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    Seriuosly, Why Can't Coaches Challenge Penalty Calls?

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    here's the deal in my humble opinion: stuff happens. it always will. and no matter how many cameras they post at games from every angle, including crotch shots, there is never, ever going to be an ideal solution to determine what, when and why. it's impossible. the pendulum, at this point in my opinion, has swung to such a degree where everything has become open to interpretation in a game where stuff happens at such a fast pace where it's difficulty to determine intention versus occasion.

     

    how far do we need to go to suck all the life out of imperfection. have we become such a digitized, paranoid, the sky-is-falling, conspiracy theory nation in which we pick nit-pick millimeters. should we do so, then, yes, let's prolong games to never-ending commercial breaks and video reviews. why not parse every play to ensure nothing went wrong. good luck with that.

    i happen to believe that everyone gets screwed sometimes, and there's nothing wrong with that, because i live a life of pure imperfection. so why should sports be any different.

     

    sure, there will be many -- mostly and probably rush fans -- who disagree with me, in believing it's only the bills that get burned. puh-leeze.

    must we cater to x-box society to such a degree in which we become trapped in some neo-driven matrix of purity.

     

    i'll risk a mistake rather than another series of verizon-sponsored commercial breaks.

     

    jw

     

     

     

    really. the games are shorter now, and less insipid with networks hiring actual and former referees to provide an interpretation of a call that they get wrong half the time because they're no longer under the hood, and merely guessing, like the rest of us, sitting in our underwear on a couch, hoping the call goes against or for you, because you just may have the player in your fantasy league, and hope the call doesn't cost you a point for, say, a turnover.

     

    c'mon, the fantasy leagues -- and i'll admit i'm hooked, too -- have contributed to the demise of sports as we once knew it. and i'm old enough to back that up.

     

    jw

     

    Fantasy has made sports more popular. Now sure how that is a bad thing. I am actually much more interested in watching other teams play since playing fantasy. I watched the Rams game totally turn around on a bogus PI call on Cook. I don't even like the Rams and live in the Bay Area. I guess I disagree with everything you've said. I'm also no fan of anything called rush unless it's my fantasy running back with the ball.

    Orton is mediocre

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    The biggest problem on the field yesterday was the entire offense. I.e. Hackett is the problem. He's hopelessly incapable of making an adjustment based on what opposing defenses are doing. 8-9 guys in the box? Yeh, my offense says run the ball anyway on first down, so that's what we're going to do. Having success throwing to the middle of the field? OK, I see that success and raise you a delayed handoff from the shotgun position or a screen pass. I'm N.Hackett bitches. I'll do what I want.

     

    We run screen passes? News to me.

    Marrone said they will look at everything to get running game going...

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    Marrone's lost this team. IMO what happened was that his players saw him bring the same tired and predictable game plan against Belichick and the Pats, they went three and out, and for all intents and purposes were beaten before Brady even got the ball. I think they feel betrayed by Marrone and that when their biggest battle was there right in front of him, he was timid and folded under the pressure.

     

    The Detroit game will probably be the team's last real gut check performance this season until Marrone's fired. He's incompetent and his players know it. I see them getting blown out by the Vikings and the Jets. That's what happens when teams check out on a head coach they don't believe in.

     

    The Vikings couldn't blow out a candle.

    Goodwin...a hidden gem

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    I honestly don't think he made that catch. He seemed to never have control of the ball then dropped it, but nobody seemed to notice. The Bills rushed to snap the next play, prompting a Lions timeout. Caldwell should've challenged instead.

     

    He took 3-4 steps and do believe his foot was out of bounds when he lost control.. He was trying to reach for the pylon.

     

    http://www.buffalobills.com/video/videos/Kyle-Orton-goes-downtown-to-Marquise-Goodwin/cb32f897-9097-455b-be8f-f1790ef89c9c

    Bills Bench the Wrong Guy

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    Very disappointing.. and hate to admit it's probably the best move. I was screaming at the TV yesterday when he had Fred wide open in front of him for a first down and he makes an impossible throw to a well covered Chandler. Was actually screaming the whole game.. EJ constantly making the wrong decisions..

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