuries won't prevent him from punting, he'll be the guy.
ragnarok725 said:The Allen IR or cut stuff is ridiculous. The guy made one mistake in the heat of the moment. He's been a lights-out punter all year long. If the injuries won't prevent him from punting, he'll be the guy.
soxfan121 said:Allen took the heat on the broadcast and took the hit and the injury...all undeservedly.
RSN Diaspora said:
Not entirely undeservedly. That play is 99% on Aiken, but that 1% could've been a five point swing. You always kick the ball out of the end zone in that situation, and Allen knew better.
Yes, and the penalty for that is a safety, which is the best possible outcome.RIrooter09 said:
Can you kick he ball out of the end zone if it's not already in the end zone? Would it be illegal batting of the ball?
The IR stuff is legit. I can make an argument for using two roster spots on punters if Allen's availability is unclear but it's not a slam dunk. He's clearly never getting cut.ragnarok725 said:The Allen IR or cut stuff is ridiculous. The guy made one mistake in the heat of the moment. He's been a lights-out punter all year long. If the injuries won't prevent him from punting, he'll be the guy.
Super Nomario said:Yes, and the penalty for that is a safety, which is the best possible outcome.
Super Nomario said:Yes, and the penalty for that is a safety, which is the best possible outcome.
SeoulSoxFan said:DON'T MESS WITH ALLEN OR I WILL GO MENTAL ON Y'ALL
/amiright mascho & eck?
RSN Diaspora said:
Not entirely undeservedly. That play is 99% on Aiken, but that 1% could've been a five point swing. You always kick the ball out of the end zone in that situation, and Allen knew better.
...which I don't get at all. Why in the world would you want to give them 4 shots from the 1 yard line? Doesn't anyone remember BB having the Pats take an intentional safety when backed up against the goal line?Andrew said:
And yet, somehow, the national commentators are still saying he should have fallen on it at the 1.
This was so lol, falling on the one is the dumbest thing to do. Colts EV at the 1 yard line is clearly more than safety+possesion at their own 30.Otis Foster said:...which I don't get at all. Why in the world would you want to give them 4 shots from the 1 yard line? Doesn't anyone remember BB having the Pats take an intentional safety when backed up against the goal line?
Maybe there's a rational explanation, but I don't see one.
Stitch01 said:This was so lol, falling on the one is the dumbest thing to do. Colts EV at the 1 yard line is clearly more than safety+possesion at their own 30.
If Allen had picked it up and thrown it at the feet of Tavon Wilson (who I think was eligible), that would have been awesome.
Per the win probability calculator, expected points are 2.42 having the ball at your opponents' 44, and 0.90 (+2 for the safety, so 2.90) having the ball at your own 30. So the incomplete pass would have been slightly better for the Pats, on average, but only by half a point.j44thor said:
That would have given IND the ball on the NE 44 with about 2:30 left to play. I'm not sure that would have been better than taking the safety and having them start inside their own 30 yd line with 2:18 to play. Would be interesting to see what the expected scoring value is in each scenario. Starting at the 44 almost puts you in FG range largely negating the 2pts from the safety.
Because that is prime commercial time, and those penalties all look the same: the guy pushed the other guy in the back.BigSoxFan said:Speaking of special teams, is there a particular reason why they rarely show a replay of the penalties on returns? Seems like every Edelman return has a penalty and all we see is the offense marching back.
Lose Remerswaal said:Because that is prime commercial time, and those penalties all look the same: the guy pushed the other guy in the back.
That's why your DVR has that 15 seconds back button, so you can rewatch the play all you want.
Tony C said:By the way, if we're giving out game balls, can one go to Greg Schiano's fabulous dog house that provided us with Talib and LGBT? Not quite sure what the Pats' will do without that pipeline to talent....
Except since cameras invariably follow the ball, penalties are frequently not seen on the Program feed.Lose Remerswaal said:Because that is prime commercial time, and those penalties all look the same: the guy pushed the other guy in the back.
That's why your DVR has that 15 seconds back button, so you can rewatch the play all you want.
dbn said:
Discovering that button changed my life.
Dogman2 said:
wait, what? which button? I'm looking at my DirectTV remote right now.