Official Wild Card Weekend Thread

[pbmax]

Excited Phillip Rivers postgame is the best Phillip Rivers.

Makes Kirk Cousins look sleepy.

[Joemailman]

I like defense. Pinball scoring is boring.

I agree. If it's low scoring because both offenses suck, that's boring. But this is 2 really good defenses.

[Rastak]

That was a catch by logic and the new rule and a failure to recover a loose ball by the Eagles. Should have been first and goal Bears. Refs put thumb on scale for that one.

Brutal. But remember they fixed it.

100% agree. Not sure what goofy ruling they made up.

[Teamcheez1]

I like defense. Pinball scoring is boring.

I don't want to see games in the 40's and 50's, but 3 FG's in the first half is not football unless it was a bad weather game.

[Joemailman]

That was a catch by logic and the new rule and a failure to recover a loose ball by the Eagles. Should have been first and goal Bears. Refs put thumb on scale for that one.

Brutal. But remember they fixed it.

But if the original call was incomplete, there's no reason for a player to pick it up. If it wasn't called incomplete, then the ref who picked the ball up screwed up.

[Rastak]

I don't want to see games in the 40's and 50's, but 3 FG's in the first half is not football unless it was a bad weather game.

We'll have to agree to disagree. I recall a quote from Dick Butkus who was asked if ever wanted to play for another team and if I recall correctly he said he looked up at the scoreboard and the Vikings Packers was 2-0 on a safety and said he would have loved to be in that game.

[red]

this is messed up.

I don't think I've ever seen NO ONE recover the ball. Someone usually has the presence of mind to go pick it up!

well, when the ref is waving his arms and whistling the ball incomplete, why would a player think that they need to?

this whole weekend has been a really bad look at the officiating of the nfl. the networks all have former refs in the both to tell us what the calls should be, and they are just as clueless as the guys on the field

officiating is a joke. like WWE bad, which is why you here more and more people talk about how the NFL is rigged. a holding call here or there, or a non call, or a bad call on an incompletion can completely change the outcome of a game. and everyone will just think its normal.

it won't surprise me if someday in the near future we find out that the outcome of games (who wins or losses) was all decided beforehand

[Teamcheez1]

We'll have to agree to disagree. I recall a quote from Dick Butkus who was asked if ever wanted to play for another team and if I recall correctly he said he looked up at the scoreboard and the Vikings Packers was 2-0 on a safety and said he would have loved to be in that game.

And I would love to go back to watching games on small black and white tv's with no remote. No thanks.

[Rastak]

well, when the ref is waving his arms and whistling the ball incomplete, why would a player think that they need to?

this whole weekend has been a really bad look at the officiating of the nfl. the networks all have former refs in the both to tell us what the calls should be, and they are just as clueless as the guys on the field

officiating is a joke. like WWE bad, which is why you here more and more people talk about how the NFL is rigged. a holding call here or there, or a non call, or a bad call on an incompletion can completely change the outcome of a game. and everyone will just think its normal.

it won't surprise me if someday in the near future we find out that the outcome of games (who wins or losses) was all decided beforehand

Not sure I'd go that far......they just seem to have a propensity for fucking things up.

[Rastak]

And I would love to go back to watching games on small black and white tv's with no remote. No thanks.

LOL, well. we can't all be happy I guess.


edit: For the record, we got a color TV in 1967 as I recall.

[denverYooper]

Trubisky sure is limited. The Bears D is probably as good as Seattle's D from a few years back but Wilson was much, much better.

[Rastak]

Trubisky sure is limited. The Bears D is probably as good as Seattle's D from a few years back but Wilson was much, much better.

I would agree with that.

[red]

LOL, well. we can't all be happy I guess.


edit: For the record, we got a color TV in 1967 as I recall.

is that when you were heartbroken to find out your team wears a dark shade of pink?

seriously through, what is it was minnesota and purple and gold? first the lakers, then the queens, hell prince even sang about it. does purple hold a special meaning over on that side of the river?

[Rastak]

is that when you were heartbroken to find out your team wears a dark shade of pink?

seriously through, what is it was minnesota and purple and gold? first the lakers, then the queens, hell prince even sang about it. does purple hold a special meaning over on that side of the river?

No idea Red but it works for me.

[pbmax]

But if the original call was incomplete, there's no reason for a player to pick it up. If it wasn't called incomplete, then the ref who picked the ball up screwed up.

He left it alone until players went to sidelines.

Both Dungy and Harrison said they were taught to pick up any loose ball. Never let ref have it alone.