Captain Caveman

Hey, if he gets fired we get to watch Gregg Williams flail for 3/4 of a season.

It's kind of ironic how often they're getting called out for being "selfish" as the violation occurred while attending a teammate's charity event for a great cause. I don't necessarily disagree (I'd probably call it stupid rather than selfish) but it just strikes me as funny.

It's good to see that players can be suspended, but baffling to me that the punishment comes from "The Club" if I'm reading it right. Would the Raiders under any circumstances suspend Derek Carr and how many other players for this week? The League needs to step in and hold people accountable in a real way.

They then suspended players that violated the rules, and wound up with very few rules violations (the most notable being a player who had outside contact with 1 person.) If the NFL were going to take it as seriously, every Raider who was at that event would be suspended for two weeks (and longer for any players who eventually test positive.)

Yeah, that's kind of my point. They took it more seriously from the beginning. Also they had severe punishment when players didn't follow the rules. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-nba/rockets-forward-house-ejected-from-nba-bubble-for-unauthorized-guest-idUSKBN26232H

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2020/09/29/raiders-fail-to-wear-masks-at-public-event-potentially-putting-them-in-hot-water/ It doesn't mention suspension as a possible penalty unfortunately. The NBA took this stuff seriously, and that's why they were able to play a full season. If the NFL doesn't (take it seriously) they won't (have a full season.) They also just had this in the news a day earlier. https://sports.yahoo.com/report-nfl-investigating-raiders-for-violating-covid-19-protocols-144124035.html C'mon Raiders, get your ***** together.

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2020/09/29/raiders-fail-to-wear-masks-at-public-event-potentially-putting-them-in-hot-water/ Hmm, I wonder if there could be any ramifications for Sunday?

In prior seasons the home team gets a 3 point advantage. It's probably a little less this year without fans in the stands, but there's still the disadvantage of travel, etc... (especially for the Rams who were on their second cross country trip in as many weeks.) So If the Bills were favored by 3 (it ended up being 2 by gametime) in that game it means Vegas had them actually around even if the game were to be played at a neutral site. The Bills are again favored by 3, but this points the Raiders are being given 3 points for being the home team. So if it were a neutral site it'd be 6 points (and the difference between Rams / Raiders would be 6 points.) A 6 point spread in the NFL is healthy.

1. I think you've covered the list. Maybe one other would be Duplicate Topics, Bad / Misleading Topic Titles, or opening new topics during games? 2. Politics / COIV-19 = 3, Inappropriate Language = 2 points, Abusive Behavior = 5 points, Inappropriate Avatar = account locked until Avatar changed, repeat offender would be 5 points, Topic Bumping. = 1, Duplicate Topics, Bad / Misleading Topic Titles = 1 point for first offense, 3 for repeat offenses One question (I don't have an answer) would be how to handle a single post that breaks multiple rules (eg a Political post on the football board that uses inappropriate language in an abusive way - does that add up to 10 points using the sample point values I gave above?) I don't have an answer but I think it would be good to have it documented how a case like this would be treated. 3. Consequences - I'd start with removing posting access (maybe for 2 weeks or a month?) and go from there. 4. I'd suggest points should expire after 6 months, but it also might be nice for the Mods (and poster) if possible to see the total history of points for a user so they have context when making decisions. 5. IMO we're not really owed anything like this, especially if the rules are simple, layed out in writing and enforced consistently. If you wanted to entertain appeals I feel like it would either be up to a vote among Moderators or just a review by yourself (but honestly it just seems like extra work on yourself or Mods to appease people being whiny.)

Darnold's unlikely to go someplace where he doesn't feel like he has a chance to earn a starting spot (eventually.)

Huh, what's Derek Carr doing with Paulie Bleeker?

The league seems to be calling Offensive holding less (https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/29892284/nfl-week-1-holding-calls-78-percent-compared-2019-season) focusing on "clear and obvious penalties (https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2020/09/21/nfl-didnt-tell-teams-about-it-plan-to-focus-on-clear-and-obvious-fouls/). I think pass interference / defensive holding calls also seem to be up.

Get ready for the Jags to lose 44-15 this weekend.

The other thing to consider is the NFL's emphasis on only calling "clear and obvious" fouls. Not sure of the full statistics but it seems holding calls are way down, which in general should open more offense in general.

To me this is basically just letting the players know that if they like playing for him they'd better turn it around. I can't imagine being a person who likes Adam Gase (or playing for him) so I expect them to continue stinking it up.

I do have a gut feeling that Peterman could see some action in this game, maybe Carr gets knocked out at some point, or maybe he just throws a few too many INTs.

Marcel comes back we kill two birds with one stone

I was wondering if maybe he came back too early and the shoulder injury was limiting his effectiveness?

What did Sam Bradford do to get thrown in with the Jets here?

Also on the horse collar - I understand Josh being upset, but he should know the rules enough to not get called for that Unsportsmanlike.

I usually only bet on the Bills if they are playing Jets or Dolphins. If that's not the case I'll sometimes put money on Bills touchdown scorers. Missed today with Singletary, Gabe Davis and Yeldon.

Not sure if this is gonna turn into the overall officiating thread, but they also missed an elbow to Kroft's head on the phantom interception.

More of a jog around the park really. Usually when you go for a jog you wind up where you started.

Right, I was saying he was left out of the Brady vs Manning comparison.