fergie's ire

Yeah, I am not sure what to make of the Dolphins. Looking forward to see if the Fraud Bowl tells us anything this weekend...and maybe puts Bills in control of their path to the playoffs. Just not sure if I can count on the Cowboys stopping Mostert and Achane.

Yeah. Done with him. He can run by people and as a rookie he had great toe drag swag, but he seems to have lost that. The thing that continues to annoy me is he just never seems to fight for a ball. Today seemed typical. The ball was under thrown but it looked like Gabe had slowed, saw the ball, and could have fought back for it...but he just didn't.

His big toe....his front leg...his entire body...and most of his back leg...but yeah.

He does have 6 pick 6's, but Seattle went after him and torched him.

This actually does make a lot of sense. I could get that he never learned to play zone effectively but what was weird is that his man skill had regressed to the point where he didn't seem to be able to cover anyone. An injury would explain the regression.

Is it coincidence that a last minute lateral by a tight end was actually called BACK this time. I think not. Larger forces are at work.

Not only that, but that usually happens when the receiver is split way wide and close to the official, but not close to the ball. Toney was just off the line AND the nose of the ball was conveniently right at the hash mark, and Toney is just off the other hash mark, so it should be obvious.

I'll have to see the replay again my own self, but I seem to remember that both the ball and Toney were by a hash mark so you didn't need to look down the line. You could see the ball at the front of the hash mark and Toney stepping over the other one.

I felt it balanced out with the Murray catch. I was NOT sure he controlled it long enough to be a catch.

Yeah, that's what Romo said. He commented that refs sometimes don't want to call ticky tack penalties in that situation but that was so blatant they had to call it.

I've been thinking the same thing. Not sure if it's attitude or maybe could be injury? I remember about a month ago he mysteriously popped up on the injury list mid-week. Could something be physically wrong?

But it does not need to be proven or even provable in a court of law in order for the league to suspend a player. Just before Goodell became commissioner, it seemed like a different NFL player (usually, but not always, a Cincinnati Bengal) was getting arrested. Chris Henry, in particular, was getting arrested all the time but not found guilty. It gave the impression that the league was full of criminals who used their money and fame to get off. So, Goodell came in on a campaign of being the guy who would clean it up. He instituted policies that allowed players to be suspended even if not found guilty. He has included these policies in the collective bargaining agreement. Think about Ezekial Elliot who was suspended for six games for domestic abuse even though he was never charged. Basically, if the NFL decides they want to suspend him, they can suspend him. The latest collective bargaining agreement puts some limitations on the judge, jury, executioner powers...but not a lot.

Can I get in on this?

I just answered my own question. On Peacock, SNF has a feather next to it which means need to pay in order to get access.

I am curious if anyone has tried to watch Sunday Night Football on Peacock. There are actually three levels of Peacock: Peacock, Peacock+, and Peacock+ Premium. Peacock is free. I can go to Peacock and watch some shows...but not others. Everything I read on SNF says just "Peacock" but then tries to sell Peacock+. So, do I need to pay? Or just need the app? I'll try to remember to check it out this Sunday.

Something just occurred to me. We got their defense and particularly their DL PISSED OFF...and now they play the Dolphins and Tua in a few days. Oh...this could be good.

Murray reminds me of Leroy Hoard who once told his coach, "If you need one yard, I can get you three. If you need five yards....I can get you three."

Agreed. I remember they ran the jet sweep that so many have been asking for early in the game. It lost 2 yards. I said at the time, "I'm okay with that. The fact that he ran it sets up other things even if the play itself wasn't successful." On the touchdown pass to Johnson they faked the jet sweep. It drew the defense to the wrong side. Beautiful.

Yeah, I don't think he'd want to pass up the TV gig either, but he would be just what Josh needs, in my opinion. Needs to have that fun and swagger back (which is what fitzy has said) and always shirtless fitzy could bring it out of him. Maybe he can be brought in in an unofficial capacity?

I wish someone in the media had thought to mention this before.

Not with that injury. I had a 3rd degree A/C separation and had surgery on it. Even immediately after the injury, I remember the Dr. telling me that I would be able to do pretty much everything normal as long as my arm was below the shoulder. The problems would happen happen once the arm was lifted up and, in fact, at first I couldn't even lift my arm over my shoulders. I seem to remember a QB suffering the same injury and even completing the game by throwing underhand. Think it was Brian Griese. When Josh hands the ball off, even if he reaches up slightly, the upper arm is in the underhand position so he shouldn't have any problem.

That's what I meant by "roasted or called for interference/pi". So no, certainly don't think he has "man skills."

But that's the problem with Elam. It seems he no longer has those skills for some reason. He seemed to be reasonably good last year but this year when he is locked on a receiver he either gets roasted or called for holding/pi...and when in zone looks out of place and lost. Not sure why he regressed but it certainly looks like he has.

It may have been the same article but I also remember reading that it was a premise of the Daboll offense that you try to get over ten yards in two plays so that you get three chances to make two. In other words, you run routes to get six yards (or more) so if you hit on two of them you get the first down even if you miss on one play you still get the first down. So, you may go to third down if, say, second down is an incompletion. It's a different mindset than the old "three yards and a cloud of dust" which is the idea that you can get three and a half yards on each and every play and move down the field.