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Gnashville said:
Plays that lost it
Running the Football down their throats and decided to throw on 1st and goal got it Intercepted
3rd and inches and ran a stupid QB Sneak out of the Shotgun then everyone knew Henry was getting the ball on 4th and got stuffed.
Just stupid play calling all game and the Defense played good enough to win.
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That actually sounds like the Packers game. They ran the ball up the middle twice in a row for no yards. In the set of downs before, they did that once, so that made 3 runs for nothing up the middle in 7 plays. What is the definition of insanity?

Couldn't the Packers try running off tackle or throw a short pass to a back instead?
 
adsfan said:
My wife turned on the Buffalo - KC game. She is hoping for 1 more upset!
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Personally I hope they beat the crap out of each other. I'm pulling for the Bungles now. I really think Burrow could be the next Brady, or at least the next Manning. Hopefully he doesnt end up the next Marino.
 
drwpreds said:
Has to be the best weekend of football in NFL history. All 4 games were walk off wins.

After 3 incredibly dramatic games, Bills/Chiefs was even better- has to be one of the best playoff games of all time.
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2 scores in 14 seconds is ridiculous.
 
drwpreds said:
Has to be the best weekend of football in NFL history. All 4 games were walk off wins.

After 3 incredibly dramatic games, Bills/Chiefs was even better- has to be one of the best playoff games of all time.
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And the most aggravating way for a game to end, the rules have to change for OT. There is no way a game should end like that basically on the flip of a coin. Both teams have to get one chance to score. Period. Exclamation point!
 
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Seems like the Titans really blew their best window these last few seasons. There are so many good young QBs in the AFC now it’s going to be even more of a gauntlet than before. Mahomes, Allen, Burrow, Jackson and Herbert all aren’t going anywhere and Henry is just getting more and more wear and tear. I have no idea how the NFL salary cap works so don’t know if this is possible but it kind of feels like they should go all in on getting Rodgers or Wilson.
 
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PredsV82 said:
Personally I hope they beat the crap out of each other. I'm pulling for the Bungles now. I really think Burrow could be the next Brady, or at least the next Manning. Hopefully he doesnt end up the next Marino.
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As a Titans fan I'm hoping he is pretty much the next Marino... but I'm ok with him winning 1 super bowl.
 
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Speaking of being a Titans fan...

This was a really tough weekend. It was likely the absolute best weekend of divisional round NFL ball I can remember but the Titans loss really downgrades it (for me). Not sure I've felt this down about the team before and to top it off I see no reason to be optimistic that anything will be better next season. This team went through a lot of adversity throughout the season and still managed to go through one of the toughest stretches in NFL history during the regular season, amidst historic roster churn due to injury, and still managed to come out as the 1 seed. During that historic stretch they took down the Bills, the Chiefs, and the Rams, over the course of 4 weeks. They absolutely throttled the Chiefs and the Rams. They even beat the 49ers towards the end of the season.

The early 00s losses were tough. The Kerry Collins year was tough (thanks again Crumpler and White!). But this one just felt like it might be different. When Henry went down the hope was he would be back for the playoffs. Not only was Henry back but after all of the injuries they finally entered the post season completely healthy. Everything was aligned.

I just don't see how it will be as good, much less better, next season.
 
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FossilFndr said:
And the most aggravating way for a game to end, the rules have to change for OT. There is no way a game should end like that basically on the flip of a coin. Both teams have to get one chance to score. Period. Exclamation point!
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Oh yes- don't get me started on the OT rule- COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS. I can't believe so many defend it or seem to be ok with it. The argument that "if you don't like it, just play defense"?? Could not disagree more. By that logic you could have this kind of rule in any sport- can you imagine if other sports did this??:

Baseball- if a team scores in top of 10th- game over- the other team does not get to bat. Anyone ok with that?? You can use that same "play defense" argument here- just pitch and play defense and you'll get to bat again, right??
Basketball- imagine if we did a coin flip to determine who gets first possession, and if you hit a 3 on that possession game is over- other team gets no possession. Again, you can always say, "all you got to do is stop them"
I know those comparisons are apples to oranges and both of those scenarios sound completely ridiculous- but it is the same basic logic as the NFL rule.

But what really makes it completely stupid is the solution is so simple- if team scores TD on opening possession, other team gets ONE possession to match it (or even win it on 2 point conversion). If they tie the game, then next score wins. You could just make that a playoffs only rule if you want- why is that not the rule? why would anyone have a problem with that?? It is a million times better than what we have now.
 
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I like the way they have it now. I didn't like it when a team could win the coin toss then win the game on a 55 yard field goal without the other team having a chance but they fix that.

If a touchdown isn't good enough to win in overtime where does it end? You want that stupid shit they do in college football? If you lose the coin toss go out there and limit them to a field goal and you get a chance to win the game.
 
I saw a proposal I could live with that would have been great last night. The only change to current rule is if team scores a td in their opening drive.

Team 1: Scores a td. Must kick a pat.
Team 2: Scores a td. Must go for 2 unless team 1 failed on pat.

Now both could potentially miss a pat but I would rather roll the dice on that vs what I saw last night.
 
nine_inch_fang said:
I like the way they have it now. I didn't like it when a team could win the coin toss then win the game on a 55 yard field goal without the other team having a chance but they fix that.

If a touchdown isn't good enough to win in overtime where does it end? You want that stupid shit they do in college football? If you lose the coin toss go out there and limit them to a field goal and you get a chance to win the game.
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I posted my solution above

If team scores TD on opening possession, other team gets ONE possession to match it (or even win it on 2 point conversion). If they tie the game, then it becomes sudden death and next score wins. Last night, KC scores and goes up 7. Bills then get a possession and score TD. They can either kick XP and THEN it is sudden death, or if they want to avoid giving ball back to KC in a sudden death situation they can go for 2 to win game.

Why would anyone have a problem with that?? Such a simple solution. It is a million times better than what we have now.

Saw a note this morning that the team that wins coin flip is 10-1 in last 11 OT playoff games. So the coin flip is the #1 factor in deciding the game- that is stupid.
 
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I think the OT rules are fine for regular season but in the playoffs I think you just play another defined amount of time, either a quarter or 10 min or whatever.
 
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I'd be down for a punt, pass, and kick competition to decide who wins. Although the Chiefs still would have won since Andy Reid can wreck those kids.



In seriousness I'm not sure you can really make OT fair in football just because of the nature of the beast, but it is really unsatisfying for the Bills offense not to get a chance to respond there.
 
Make it untimed. If the first team scores a TD, skip the point after and kick off. If the second team scores a TD to tie, then teams alternate 2 point conversions until someone wins. Or same thing if they both kick FGs, I guess.

Basically college, but without the 25 yard line gimmick, and with sudden death after both teams have a possession.
 
I love the fact that David Ortiz made the BHOF but sport writer and announcer politics have killed baseball to me, more than ownership vs player greed, more than shitposting, and more than overall greed.
 
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To Tom Brady,

Thanks for the banners. I'd say enjoy retirement but you have Giselle, multiple homes, millions, etc

Signed,

A big Fat Pats fan.
 
Anyone who's considering coming out here for Spring Training this year, may I suggest something?

Don't.

For two reasons: 1. the C-19 cases in-state have yet to plateau, and 2. there probably ain't gonna be an MLB season, let alone Spring Training.
 
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I dont follow MLB closely enough to know but what is the issue that's going to keep things hung up? Are the owners looking for a hard cap?
 
PredsV82 said:
I dont follow MLB closely enough to know but what is the issue that's going to keep things hung up? Are the owners looking for a hard cap?
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Cliffnotes:

* MLB and MLBPA fighting over 100 M for min. salaries

* 3rd party arb. requested

* MLBPA trying to move up vet FA
 
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