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[mraynrand]

Can't wait to see him miss a potential game-winning kick against the Pack in game two. Then the Vikes cut him, and trade another pick for another kicker.

Someone is gonna sign Chris Blewitt. It may as well be the Vikings. Just so long and the Packers don't sign Shane K. Wideright.

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@AdamSchefter
On a conference-call tonight with reporters, Colts’ GM Chris Ballard said Andrew Luck's calf strain has turned into a high-ankle issue.

I enjoyed his time here on Earth. At the rate this goes with Indianapolis, Luck will be on life support by November. I hope his Mother gets all those letter from the battle campaign.

[mraynrand]

@AdamSchefter
On a conference-call tonight with reporters, Colts’ GM Chris Ballard said Andrew Luck's calf strain has turned into a high-ankle issue.

I enjoyed his time here on Earth. At the rate this goes with Indianapolis, Luck will be on life support by November. I hope his Mother gets all those letter from the battle campaign.

Injury Prone! Replace him while you can!

[pbmax]

I just realized something. Bears hired Chuck Pagano to replace Vic Fangio as DC. Fangio ran a Capers based defense with a matchup zone coverage in the back.

Pagano comes from the Rex Ryan/Mike Pettine school, which is pressure based and man coverage.

Bears going to look a little different this year.

That plus some regression to the mean: https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2...e-reasons-why/

[QBME]

I just realized something. Bears hired Chuck Pagano to replace Vic Fangio as DC. Fangio ran a Capers based defense with a matchup zone coverage in the back.

Pagano comes from the Rex Ryan/Mike Pettine school, which is pressure based and man coverage.

Bears going to look a little different this year.

That plus some regression to the mean: https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2...e-reasons-why/

Prolly jumping the gun, but I'm a bit worried about the opener. Bears defense appears to be formidable this season, roster is incredibly strong, except for Ha Ha. Pagano has most all of the players he needs.

The only unknown is Trubisky.

[pbmax]

I have survived the in the grasp rule. I survived TD celebrations*, their outlawing, and their revival. I surviving sack dances*, their outlawing and the relaxation of rules. I survived the taunting rule.

I survived the tuck rule. I survived going to the ground. I survived the Calvin Johnson ruling and its repeal by a panel of former WRs. I survived Bert Emanuel's non-catch. I survived the emphasis of no contact on the QB and the ignoring of it in the Cardinals playoff game. I enjoyed that Karma being paid off in the Detroit Rick Rodgers Hail Mary (setup by a pretty brutal flag on a barely hit to the QB).

I survived the reviewed fumble non-fumble of Jerry Rice. I survived the limited rule agains crack back blocks and the rule against combo cut blocks.

But I am not going to survive offensive PI called on this play. And then upheld by the replay review.

https://twitter.com/SharpFootball/status/1162185411281719297

* As a rule, if you find someone against both elaborate TD celebrations AND sack dances, you should ignore everything else that person advocates.

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https://twitter.com/ProFootballTalk/status/1162199229416255488

And this is the other side of it. Moaning that obvious pass interference isn't pass interference because they had to go to slo mo replay.

If you want the game reffed that way, then be against slomo replay entirely.

[ThunderDan]

https://twitter.com/ProFootballTalk/...99229416255488

And this is the other side of it. Moaning that obvious pass interference isn't pass interference because they had to go to slo mo replay.

If you want the game reffed that way, then be against slomo replay entirely.

On the plus side, you can only challenge 3 plays a game if you win the first 2.

After 2 preseason games I am wondering if this use of replay challenges might be the one that went too far.

[mraynrand]

Need another installment of the (ask) Referee Bill Pitman show.

https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-l...eferee/2877573

"Are you totally blind, or just legally blind?"
"Were you watching a different game while you were officiating?"
"Do you find it helpful to keep your head up your rear end?"
"It seems as though you were retarded on that play"
"Is there any history in your family of blackouts or hallucinations or fits of dementia?"
"What's in your head, since there's no brain? Is it empty or is it filled with human excrement?"

[pbmax]

On the plus side, you can only challenge 3 plays a game if you win the first 2.

After 2 preseason games I am wondering if this use of replay challenges might be the one that went too far.

Honestly, if the review results made more sense than the on-field officials, I'd be OK with the delay. But why wait five minutes for additional stupidity?

Ol' Rodger governs by press release. The head referee seems to govern through intricate, fractal codicils, that wind around each other in a fascinating but non-predictable pattern.

Worse than that are reporters who bleat about how something should be reviewed then bleat about how they are reviewing details too hard.

[mraynrand]

But I am not going to survive offensive PI called on this play. And then upheld by the replay review.

https://twitter.com/SharpFootball/status/1162185411281719297

I can't imagine it getting any worse than this, but I suppose they'll try. The Redskins conspiracy theorists were to in full force following this one.

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I can't imagine it getting any worse than this, but I suppose they'll try. The Redskins conspiracy theorists were to in full force following this one.

Its the only instance I know of where I felt sympathy for Jay Gruden.

[pbmax]

The NFL has explained the call. It was not a flag for the jump ball, but a push off on the 50 that caused the separation. I don't know about the timing. Does seem late for the push off but would be VERY early for the jump ball action.

https://twitter.com/NFLOfficiating/status/1162408008535744512

[mraynrand]

The NFL has explained the call. It was not a flag for the jump ball, but a push off on the 50 that caused the separation. I don't know about the timing. Does seem late for the push off but would be VERY early for the jump ball action.

https://twitter.com/NFLOfficiating/s...08008535744512

Using v=1/2at^2, the flag that comes into the picture was thrown almost simultaneously as when the downfield contact occurred, indicating that the flag was being thrown for an earlier infraction.

[pbmax]

Using v=1/2at^2, the flag that comes into the picture was thrown almost simultaneously as when the downfield contact occurred, indicating that the flag was being thrown for an earlier infraction.

Is that the Ideal Gas Law?