And isn't the pocket defined by the tackle position? Seems like semantics.
Week 6 NFL Game Thread
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I always feel like I'm listening to Baghdad Bob when hearing announcers talk about plays under review.
Before the review timeout: "Yeah, he got 3 feet down, made a football move, this should stand."
After the review timeout: "You know, he never really had possession there, that's a good overturn."
Talk about toeing the party line.
Before the review timeout: "Yeah, he got 3 feet down, made a football move, this should stand."
After the review timeout: "You know, he never really had possession there, that's a good overturn."
Talk about toeing the party line.
Yeah that's how these "rule analysts", aside from Mike Pereira, usually do it. He was sure that it was a completion based on three steps being taken after gaining control, and then he was proven wrong and acted like he knew it all along.
You could also argue that there were receivers in the area. It wasn't thrown super close to them, but it was probably about as close as I'd be able to throw to them while on the run being chased by a 275 pound linebacker. QBs like Rodgers and Brady sometimes get penalized unfairly on intentional groundings because they're expected to accurately throw it to a receiver when it would be a tough throw for most other QBs.
Ref in the booth just digging his hole deeper now. If Booger is running circles around you, you better quit.
I thought the goal line camera showed that his knee was down before the ball crossed the plane. GB got two gift calls on that drive.
I think there’s something to that. I think there’s also a bit of a book on the fact that Brady has perfected the risk reward of the throw away and uses the throw away frequently by throwing to empty spots close to receivers.
Booger is what every parody of an NFL announcer sounds like, except sincere. Like, some of his comments seem right out of Family Guy.
This is rivaling the replacement ref games in terms of injustice on the field during a national broadcast.
you really could've called PF - Unnecessary Roughness on the receiver on that last scramble to the right. He initiated helmet-to-helmet contact with the defender, and when that didn't work, swung his elbow at the guy's helmet, knocking him over after a blow to the head.
I don't expect this to be beanbag, but if a defender attempted to tackle that way, it'd be at least 15 if not an ejection.
I don't expect this to be beanbag, but if a defender attempted to tackle that way, it'd be at least 15 if not an ejection.
Yes Booger, I'm sure Matt Patricia hadn't considered the possibility of blitzing more. It's definitely not that blitzing Rodgers plays into his strengths. No, no, the guy who won two super bowls as Patriots DC just lacks the testicular fortitude to roll the dice on a low-percentage gamble that could piss away what remaining edge he has in this game.
so tactically here, if you're the Lions, do you want to let them score? Try to hold to the FG still, burning your timeouts?
I'm considering letting Green Bay score here soon. Crosby ain't gonna miss a chip shot. Instead, I'm sure Patricia will use all of his timeouts, then give up a first down, then the chip shot field goal to end it.
Hold to a FG. Needing a FG v a TD to win is a huge advantage.
It’s also possible the Pack foil that plan by falling down at the 1 and kick a 18 yarder with time expiring.
I think I try to stop them and get it back with 45 seconds. If you try to let them score and they take a knee on the 5 then the game is over.
Hmm do you take being down 5, with 1:50 left and 2 timeouts by letting them score, or down 1, with 1:05 left and no timeouts? Or maybe the Packers miss? I guess you have to force the field goal.
Packers did not trust Rodgers to throw the ball at the end of the 1st half, so expect nothing different here.
