Didn't Atlanta go 1-3 against the AFC east this year, and should have been 0-4? Don't let the conference records fool you, look at the head to head matchups of the games they actually played. These teams aren't that much better than the teams in the AFC. The whole NFL is pretty damn bad. LOLIt’s been discussed elsewhere but man the NFC is so much deeper than the AFC. After the Steelers and Pats I’d probably take any of the top 7-8 NFC teams over anyone else in the AFC (Philly, Vikes, the 3 south teams, Rams and Hawks, maybe GB with a healthy Rodgers)
Running up and spiking the ball was the correct play for Ryan since it was 1st down. It would have stopped the clock and prevented a replay review.30 seconds left. Atlanta has two timeouts, and they throw for a first down at like the NO 45. Instead of calling timeout, or running up and spiking it. They let 15+ seconds burn off the clock, replay then buzzes down to review the catch and upholds the call and there is 14 seconds left on the clock. Atlanta then calls timeout so the clock doesn't start until the snap. I can't even begin to fathom how dumb that is. Then Ryan throws a pick.
New Orleans makes the field goal as time expires, but they get hit with an illegal formation, and they don't get the time back on the clock. Half is over.
Wow, I'm so happy I'm a Patriots fan.
This is exactly the kind of game people down south cite when asked why college football is so popular there.30 seconds left. Atlanta has two timeouts, and they throw for a first down at like the NO 45. Instead of calling timeout, or running up and spiking it. They let 15+ seconds burn off the clock, replay then buzzes down to review the catch and upholds the call and there is 14 seconds left on the clock. Atlanta then calls timeout so the clock doesn't start until the snap. I can't even begin to fathom how dumb that is. Then Ryan throws a pick.
New Orleans makes the field goal as time expires, but they get hit with an illegal formation, and they don't get the time back on the clock. Half is over.
Wow, I'm so happy I'm a Patriots fan.
If you ever see me in these game threads, you'll know I'm constantly harping on the spiking thing. Teams constantly try to run up and get a play off instead of spiking it, when the reality is they don't even have enough time to use four downs, so who cares if you blow a down by spiking it. I think they really don't understand how much time it takes to get to the line, get set, and run a play. Happens every week around the league.Running up and spiking the ball was the correct play for Ryan since it was 1st down. It would have stopped the clock and prevented a replay review.
Helmet to helmet hit, immediately left the field. Diagnosed with concussionI missed part of the first half. Someone want to fill me in on the Kamara thing? I have him on 2 fantasy teams in the 1st week of the playoffs right now. Not good.
Blow to the end on a tackle around the ATL 10 yard line. He's in the concussion protocol.I missed part of the first half. Someone want to fill me in on the Kamara thing? I have him on 2 fantasy teams in the 1st week of the playoffs right now. Not good.
Ruled out. Concussion.I missed part of the first half. Someone want to fill me in on the Kamara thing? I have him on 2 fantasy teams in the 1st week of the playoffs right now. Not good.
Was he a runner (ie. legal helmet to helmet) or was he a defenseless receiver and took a shot?Helmet to helmet hit, immediately left the field. Diagnosed with concussion
Pretty much everything went right for that team last year, until, well...you know.I would say Matt Ryan has regressed but this is pretty much the QB he's always been. Last year was the aberration.
I mean, forcing it is one thing. Throwing it to the other team is another thing entirely. He didn't give his receiver a chance. At least throw the ball like 12 feet off the ground, and hope his receiver can jump high enough to get to it and the defender can't. He hit the defender in the chest with a lob from 15 yards away. My 9 year old could have picked that.Matt Ryan insists on forcing passes. I don't get it.
I feel like primetime games are 85% bad football and 15% the two of us wondering why nobody spikes the ball anymore. It’s comforting.If you ever see me in these game threads, you'll know I'm constantly harping on the spiking thing. Teams constantly try to run up and get a play off instead of spiking it, when the reality is they don't even have enough time to use four downs, so who cares if you blow a down by spiking it. I think they really don't understand how much time it takes to get to the line, get set, and run a play. Happens every week around the league.
Just awful, defender covering the go route at a full sprint. Slight forearm brush by Julio.That is a Gronk-esque garbage OPI call against Julio.
Yeah, no need for either flag.LOL, offsetting penalties, and neither of them should have been called.
eh. it was a little soft but he leaned pretty hard into the DB with his elbow. and given that the DB was playing over him and had his back turned, there wasn't any handfighting or entanglement to make it look like a wash. it was a canny veteran push off by julio that rarely gets called, but probably by rule is a foul.That is a Gronk-esque garbage OPI call against Julio.
Just catching up. This is an excellent point.If you ever see me in these game threads, you'll know I'm constantly harping on the spiking thing. Teams constantly try to run up and get a play off instead of spiking it, when the reality is they don't even have enough time to use four downs, so who cares if you blow a down by spiking it. I think they really don't understand how much time it takes to get to the line, get set, and run a play. Happens every week around the league.
That was a total hang-it-up-for-grabs throw. Very lucky the INT was dropped.Ryan putting on a clinic tonight
Makes zero sense for defensive holding to be an automatic 1st. Hate that rule.Holy shit, def. holding on the screen on 1st and 20.
I don't. You have to make the penalty severe enough so it's not a "cop out"Makes zero sense for defensive holding to be an automatic 1st. Hate that rule.
Then make it 10 yards and match it to the offensive penalty.I don't. You have to make the penalty severe enough so it's not a "cop out"
Or the alternative, make offensive holding 5 yards and automatic fourth downThen make it 10 yards and match it to the offensive penalty.
Then what's stops the defense from tackling a receiver in his route on 3rd and 15, when they know they're beat? Almost all defensive penalties are automatic first downs, except offsides (because the play hasn't started), because teams would use it as an advantage to stop opponents from getting a first down when they needed to. The difference is when a defensive player makes a penalty like holding, that holding could have actually wiped out a touchdown or a massive play, so the penalty has to be more severe than the other way around.Then make it 10 yards and match it to the offensive penalty.