The Frankish Reich

Griese looks damn good for what, 80? https://pro32.ap.org/article/50-years-later-72-dolphins-remain-unmatched-perfection

And we have to suffer through a "surviving '72 Dolphins pop open champagne bottles" story for the 50th straight year ....

This is an interesting point. Ordinarily an uptick in mortality wouldn't matter in an election. But given how close some elections were, and given the strong Republican skew of older voters in a place like Arizona ... it could be a significant contributing factor.

Yep.

Turnovers (particularly fumble giveaways) are more luck than skill. So ... things tend to even out. Sorry bout that, Philly ...

I think the idea is that if you allow penalties to be called upon review, on virtually every review a penalty will be spotted. It will never end. Could you make an exception for a penalty that wasn't called that appears to have caused a fumble/dropped reception, etc? I suppose so, but it's still another replay can of worms they don't want to open.

Hahahaha. Just got back from Arizona - signs all over the place with Kari Lake and Trump pics next to each other saying TRUMP ENDORSED. I guess the Trump-Lake ticket ain't happening after all.

Time of possession after that drive: WASH 32:12 PHIL 7:35 Don't know that I've ever seen anything that skewed before. But a 2-score game ...

I wasn't planning to watch this game - I don't have a dog in this NFC East fight - but I'm loving this so far.

Are you allowed to do that? Run on 3rd and 1? Someone get that new strategy to Ken Dorsey right away.

But thank God we're not Philly. Bills fans are loud, ready to gripe at a moments notice, but not obnoxious and mean spirited. Philly sucks. The most repellent fan base of any city.

And some ridiculous luck leading to their +15 turnover ratio leading into this game.

Gardner Minshew time, baby!

Do they have any players coming off IR who are currently in a bathtub full of hundred dollar bills? If so, that guy better watch out.

If Heinecke wins this game he's 10-9 as a Washington starter. So, yeah ... certainly competent, and capable of having a big game.

You know, Moss and a Fifth = a kick returner? I love it! That's our Philly.

And now, the immortal Taylor Heinecke, who is making them look pretty vulnerable.

Interesting. I don't remember it being a thing in the NFL until this year. I still hate it. I realize there will be judgement calls - was that really pushing the runner forward or trying to come in on an angle and throw a block? - but the NFL lived with that rule until 2005. Given that the QB sneak is - let's face it - a pretty dull play (did he make it? I don't know, maybe his forward progress broke the plane with the ball, but I'm not sure there's clear and convincing evidence to overturn the call on the field" blah, blah blah), pushing the QB will sooner or later result in injury, and I'd rather incentivize offenses to run more exciting plays anyway ... the Florio article I linked above makes the same argument about injury and ultimately outlawing it.

Answering my own question (yep, google is indeed my friend): since 2005. https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/11/04/teams-could-take-full-advantage-of-rule-that-permits-pushing-the-runner/ As I said, I liked the old rule just fine. How long until we see a Jordan Philips reporting as eligible and slamming into Josh? Is that a good idea for the NFL in general?

Why is pushing legal? A long time ago, wasn't this flagged as Aiding the Runner? I don't see any value in allowing it, and it seems to add to the potential for injury as increasingly big players are used as pushers.

Of the many possible reasons for Josh's subpar performance these last few games, I think this is the least likely explanation.

And right on cue, Hurts (ultra low turnovers!) with the INT.

"Half" seems to be a gross exaggeration. Polls are, of course, problematic these days (but note that they pretty much nailed the overall Republican +2 congressional preference these midterms), but they show that less than 30% believe that Biden's victory was tainted by fraud. About the same percentage of Republicans said that if their party didn't win the midterm elections if would be at least somewhat likely that fraud was a reason. Among Democrats, only about 18% said that if the Republicans win Congress they'd suspect fraud. https://www.ipsos.com/en-us/news-polls/axios-ipsos-two-americas-index

Jack should stick to his search for that pizza gate basement where all the children are hydroponically grown, Matrix style. During the campaign, Posobiec was special-projects director for Citizens for Trump, a never-officially-organized voter-fraud prevention group. Several hours after Önel sent his November 16th tweet, Posobiec went to investigate Comet Ping Pong and another nearby pizzeria. Live-streaming the visit on Periscope, he described evidence of “what’s really going on” – a double pane of glass near an oven, security cameras, a texting cashier. Posobiec paused, worrying his viewers might not understand the situation. “It’s like in the movie Jurassic Park,” he said. “Nedry had the shaving cream bottle. And you could press the top and a little bit of shaving cream came out. . . . The bottom part is where they had the dinosaur embryos.” https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/anatomy-of-a-fake-news-scandal-125877/ So yeah, keep citing Jack Posobiec. He's a reliable source! And keep denying that you are utterly smitten by this QAnon crap. Everyone knows where this is coming from. Why else would anyone follow such a fool.

Hawley gets it? The fist-pumping Jan 6 cheerleader boy? He and his ilk are why the red wave didn’t happen. The Repubs nominated fools like Blake Masters in Arizona instead of wooing a generally competent Republican Governor in Doug Ducey to run for the Senate. Same thing in PA with Melania fave Turkish Army veteran and NJ resident Mehmet Oz. Old fashioned Republicans are back in style. Trump buttkissers are struggling everywhere.