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NFL 2017 Week 4 |OT| Taking a stand by taking a knee
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Lol I was thinking that this morning also.
Hickbilly Deluxe
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Man, that game was.... something else.
Oh btw YH I saw this last night:
Compared to Chip's 2015:
By every metric, the Eagles offense so far in 2017 is better than Chip's last year in 2015. So it happened
And meant to look into it but got sidetracked. But I was bored at work and decided to compare Pederson's 2017 so far:
Compared to Chip's 2015:
By every metric, the Eagles offense so far in 2017 is better than Chip's last year in 2015. So it happened
Martinski43
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Thursday Night Fuckball?
Hickbilly Deluxe
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Exactly!
Alligatorjandro
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Sunday fuckball is next
Pagusas
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To be fair, the sport is a lot harder to officiate than Baseball or many other sports. Also they turned some of the Ref's into full time employees now, which should help. But seriously, I would not want that job, hardest game ever to ref
It is weird, I've refereed before (not football) so I know being a ref is hard but the number of shockingly wrong decisions seems way too high.
Name a sport where fans are happy with the referees.
What I don't get is alot of these refs have been doing it for over a decade and still have issues....
Golf?
Boxing? UFC? I usually don't hear too much complaining about hockey refs at least in comparison to other sports.
I hate to sound ageist but I wonder how much age factors into some of these missed/bad calls. Isn't the average age of an NFL referee somewhere in the 50s?
Baseball still has the worst officials in sports when you have certain umpires who still think the game is about them (Joe West)
Rugby fans aren't generally too angry about the refereeing either. Obviously you get the occasional exception, but I feel like it's less often.
Plenty of complaining in Boxing and MMA most of it is due to Stoppages.
UFC refs get shit all the time, whether it be for early stoppages, or especially for late stoppages. Usually it's the newer guys you've never heard of before.
Then again, there are some veteran refs that are pretty much flawless every fight.
Fuck for a second I thought you meant BG and I was gonna immediately chalk this up at as a loss. I forgot Corey Graham is the backup safety
Ha should have specified.
Graham, Barnett, and Long were neutralized last week cause of the quick release pass attack by Eli. Interested to see how the Dline gets back on track. They need to pressure Rivers into throwing INTs, which he is prone to do.
Chargers run D is pretty bad so hopefully, Doug keeps calling plenty of run plays.
Yeah, the ball was getting out of Eli's hand incredibly quickly. Almost half a second faster than the rest of the league. It was a conservative game plan letting them rack up the short yards, but it was working till half the starters were out. Against Rivers I think he'll hold it longer and they'll get some sacks. And yeah, hopefully Doug continues to pound the ball, or at least Carson audible into them. Ingram and Bosa worry me, but the Eagles did well against JPP and Vernon. Hopefully with Wis being the starter the OL will start to settle. I don't think Seumalo was completely to blame, I just think he's a little small for a guard and Kelce is small for a center. Having them next to each other was a bad idea, but now Wis is next to Kelce.
Martinski43
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This SNF matchup seems very delightful.
Or not.
Or not.
yankeehater
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Still a lot of fottball left to be played this year but fine maybe dougies best offense will be slightly better then Chip's worst. yay
Even a blind squirrel will occasionally find a nut. I also like in that story how Howie went to Banner and Ried with this idea about a player that they could just pick up and both guys were like nah were good.
I have often said that Howie Roseman is our best player.
yankeehater
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I guess that explains why the franchise hasn't won a playoff game since they got stuck with him.
Hickbilly Deluxe
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Man, looking at the stats for last nights game is odd. Chicago had more yards,more first downs, higher time of possession, and few punts. Still got fucking crushed.
Turnovers are a bitch.
Turnovers are a bitch.
HarryDemeanor
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I'm in line at a Best Buy for the SNES Classic. Got a ticket for one. Is this doing it?
During a conversation about the Danny Trevathan hit someone brought up the dirty hit Warren Sapp put on Chad Clifton way back in the day. Even though I never thought Mike Sherman was a fantastic NFL coach, I'll always respect him for going out on the field and getting right in Sapp's face about it. Wish McCarthy would show some fire on that level once.
Best part of the whole Sapp/Sherman thing was how shook Sapp was that Sherman called him out over it.
Best part of the whole Sapp/Sherman thing was how shook Sapp was that Sherman called him out over it.
Alright then let's look a Chip's best year - 2013:
And again, Doug's numbers:
Better in Points/Game, Rushing Yards, and Total Offense. still worse in 1st Downs/Game, 3rd Down Eff., and TOP. So a better offense than Doug, but not insanely better.
Doug is a fine offensive mind and you wildly underrate him because you have the same irrational dislike for him that half of Philly seems to have. I'm not saying this offensive genius or one of the greatest coaches ever, but he's done alright for a second year coach. The offense is inconsistent but most of that is down to the execution since when you look at the film, there are players open, it's just either Wentz missing the throw or someone not hitting a running lane hard enough. He's shown adaptability and changing his scheme to get the best matchups. Yet all of that goes overlooked, and when he makes any mistake he gets torn to bits. All I'm saying is give him a chance. The players love playing for him, he can be creative, and I'd also note the team is very disciplined, especially compared to the Chip or later Andy years. A lot less flags nowadays. He could flame out, but right now the Eagles are in the driver's seat, 2-0 in the division and conference, and they've done it with various injuries to the defense, the strength of this team, the first two weeks. It's his second year and things are looking pretty good
A fair point, but the NFL and the NBA are the two leagues who are criticized the most and in both cases refs directly determine the outcome of games leading to increased criticism. Its especially egregious in the NFL where the game design has regular stoppages that allow for replay to get every single call correct easily if replay was used properly.
Not gonna lie, yeeeears ago I was disappointed when he changed positions from TightEnd. Coming out of the draft, after watching all those college highlights, I couldn't wait to see a 6' 340 TE running routes and running defenders over in the NFL.
He looked like a created character, to cheat a football game.
yankeehater
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I do not think my dislike for Doug is irrational at all. He got a job that he absolutely did not deserve and he has already bungled away multiple wins due to dumb decisions. I do agree that a lot of the hate directed towards him is due to how he speaks. It is awful listening to his press conferences. It is not Doug's fault that the eagles offered him the job, but until he is gone he is going to be the one who gets the majority or the anger. People didn't yell about Brahman all the time when he hired kotite, they directed their anger at Ritchie. That is just the way it goes.
Carson Wentz doing work. Donated $120k to help provide service dogs to people in need.
Named Week 3 NFLPA Community MVP
https://www.nflpa.com/news/philadelphia-s-carson-wentz-named-week-3-nflpa-community-mvp
Named Week 3 NFLPA Community MVP
https://www.nflpa.com/news/philadelphia-s-carson-wentz-named-week-3-nflpa-community-mvp
yankeehater
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Would we even be hearing this story if Peter's hadn't turned out to be good? Andy and Joe believed in Howie's opinion so little that they wouldn't even use a roster spot on a guy he said would be good. So congrats Howie you were right about Peters should we list all the players like Marcus Smith that he was totally wrong about?By "nut" you mean Hall of Fame LT.
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