Kicker misses yet the other TB players are helmet bumping him like he gave it a good try? That could be a key miss. I get they dont want to dump on him but hes got no excuse missing that and maybe he should feel a least a bit of angst?
Ive mocked the Bills for some bad pass defending and interference this season but Thomas of SF just epically eclipsed any of that with his abysmal defending while staring at the ball!
They were driving down the field before the half. They had just tied the game with a punt return TD and then got Baltimore off the field. That was only momentum they had for the entire game then they couldn't finish it. The missed FG just evaporated what modest positives their offense had achieved and Baltimore devoured them in the 2nd half
The Texans had the momentum before the half. Had they scored a TD there they might have put pressure on Lamar to play "hero ball" which he is terrible at. But they choked and then missed the FG to really let the Ravens off the hook.
I have a funny feeling that the Ravens implode in this game. They are playing cold and have been sitting for 3 weeks. If Houston can get some breaks like a pick 6 or fumble return TD, they can leverage that to create maximum stress. The Ravens will panic and wont be able to catch up.
Its always been so strange to me how much drop off there is between starters and back ups/ bench warmers in the NFL. I dont think this is as apparent in any other sport. You would think that these guys would be chomping on the bit to get in there and show their stuff. I actually thought that Klein did a great job doing this in the Pittsburgh game and even Elam seemed to up his game coming in. My hope for all these backups that have to start is that they have got a lot of first team reps in this week and are ready and motivated to prove something!
Yes thats true! So one can only conclude that the NFL's decision to use Hoculi is:
1. Intensely stupid and oblivious to his bias and incompetence ...... (quite possible)
or
2. Utterly corrupt and favoring the Chiefs to win. (also possible)
Our only hope is if we are lucky enough to be up by 3 scores before the Hoculi bias intervenes. Wasnt it Shawn himself who was staring directly at the horse collar on Josh from 10ft away in the video above?? One of the worst non calls of the season but then exacerbated by his intentional grounding call!!