More Banjo: Week 2 versus Vikings

[pbmax]

If he doesnt dip his head and drive him he is fine but CMIII is to damn stupid to realize it.

I agree with this. Why, on are you playing so close to the edge with a lead? Same as fourth down call.

[Rutnstrut]

I agree with this. Why, on are you playing so close to the edge with a lead? Same as fourth down call.

So play all out, but only sometimes? My dislike for Clay is no secret. But this was not a fuck up on his part. This is the result of the NFL over reach with its rules. It's a violent sport, that is part of the allure. If they keep taking that away the NFL will lose fans which means they lose money. That is all that they really care about so that is what it will take.

[Harlan Huckleby]

I think the play of the game was Rodgers hobbling to the sideline, shadowed by Barr. Barr was close enough to deliver a legal, punishing tackle at Rodgers legs (Rodgers is a runner there, I believe) but Barr pulled up and give him a light push out of bounds. Rodgers could easily have been lost.

[pbmax]

So play all out, but only sometimes? My dislike for Clay is no secret. But this was not a fuck up on his part. This is the result of the NFL over reach with its rules. It's a violent sport, that is part of the allure. If they keep taking that away the NFL will lose fans which means they lose money. That is all that they really care about so that is what it will take.

Discretion is the better part of valor. Tight game with lead, might be time for the 2 handed shove. Why risk giving them the time and field position they need to tie up the game?

[pbmax]

OK, this changes things:

Jason Wilde @jasonjwilde
Referee Tony Corrente told pool reporter @RobDemovsky that Matthews was flagged because, "when he hit the quarterback, he lifted him and drove him into the ground." Was not the new NFL rule about body weight on the QB. Watching this replay ... I don't see it.

He lifted off him before he hit the ground. He did not drive him into the ground.

[Harlan Huckleby]

clay "illegal hit"

https://twitter.com/Deadspin/status/1041430179988549633

[ThunderDan]

clay "illegal hit"

https://twitter.com/Deadspin/status/1041430179988549633

Clay should just be cut right now. That is 2 weeks in a row.

He sees Cousin throwing the ball. Just push him and don’t give the ref any reason to fuck up the call.

[Rastak]

OK, this changes things:

Jason Wilde @jasonjwilde
Referee Tony Corrente told pool reporter @RobDemovsky that Matthews was flagged because, "when he hit the quarterback, he lifted him and drove him into the ground." Was not the new NFL rule about body weight on the QB. Watching this replay ... I don't see it.

He lifted off him before he hit the ground. He did not drive him into the ground.

This shit is still lame.

They call this stuff for no reason.

[pbmax]

He doesn't leave his feet, he doesn't land on him. He puts a hand and one knee (then the other) on the ground before he falls on him.

[Harlan Huckleby]

He sees Cousin throwing the ball.

The last Matthews sees is Cousins with the ball cocked. He's one yard away moving full speed.
Matthews tackles him in the midsection just as ball is released.

Matthews had no chance to pull up there.

[Rastak]

LOL, he sure as shit landed on him. Still a bad call.

[Harlan Huckleby]

Matthews was a fraction of a second from disrupting that pass.

[pbmax]

LOL, he sure as shit landed on him. Still a bad call.

His shoulder was into Cousins. His hand and knees touched the ground. He didn't land on him with his full weight is what I was trying to establish.

I don't think either interpretation of the rules (driving him into ground, or landing with full weight) apply here.

[pbmax]

Tom Silverstein @TomSilverstein
QB Aaron Rodgers said he was very sore, not just his knee but several other places, including an eye that got poked early in the game. Said he intends to play next week just like he said he would play last week.

Clay Matthews on his roughing the QB penalty: , I don’t know what else to do. Did I put pressure on him? I thought I hit him within from his waist to chest, got my head across, put my hands down. To call it at that point in the game is just unbelievable."

More Matthews: "Last week, OK, shame on me. But this week, that’s unbelievable. You see how it changed the game. I know there’s an emphasis on protecting quarterbacks, but it’s gotten out of control." #Packers

The delay of game that followed the incompletion to Adams came because McCarthy was waiting for confirmation on whether it was a catch. "There was a lot of communication. We got stuck there," he said. #Packers

McCarthy said on the 2nd and 10 at the 2-minute warning, he wanted a TD: "We felt we needed to score. That’s the decision we needed to make at that point, we weren’t going to play for the field goal. Aaron got outside the pocket, he was clean. He had the shot there to Davante."

[Willard]

Matthews was a fraction of a second from disrupting that pass.

um, I think the pass was disrupted! Cuz could not follow through. Piss poor call.