Wild Card Weekend Gamethread
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All due respect, these posts are insane and really epitomize the problem. Is he "supposed to slow down"? um...yes. Slow down and go lower, that is, um...yes, "humanly possible." The reason guys don't do it is because of perspectives like yours that implicitly say they shouldn't. I'll give an analogy from another sport: a basketball player who on a drive to the basket charges over a stationary defender and gets called for a charge is called "out of control" and blamed for playing the game stupidly. No one asks how you could possibly expect him to slow down or be a "contortionist." To flip your defense, the idea that an NFL player doesn't have the athleticism to control his body is insane. Dupree could have easily slowed down/gone lower.
That there is still far too many of these plays is due to attitudes such as yours that tell any player who isn't playing out of control that they're not playing the game right. Players do what refs allow: these calls need to be made more often and penalized more harshly (i.e., toss the offender from the game).
Man, really wanted a score there, especially since Miami has been a strong 3rd quarter team.
The way Moore handled that was a reminder why he's a career backup.
The way Moore handled that was a reminder why he's a career backup.
Not on Moore. He had everyone accounted for in his blind side. Albert misread Harrison who faked dropping into coverage and then rushed. Albert helped inside instead of taking the end.
Although he held the ball too long
He dropped into a coverage look right before the snap and came with a deep blitz. Nicely designed play.
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5 years ago today, Tim Tebow led the Broncos to a 29-23 playoff victory against the Steelers in overtime.
5 years ago today, Tim Tebow led the Broncos to a 29-23 playoff victory against the Steelers in overtime.
He saw Harrison coming at him. That's why he started running to his right. He thought he could outrun Harrison and he was wrong. Terribly wrong.
I turn to my father-in-law: Pitt's going to win, but a TD here and we might have an interesting ballga -
MOORE FUMBLES.
Dolphins are TERRRRRRRIBLE.
MOORE FUMBLES.
Dolphins are TERRRRRRRIBLE.
The free rusher is obviously not on Moore but once Moore saw him he had to throw the ball away, or turtle and take the sack. Can't try to outrun Harrison who is coming at full speed, and he was careless holding the ball the way he was when he was running.
Once Moore sees the rusher coming unblocked it is completely on him to get rid of the ball.
Miami for all their failures seems to have figured out the Pitt D. Last two drives were moving the ball before the Hit and the fumble.
If they can score at TD to start the second half, we may still have a game.
If they can score at TD to start the second half, we may still have a game.
So if Dupree has a player with elite athleticism like Bell lined up for a big hit, slows down and allows the runner to side step him and run for a touchdown, then what? It's a fundamentally different game if it's not played at full speed. Big hits are part of the game and a fun part of the game to watch. It's unfortunate when they involve the head and I salute the league for taking out the most egregious ones ( like the old Brandon Merriweather leave your feet kill shots on a WR). But I just don't have a huge problem with hits like this one. It's one player running into another and it's unfortunate that there was head to chin. I like football for many reasons. Big violent hits are one of them. They aren't ever going to go away completely and nor should they. If hits like this bother people this much then maybe they just shouldn't watch football. There are other options.
That's not a comparable situation. Out of curiosity - what was the highest level you competed at?
Have you played football or rugby?
Like, seriously, you're arm chairing because you like violence.
I know this is a joke, but did you know there are chemical kits that will turn just about any water into potable water? Dump 'em in and stir and you can drink that disgusting, awful water.Not to Goodell
I know it's not a Popular opinion in this echo chamber but I do like the violence in the game and clearly my opinion of what is and is not dirty in a football game is different then this group of people. I'm fine with that. I don't think it makes me or the rest of you right or wrong. It's just how I see it.
I also think that this forum over indexes in the remove anything g that looks scary from the game. Generally I think people like watching big hits.
People are asking, yes I played football in high school nothing after that.
I also think that this forum over indexes in the remove anything g that looks scary from the game. Generally I think people like watching big hits.
People are asking, yes I played football in high school nothing after that.
You're a 100% wrong. Much of the game is not played at full speed: 1) look at Bell, whose use of hesitation is sublime; 2) defenders all the time "slow down" in order to make sure a runner doesn't side step them. Attempts to satisfy calls for blood with the "big hit" you want is often bad football, just as Dupree's run at Moore was unnecessary. His "big hit" had no football purpose other than intimidation -- did you miss the part where Moore had already thrown the ball? No one is saying that all violent hits could be eliminated. That you think unnecessary violent hits shouldn't be eliminated is just dumb. To use an analogy, a lot of NHL knuckleheads argue that fighting is an inherent part of the game. Of course, it's not and can be (and has been) eliminated when leagues decide to do so. Hockey is a way better sport played without the dumb fights, just as the beauty of football has zero to do with braindead violence.
And, no, I'm not going to stop watching football. It's a great game and I love its violence. But getting unnecessary violence out of the game is a no-brainer (heh heh). If you want to watch unnecessary violence, I hope that within a few years you'll be the one looking elsewhere for a spectator sport.
Well, did you see the starters in the first game yesterday. Not a high bar.
Have you been around anyone who's suffered the results of that violence? Either on their bodies or minds? Free will and all, but I'm increasingly thinking there should be a lot of controls.
That's why he likes it; it's never going to happen to anyone he cares about
They just showed that big montage and that first Dupree hit was actually worse.
How was that not a penalty? He left his feet and went high in the QB.
How was that not a penalty? He left his feet and went high in the QB.
