More Banjo: Week 2 versus Vikings

[Zool]

This is pretty much how I feel. With so many missed opportunities to win despite the poor officiating, there is something unseemly about getting too upset.

Same. They played some shitty D in the 4th and kicked 3 FGs

[beveaux1]

The defense doesn't look noticeably different from last year before Rodgers' injury. We just can't get off the field at crunch time. That's why Rodgers was forced to attempt 2 throws into the endzone with less than 2 minutes left in regulation.

After the poor call on Matthews, the Vikings scored a TD, 2 point conversion, medium length FG attempt in OT, and short FG attempt in OT. We missed a medium to long FG attempt, and then nothing. Their defense was there in OT, ours wasn't.

We outplayed them for 3/4 of the game, they strongly outplayed us the last 1/4 with the game on the line. If not for a rookie FG kicker that looked like he belonged on the Browns and a 3rd year receiver that couldn't catch anything, we lose.

[pbmax]

Packers suffered from a classic M3 problem late on offense. He doesn't like calling things they haven't repped during the week and with an injured Rodgers, the call sheet was sparse.

As has been the case frequently since the great offensive slowdown in 2014, their wrinkles are mostly limited to throwing a pass behind the LOS.

He did run a couple of bunches and one slant. But until Rodgers is healthy, this offense will continue to suffer stalling.

[Fritz]

Packers suffered from a classic M3 problem late on offense. He doesn't like calling things they haven't repped during the week and with an injured Rodgers, the call sheet was sparse.

As has been the case frequently since the great offensive slowdown in 2014, their wrinkles are mostly limited to throwing a pass behind the LOS.

He did run a couple of bunches and one slant. But until Rodgers is healthy, this offense will continue to suffer stalling.

Where, oh where, are the classic slants? Almost impossible to stop, usually good for at least five or six yards.

[pbmax]

Well I guess there will not be an apology forthcoming.

Rob Demovsky @RobDemovsky
As @TomPelissero said, the NFL is not only saying Clay Matthews’ hit was a penalty but it’s going to be used as teaching tool for what not to do.

“The technique of grabbing the passer from behind the leg or legs, scooping and pulling in an upward motion, is a foul.”

[Zool]

Tackling a QB is a foul. Looking at a QB with menace or malice is a foul. Any man caught looking at a QB spends a night in the box.

[pbmax]

has not been a stellar season for the safeties.

Rob Demovsky @RobDemovsky
Reviewing the game film from GB-Minn on the 75-yard TD to Diggs, Kentrell Brice had the middle of the field so Davon House (who has everything from the numbers to the boundary) was not supposed to be 1-on-1. As @CFD22 said on the broadcast, Brice didn't ID that properly.

[mraynrand]

has not been a stellar season for the safeties.

Rob Demovsky @RobDemovsky
Reviewing the game film from GB-Minn on the 75-yard TD to Diggs, Kentrell Brice had the middle of the field so Davon House (who has everything from the numbers to the boundary) was not supposed to be 1-on-1. As @CFD22 said on the broadcast, Brice didn't ID that properly.

I don't care what people here say, Davis and Burkhardt are a good broadcasting duo. The production of the game was under par, but they are better than Troy and Joe.

[MadScientist]

Well I guess there will not be an apology forthcoming.

Rob Demovsky @RobDemovsky
As @TomPelissero said, the NFL is not only saying Clay Matthews’ hit was a penalty but it’s going to be used as teaching tool for what not to do.

“The technique of grabbing the passer from behind the leg or legs, scooping and pulling in an upward motion, is a foul.”

The NFL needs to learn physics. Clay hit him right at the waist with his arm and shoulder. That will cause the torso to bend down and the legs to lift up slightly. The motion of both going to the ground caused Clay's feet to leave the ground. It isn't physically possible to play fast and not have that happen. If Clay started to stand up after he hit and then jumped to land with his full weight, then yeah that would have been clear roughing, but none of that happened.

I'm all for eliminating egregious hits, especially on the QB, but surrender and call it flag football if this is roughing.

[Fosco33]

Right. Pick and scoop seems pretty obvious - even in real speed. That was not.

Why can’t we go back to when a catch and a tackle made sense. Pretty soon a fg will be a controversy. Then what’s left to fuck up?

[QBME]

Right. Pick and scoop seems pretty obvious - even in real speed. That was not.

Why can’t we go back to when a catch and a tackle made sense. Pretty soon a fg will be a controversy. Then what’s left to fuck up?

Coin flip?

[pbmax]

Coin flip?

Tripplette already checked that off the list. :

[pbmax]

Right. Pick and scoop seems pretty obvious - even in real speed. That was not.

Why can’t we go back to when a catch and a tackle made sense. Pretty soon a fg will be a controversy. Then what’s left to fuck up?

The NFL needs to learn physics. Clay hit him right at the waist with his arm and shoulder. That will cause the torso to bend down and the legs to lift up slightly. The motion of both going to the ground caused Clay's feet to leave the ground. It isn't physically possible to play fast and not have that happen. If Clay started to stand up after he hit and then jumped to land with his full weight, then yeah that would have been clear roughing, but none of that happened.

I'm all for eliminating egregious hits, especially on the QB, but surrender and call it flag football if this is roughing.

From this angle, you can see what Morelli saw. Matthews has one arm around the waist but the other is around a leg. As soon as Cousins went (slightly) into the air, it was going to be a flag. But the problem is the legacy rule. Matthews wasn't close to injuring the QB. He pulled off the tackle by the time they hit the ground. Apparently this kind of hit is called "burping" the QB. But with the other two rules, driving them into the turf and landing with full weight, I am not sure you need this one. If Matthews grabs that leg and lands on him full force OR tries to plant his shoulder into the turf, you call him on the new rules.

[esoxx]

Well I guess there will not be an apology forthcoming.

Rob Demovsky @RobDemovsky
As @TomPelissero said, the NFL is not only saying Clay Matthews’ hit was a penalty but it’s going to be used as teaching tool for what not to do.

“The technique of grabbing the passer from behind the leg or legs, scooping and pulling in an upward motion, is a foul.”

So shocking to see the league double down on this idiocy. "teaching tool for what not to do."

RIP NFL

[pbmax]

And then two heroes emerged, each riding a brilliant white charger: