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NFL 2015 Week 12 |OT| - A Fraud is Thankful
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dave is ok
aztek is ok
The offensive pass interference call might have been there worst officiating I've ever seen in an NFL game
lol wtf
gronk was the entire offense, it was obvious what was going to happen once they weren't able to move the ball through him.
EASTC0AST_GH05T
Member
Its all good lost allot of guys and 1 regular season game we will be back during the Playoffs. No excuses great win Broncos fans.
Starphoenix
Member
Do I even dare tune into First Take tomorrow?
You were either willfully blind or really insincere. The weaknesses of this team were obvious for weeks now.
I actually put you on ignore for the last week or so, a distinction you shared with only Bam Bam Baklava and Tabris. Gonna take you off now after the game is over.
slightconfuse
Banned
Pats still got Brady and Bellicheck.
Officerrob
Banned
First time watching the NFL?
EASTC0AST_GH05T
Member
Im starting earlier then that, Mike & Mike, WEEI and then First Take.
It was obvious what he was doing. I've already said it, if he couldn't see the weaknesses in the team, then he knows very little about football.
8 X 11 Printer Paper
Member
Why no Steelers Avvy?
Not even the worst call of the day. 49ers lost today because a routine sack was called roughing the passer. Overall, just a horrible day (season) for officiating. They are deciding outcomes every week and it sucks.
Why would u even tune in ever?
And the refs have been beyond terrible all year. They seriously need to re-evaluate them all.
1) fuck the Steelers
2) I don't know what to wear anymore. Maybe I'll just let Dega pick it
I'm so confused right now.
But the Eagles offense is awesome.
Packers still have Rodgers and still lost 4 of 5. There's a limit to what a few good core players can give you...
Starphoenix
Member
I get where Slay is coming from. The Pats are built to exploit Denver's aggressive D with their quick passes and slant routs. Nobody could have foreseen the injuries, or even the weather to a greater degree. Also helps that Bubba actually called a pretty good defensive game, which I wasn't sure if he could do, honestly.
lol "in bill we trust" only goes so far. It's possible things rebound if the injuries are minor as they seem, but it's going to have to play out just right, and they absolutely need that bye week.
Alligatorjandro
Banned
A practice squad player fumbling let he broncos back in the game. You can only do so much with backup players.
Maybe, but the people they relied on to run these exact routes (Lewis, Edelman, Amendola) have been dropping for weeks now. All they had left was Gronk.
That's fine.
For 3 Qtrs of the game, the Pats had it on lock. They were doing what they always do, and Broncos tipped toed the line of being put away. Really wasn't a close game, Pats just never finished them off and the Broncos snuck in the W.
I still think the OL doesn't matter much, if Edelman/Amendola are healthy. They'll just pass short like it's a run and move the chains.
The Eagles offense is like the Pats offense with Amendola, Edelman, and Gronk hurt, plus no Brady. But add DeMarco Murray and Miles Austin. At some point the system and scheme are crushed by awful talent
Umm... no the pats 3 quick out weapons were out for the game, that much we knew. Even if Dola was in, he's not what lewis or edelman were. The quick out game hasn't been there for the last 2 games and 3 quarters. Brady was getting hammered the last 2 weeks for that reason. The Line actually played really well tonight all things considered, the pats put up points I didn't expect them to at all, Hightower went out and they couldn't adjust given the lack of starting linebackers. The funny thing is the worst result of the injuries? That dumpster fire Harper out there fielding a punt in garbage weather when the game was all but over. He was in primetime, finally getting a chance to show his stuff, and that was the result lol.
Starphoenix
Member
Also, $10 says the Week 16 Steelers vs. Ravens SNF game gets flexed for Green Bay @ Arizona.
Nothing can top Seahawks blowing leads in 4th quarter (except today game)
The Albatross
Member
Yep, another week of terrible officiating. The Sunday night game is prime time, so calls like that O-PI and the very weak holding on a key smothering sack just stand out, but the whole day was packed with terrible calls... Just like last week.
I'd love to use that "whynotboth.gif" for why the NFL can't crack down on Tom Brady in the off-season and also train it's officials in the off season, but it's obvious that the NFL is incapable of doing both. Officiating has gotten worse and worse over the years, and during the 2014 playoffs two games where decided on really questionable calls (Lions loss and Cowboys loss on basically identical non-receptions), and yet, despite having these grave officiating questions... The NFL spends 6 months, hundred of millions of dollars, and a limitless measure of energy on a failed effort to suspend Tom Brady. Had they spent 6 months and hundreds of millions of dollars on referee training, or perhaps, paying and hiring full time refs who will accurately call a game and be held to some modicum of standards, then we wouldn't be having the shitty officiating that we've had this year.
Again, I'd love to say "whynotboth" to cracking down on Tom Brady and enforcing a high standard of officiating, but it's clear the NFL can't do both of those things.
EASTC0AST_GH05T
Member
Bionic attacked me in a Star Wars thread and cursed the Pats.
...okay?
The Albatross
Member
Seattle actually did blow a 4th quarter lead tonight too IIRC... BUt they managed to get it back on the next drive.
It absolutely should, but the NFL gets rock hard boners for intradivisional, irrelevant matchups.
Colts were able to put the Bucs game away today thanks to two calls extending one of the last drives. One was a holding call when there was zero holding. The other was hands to the face where the defender clearly had both hands on the offensive player's pads the entire time.
This salt is amazing.
Packers are going to have to show signs of life for that to be interesting.
Yeah, don't mind him. He's always like that. At least the Steelers lost.
8 X 11 Printer Paper
Member
Are we supposed to scold Bionic? He's a prophet who showed the world the greatness of Tebow, he's untouchable. And he can sue us.
We didn't come in 4th quarter with the lead. We scored 2 of them in 4th quarter where it mattered unlike other 5 games.
The Albatross
Member
Wait, you think the officiating has been good this year? I've complained about horrible officiating in almost every game, every thread, every week. Everybody has.
I don't think it's a tough ask to request that the NFL hire full time officials and have standards and performance reviews for games. My Junior high Math teacher is an NFL ref. He's in his 50s and was out drinking with us last weekend. He's still a junior high math teacher. The NFL makes enough money to pay 100 full time referees $100,000/year to focus on refereeing games.
timetokill
Banned
Delish
Sweeney Tom
Banned
My house burned down but I still have a wall and the doorknob
I'm kind of wondering if Squicken is on to something with letting Brady take some garbage deep shots. Once that started happening, the offense of the Pats went to hell.
Feels disrespectful like teams started doing to Manning, but he never overcame it because he couldn't make the throws with any consistency.
Probably won't carry forward because Belichick will adjust, but it's interesting.
Feels disrespectful like teams started doing to Manning, but he never overcame it because he couldn't make the throws with any consistency.
Probably won't carry forward because Belichick will adjust, but it's interesting.
Maybe if Brady hadn't been deflating footballs the NFL could have focused on fixing the officiating.
Not that it would have mattered as long as that clown Blandino is in charge, but yeah.
Alligatorjandro
Banned
No idea why they kept throwing deep to chandler. If you do that at least do it with Gronk. Some really questionable play band e at times.