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NFL 2015 Divisional |OT| - A Fraud Divided
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Cornbread78
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Well, at least it should be OK, I'm so glad Simms-Nantz are not there to glab over the Chiefs the whole time. I'm sure Nantz would talk more about deflated balls and spy cams in front of 80K people.
Since is declared by the CBS brass that the Manning HGH thing is a complete non-story, (have fun with your A team broadcast job next year Manning) Pitt fans can listen to those two fawn over Manning the entire night. Have fun with that..
Alligatorjandro
Banned
I did
He's not going to be suspended for the hit. He's going to be suspended because he did that hit after a season of:
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No. You and BillyGhost would just snort all the profits!
8 X 11 Printer Paper
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Your the damn Mascot, you don't get to work in the front office.
I hope so. That'd be amazing
It's the matchup no Panther's fan wanted, but the team needed. I could see us coming out a little rusty or even unfocused if it was Washington, but Seattle will bring out our best effort from the jump. The key will be our running game with Stewart, vs theirs without Lynch. I think that gives us the edge in this game and will allow us to control the clock, sustain drives, and ultimately move on to the NFCCG.
I thought it went to Burfict?
It's the NFL, they do as they please. It will be up to Burfict to bring it up during an appeal.
Pretty crazy weekend of games. Also generally a very low quality of play - I'm glad Roger has his priorities straight though.
You know who should be thanking Blair Walsh? Kam Chancellor - who got taken advantage of on that final drive similar to how he was down the stretch in the Super Bowl.
Noone from Cincy should be saying a god damn thing. They totally threw that game away. The only criticism I would have of the officiating is that the Unnecessary Roughness penalty they called on the Cincy player in the first half was very similar to the Shazier play which they didn't call. I think it's just so much more visible and dramatic when it takes place on long passes down the middle, but the mechanics of the play by the rulebook seemed the same to me. This inconsistency must be infuriating for defensive players.
I never bought into the Skins nor Cousins - they're going to pay way too much money to hitch their wagon to a middling QB and it is so predictable. Not buying the Pack either - think they go down fairly easily at Arizona. Panthers-Seahawks should be a dogfight - Vegas clearly agrees. Toughest opponent that Carolina could have drawn, IMO.
KC is good, but I'm pretty comfortable with the Pats given that the early injury reports look pretty positive. I think KC will have to put up 25+ and I'm not sure they can with limited offensive weapons, unless the Patriots make big, game-changing mistakes on offense. Weather in Foxboro looks like it could be a factor - I would love a snow playoff game but they're not sure it'll be cold enough.
You know who should be thanking Blair Walsh? Kam Chancellor - who got taken advantage of on that final drive similar to how he was down the stretch in the Super Bowl.
Noone from Cincy should be saying a god damn thing. They totally threw that game away. The only criticism I would have of the officiating is that the Unnecessary Roughness penalty they called on the Cincy player in the first half was very similar to the Shazier play which they didn't call. I think it's just so much more visible and dramatic when it takes place on long passes down the middle, but the mechanics of the play by the rulebook seemed the same to me. This inconsistency must be infuriating for defensive players.
I never bought into the Skins nor Cousins - they're going to pay way too much money to hitch their wagon to a middling QB and it is so predictable. Not buying the Pack either - think they go down fairly easily at Arizona. Panthers-Seahawks should be a dogfight - Vegas clearly agrees. Toughest opponent that Carolina could have drawn, IMO.
KC is good, but I'm pretty comfortable with the Pats given that the early injury reports look pretty positive. I think KC will have to put up 25+ and I'm not sure they can with limited offensive weapons, unless the Patriots make big, game-changing mistakes on offense. Weather in Foxboro looks like it could be a factor - I would love a snow playoff game but they're not sure it'll be cold enough.
Cornbread78
Member
There are more than 10,000 homicides every year in this country.
It is pretty reasonable to assume that the Pats have to be responsible for at least half of them.
I agree with the part that he was going in with the attention of blowing him up, but I don't agree that he went after his head. I think in realtime it wouldn't have been hard for him to stop or pull up. Also at the same time, let's say he assumes that the other Bengal player was going to make the tackle and does have time to pull up. If the tackle is missed and Brown catches that ball, with his speed, Brown could take that in to the house.
Messed up hit for sure, but I lean closer to it being just one of those bang, bang players. I don't think he would intentionally try to decapitate the man.
Burfict would totally try to decapitate a man or ruin a career. I have no doubts about this.
Purple Cheeto
Member
The CFL seems to be composed of third tier college QBs from America.
The league, sooner or later, are going to have to make penalties reviewable. Even de facto reviewable like pass interference on a tipped ball.
Refs were too visible this season, and no one has faith in their calls. Some penalties will be harder to review than others. Defenseless receiver would be one of the simpler to take on, because you can review whether the player turned into a runner by the time the contact came. Holding or PI though? Probably nothing you can do there.
Refs were too visible this season, and no one has faith in their calls. Some penalties will be harder to review than others. Defenseless receiver would be one of the simpler to take on, because you can review whether the player turned into a runner by the time the contact came. Holding or PI though? Probably nothing you can do there.
Would you believe me if I said I wanted Matt to get hit a lot, but not out of the game?
WesternHeretic
Member
You guys think anyone will ever reach 4 straight SB like the Bills did again?
PanicFreak
Member
And then we are back to the point where we were before the NFL eliminated replay all together.
To be fair every QB in this draft is to some extent.
Wouldn't that make him the best qb in Texans history?
That's not bad
Still not as bad as Shazier making Bernard kiss his crown, literally...
Please avenge me on Saturday, Kiritobread!!
Still not as bad as Shazier making Bernard kiss his crown, literally...
Why do people keep using this as a response? It was an illegal hit, and should have been flagged (and fined). Was he purposely trying to kill the guy with helmet to helmet? Possibly, but he's had a less than a season and a half of play under his belt. He's still young, so it's difficult to say whether it was bad form from a young player or malicious in nature. The difference between Shazier and Burfict's situation, and the reason people are after the latter - is the fact that he's a repeat offender many times over. He lost his right to getting the benefit of the doubt.
No one will ever overtake TJ Yates. EVER!
Still not as bad as Shazier making Bernard kiss his crown, literally...
Exactly and as I pointed out during the game this is far dirtier than Burfict's hit.
As an NFL fan you have to realize the speed of the game moves far slower than a LB tackling a RB on a check down as opposed to a WR running a full route then colliding with a defender.
A running back catching a ball out of a check down is so much easier to read, and develops far more slowly, so Shaizer knew what he was doing.
Giovani Bernard had no momentum, and would've gotten tackled one way or another. As a defensive end or linebacker it's such an easy play to make.
Then I'd be 6'8-6'9 Brock Osweiller status and not a defensive end.
No way a player can play after such a vicious and dirty hit by Corona Centaniall HS player like Burfict.
Burfict is a thug, Pacman Jones is a thug and the Pittsburgh Steelers organization is absolutely not at fault for anything that went on in the game.
The Steelers, like the Packers, are a classy organization and would never resort to purposely injuring other players or faking injuries.
No way in hell Antonio Brown plays after that hit from "thug" Vontaze Burfict especially considering the current concussion protocol.
Sure.
I guess I've just seen alot more of him than the others.
I hope he works out. I'm afraid since the class is so weak if anyone drafts him high, they'll rush him and out and it will all be over.
Cornbread78
Member
Both were thug plays, period. However, don't throw in he doesn't know proper form and how not to spear, especially in the head. It's not like he started playing defense last week and is learning how to tackle. His celebration afterwards was gross...
What celebration?
Sweeney Tom
Banned
Without a doubt the most affected I've been about a celebrity death, for numerous reasons.
This is the saddest I've been about one, because it was David Fucking Bowie. It was genuinely hard to not find at least one song of his you loved, and there aren't many musicians in general throughout history with that wide a reach. He made me, and countless other people who heard his music, feel normal. As was said in the Frisky eulogy, "Bowie convinced me that being isolated and afraid and most of all weird made me a normal, feeling human being."
It's bittersweet that he made this album, and the Lazarus music video, knowing it was his last masterpiece. He got to see it released, on his birthday, to mass love and praise. And I like to think the universe wouldn't let him go until after it gave him that last big thank you he deserved.
In closing:
@roseveleth
Today, in honor of David Bowie, please take a little time to work on that weird thing you secretly create, whatever it is. He'd want you to.
This is the saddest I've been about one, because it was David Fucking Bowie. It was genuinely hard to not find at least one song of his you loved, and there aren't many musicians in general throughout history with that wide a reach. He made me, and countless other people who heard his music, feel normal. As was said in the Frisky eulogy, "Bowie convinced me that being isolated and afraid and most of all weird made me a normal, feeling human being."
It's bittersweet that he made this album, and the Lazarus music video, knowing it was his last masterpiece. He got to see it released, on his birthday, to mass love and praise. And I like to think the universe wouldn't let him go until after it gave him that last big thank you he deserved.
In closing:
@roseveleth
Today, in honor of David Bowie, please take a little time to work on that weird thing you secretly create, whatever it is. He'd want you to.
You might want to get your eyes checked. He celebrated the fact that the Steelers won the challenge and were awarded the fumble recovery - on the sideline and a long time after the initial hit. Which is in stark contrast to Burfict, who celebrates tearing someone's MCL right after seeing them lay on the ground in agony.
Such a brutal and purposeful hit by Burfict.
Antonio Brown was knocked out, no way in hell he can come back 6 days later after going through concussion protocol.
Oh......
Combine that with the fact Adam Jones is saying Antonio Brown faked the injury and winked at him as he got up, which I believe, combined with the body language.
And Steeler fans want to criticize Patriots fans?
If Antonio Brown plays this weekend:
LOL
:jnc
If you want to bring up a Vontaze Burfict suspension then Joey Porter should not coach next week nor should Mike Mularkey, Moke Munchack or whatever his real name is and that's real talk.
The Bengals got fucked.
Antonio Brown was knocked out, no way in hell he can come back 6 days later after going through concussion protocol.
Oh......
Combine that with the fact Adam Jones is saying Antonio Brown faked the injury and winked at him as he got up, which I believe, combined with the body language.
And Steeler fans want to criticize Patriots fans?
If Antonio Brown plays this weekend:
LOL
:jnc
If you want to bring up a Vontaze Burfict suspension then Joey Porter should not coach next week nor should Mike Mularkey, Moke Munchack or whatever his real name is and that's real talk.
The Bengals got fucked.
tiggerkiddo
Member
Drat, Panthers/Seattle game is on 11am here
I agree with you that there is also no defense for Shazier's hit.
The refs fucked up and if they had called that correctly and the Bungles scored there and went on to win he could have been the goat today instead of Burfict.
I think it is obvious that Burfict is in the conversation for dirtiest player in the league. I won't go into which hit was dirtier in the game, they were both dirty and I can't believe the refs didn't call the Shazier play along with many other dirty plays from both teams. I will say that Burfict's play was unquestionably stupider. The idiot had just won the game wit his INT and they may still have won with Ben being in total gimp mode if he could just ignore his instinct to murder Brown. If he pulls up I seriously question whether or not we make enough plays to get into FG range. Instead he gifts us the game. One of the dumbest plays ever.
Some are saying Brown is going to pass the protocol with ease.
He's in it, but from what the sounds of it he's going to play.
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