wnysteel

could be fun. start tailgating at dinner time Saturday

I have a few examples of absolutely abysmal officiating, and i need to rant. --pass interference in the end zone against Cleveland. Setting aside my hatred for the Patsies, that was an awful call. Especially in that situation. Let the players play. Or at least, call PI if its cut and dried. --The TD pass in the endzone of the Bills game yesterday that was eventually reversed. BOTH feet were out, and the official was standing FIVE FEET away and was oblivious. I saw it real time and knew immediately it was the incorrect call --2 roughing the passer calls. One against Detroit yesterday, where Foles was hit exactly as he released the ball, was not hit in the head, or driven to the turf. And the call a few weeks back, where the defender hits Brees in the middle of his chest. I know all about protecting the quarterbacks, and in theory, I support it. But if that's the case, then why no call when EJ slides and then gets drilled yesterday? --pass interference against McKelvin yesterday. Now, i only saw one replay, but it did appear that Leodis attempted to slow down the WR, but completely whiffed and missed him. The pass was overthrown, and the flag comes out --i didn't hear anyone talking about the hit on Woods. Hello??? Hit on a defenseless receiver??? Here is the link, with excerpt below for this rule: http://nflcommunications.com/2011/12/27/definition-of-a-defenseless-player/ It is a foul if a player initiates unnecessary contact against a player who is in a defenseless posture. (a) Players in a defenseless posture are: ... (2) A receiver attempting to catch a pass; or who has completed a catch and has not had time to protect himself or has not clearly become a runner. If the receiver/runner is capable of avoiding or warding off the impending contact of an opponent, he is no longer a defenseless player; It's time the NFL went to full time officials, who are regularly tested. Its a fast, (sometimes complicated) game with lots of rules. Get it right, or get new officials.

last week someone's hair, this week a penis tackle. what's next? reply away, i got nothing

the bottom line is, we've had enough of them ...i thought the same thing

in my best hank bullough..."they took the sails out of our wind"

giving up 34 points to road team (sort of) that has 2 wins is NOT monster

glad i searched before starting this topic...my feelings exactly.

link http://www.sportingnews.com/nfl/story/2013-12-01/patriots-spying-spygate-texans-antonio-smith-comments-nfl-week-13-game

"just when you think your out....they suck you back in". i'm guilty as well

Carpenter is interesting. He's arguably been our most consistent player all year. Do you re-sign him and cut Hopkins? Money is probably similar.

all the games fell our way, we just needed to win. but in typical Bills fashion, the comedy of errors happens. a fatal combination of bad calls, bad plays (weak fumbles), bad coaching and (since at least 1996) ineffective QB play. its so hard to be a fan of this team.

but playing defense is part of the game! also, your 60/40 stat is skewed i believe. you need to look at how many times a team won the coin toss, and on the first drive in OT, drove the length of the field and won. maybe 60% of the time the coin toss winner won the game, but NOT on the opening drive. could be the 2nd or even 3rd drive. so that stat is not entirely relevant.

he's been injured this year too much. i don't see it happening

she fell 45 feet! even the tiniest woman will do major damage to you, from that height.

it seems that while this may have been true in the past, they are now enforcing the law, instead of "looking the other way".

this! agreed on both points. and how about mammoser's in hamburg?

looks like the saints are near the top for 2014 per http://overthecap.co...2.php?Year=2014 that said, i bet brees renegotiates to save them cap space.

hey, i read it on the internet...so it must be true... they have had some very good rushing performances (except against the jets). 7th in the league. so some things are working. jets do have a good tandem inside so i'm sure that contributes to their ranking. i wonder if its a scheme issue, or talent issue (why they struggled against the jets)

re: this point: jerry sullivan has an article today, the o-line was interviewed and they said its a matter of missed assignments, and "easily correctable". i think the problem is an issue of sometimes poor blocking, and other times CJ missing holes. we'll be better with better talent, but part of it is mental errors it seems

any recent news on the person he landed on?

i wasn't aware of the off-field issues. definitely the steal of the draft. let's hope he finishes his career here.

ESPN sport science analyzed this, and determined that (basically), it was made uncatchable because of the interference. kuechly bear-hugging Gronk (in effect) did not allow Gronk to stop/come-back to the ball. they said he would have been able to, had he not been interfered with. the wildcard factor was the safety who intercepted the ball however; Gronk would still have had to fight him for the ball.

i read that to be, there isn't a way to catch you, only if you screw up again.

i never thought about this, or considered it. but its an excellent idea. for that fact, how about a regular season game? (INSTEAD of Toronto...not in addition)

giving up a long play in garbage time doesn't matter to me. when it counted, the defense got it done.