NoSaint

Meh. The GM is looking at higher end prospects as he lives and does on those picks

You must’ve drank A LOT last time you were on bourbon st

When you get worked up about something you get silly with your takes.

But it’s not the team clearing guys

Every line tends to have that kind of boom or bust nature. There are incredibly few, if any, lines that are winning across the board consistently i wouldn’t argue that we are the 2nd best but think we are probably much more in the thick of it among good lines than most realize because they have unreasonably high expectations of what other teams are getting. Essentially all have at least 1-2 weak links even when healthy and start rolling injuries and it gets even worse.

I let a lot of bad insults go but man... that one stings around here

So where would you rank them? also I think qb is an incredible outlier for these kinds of conversations generally.

1-32 where do you put them and how many lines don’t have at least 1 bad player? are we quibbling over 2 vs 7-10 or more like 2 vs 27 in your opinion?

How many of the other 31 have you watched? i wouldn’t say second best but probably think they rank higher than most here would consider. As most lines aren’t that good. Generally speaking, yup.

We all get stuck on our guys and rarely admit to the misses but man did I want DK on day 2

I don’t think there is any rule, simply team preference around guys that are practice squad, injured, etc...

And the qb is still learning that on a cheap contract so you can over invest in making life easier for him im not a huge Diggs guy but couldn’t be more pro-add WR threats. Give Allen more wide open throws. Pull more pass rushers into coverage. Make his life easier

I think they are clearly around the top in the league. If you need more track record to quibble over top 3, 5 or 8 - that’s fair, but I think they are in the top range without being a generational group yet (a game changing pass rusher and you start comparing to the greats)

That Florida locker room really was a scene Urban Tim Tebow Cam Newton Aaron Hernandez Percy Harvin Riley Cooper The Pouncey Brothers

If he’s clear he’s in Why would they rush that decision and cut a player when Webb can practice as is Nope - turns out even fans can fly to Nashville for the game

Ill admit to thinking, maybe twice(?), early in the game that he had done something odd- I think once a head shake/jerk as mentioned and maybe once a smack or something. Didnt really register as noteworthy enough to catalogue for future discussion but I do recall thinking he was acting goofy a couple times.

Who were those?

Its also shady as a backup being a potential issue. I dont imagine him taking kindly to that

To be fair, that culture of inflicting damage has been much worse than it is today.... that we care is the major change.

I’ve been counter general sentiment on a few calls but the hand to the face mask here was a clear and obvious miss from the official.

I think we can all agree more judgement calls about intent will certainly make officiating more enjoyable and consistent. All you need to do here is coach your DB to hit the guy. I promise you the pats properly coach the rule and if their DB is on the ground the receivers there with him

Well, I don’t know what to tell you at this point. If you want to continue believing you’re right, it’s at least a rare play and you won’t be outraged very often by the officials calling it differently than you expect.

They did include it. In literally every clause defining interference. by sticking to your use of that sentence being the defining factor - intercepting the ball could be interference because it hinders the WRs ability to catch it. Knocking the ball down could be. Literally the ref could toss a flag for anything. But they define what things are illegal in the following sections.

Right, and then it defines those acts, pretty universally as contact driven in every clause defining the types of hindrances that are illegal. it seems pretty obvious and clear that the nfl intends contact to be key in the ruling, despite a relative catchall sentence above. If non contact was meant to be a driver don’t you think they’d include at least some sort of reference to it? by the definition you are using literally any pass defense is interference as the DBs job is quite literally to significantly hinder the WRs ability to catch the ball.