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I find it ironic that they had "clear and obvious" evidence to overturn the Diggs TD earlier in the game. On replay it looks like the ball hit the grass, but Diggs had his hands under the ball and the ball didn't move when it hit the grass. Moot point I guess since we got a TD a few plays later

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXGFZkIEMK0&ab_channel=NFL That play is close, but not exactly the same. The refs ruled that a TD (simultaneous catch) and let the play stand after review. My thought for today's play: If the replay is inconclusive, doesn't that mean it was a simultaneous catch? Which by definition would go to the offense.

50/50 actually is conclusive per the NFL rulebook. In the event of a simultaneous catch the tie goes to the offense. If a pass is caught simultaneously by two eligible opponents, and both players retain it, the ball belongs to the passers. It is not a simultaneous catch if a player gains control first and an opponent subsequently gains joint control. If the ball is muffed after simultaneous touching by two such players, all the players of the passing team become eligible to catch the loose ball.

https://buffalonews.com/sports/bills/nfl-explains-why-controversial-interception-was-not-overturned/article_3144b798-00fc-11eb-b691-d383bab887e8.html Via a pool reporter, NFL Senior Vice President of Officiating Al Riveron said, “Anytime we go into a replay review, we have to start with the ruling on the field. And the ruling on the field is an interception. So therefore, the officials ruled that the process of the catch had not been completed by the offensive player. And if the process of the catch is not over, in their opinion, the defender comes up with the football and they rule an interception. "We have to start with the ruling on the field, and that’s why I want to walk you through the process. The ruling on the field is an interception. In order for us to change the ruling on the field, we have to have clear and obvious visual evidence to overturn that ruling. So therefore, if they rule that the process of the catch is not over and the defender comes up with the ball, we have to have clear and obvious evidence to rule otherwise, which we don’t. We do not have clear and obvious evidence to rule otherwise. Therefore, we must stay with the ruling on the field.”

Reminds me of the Seahwaks vs Packers fail mary with the scab refs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXGFZkIEMK0&ab_channel=NFL

I'm absolutely flabbergasted that the refs didn't overturn this call. It was, objectively, the wrong call. https://operations.nfl.com/the-rules/nfl-video-rulebook/completing-a-catch/ From the NFL rulebook 4. If a pass is caught simultaneously by two eligible opponents, and both players retain it, the ball belongs to the passers. It is not a simultaneous catch if a player gains control first and an opponent subsequently gains joint control. If the ball is muffed after simultaneous touching by two such players, all the players of the passing team become eligible to catch the loose ball. Per the underlined sentence, this was NOT a simultaneous catch. Kroft clearly makes the catch and then the defender gains joint control. Per the bolded sentence, even if this was a simultaneous catch (which it was not), the tie goes to the offense. I'm disgusted that this call wasn't overturned, and am really looking forward to an explanation from the league office (unlikely to happen, but a guy can dream).

I had to look this one up, because it makes no sense to me that a defender is allowed to horse collar a QB if they are in the pocket. https://operations.nfl.com/the-rules/nfl-video-rulebook/horse-collar/#:~:text=Rule Summary View Official Rule&text=No player shall grab the,who is in the pocket. No player shall grab the inside collar of the back or the side of the shoulder pads or jersey, or grab the jersey at the name plate or above, and pull the runner toward the ground. This does not apply to a runner who is in the tackle box or to a quarterback who is in the pocket. They got it right. No idea why the rule is written that way

Mulva?? ... Dolores!!

Critical? At least half the roster is more important than he is. I'll admit he's shown some potential and has a few very exciting plays. However, if we're judging him on his overall play the guy is one of the worst starting TE in the league

You conveniently missed Jackson's 2 rushing TDs that game. And that the Ravens won 37-20

The broadcast showing the one replay and saying the kick was good reminded me of this video: When you only have one angle, it can appear be to good, without actually being good. That being said, the NFL could easily avoid any controversy on kicks (more camera angles, lasers, taller goalposts, etc)

Others have already pointed out the game situation: 0-0 in 1st quarter of week 1 vs down by 3 with 1 minute left in the 4th quarter of a playoff game I'll point out that the play itself isn't all that similar either. Ingram is a Running Back, and was pretty clearly an option for Jackson to pitch to on this play. Knox is a Tight End, and was never an option to pitch to. Last point: Jacksons lateral hit Ingram in the hands. Josh completely missed Knox.

~40 degrees, grey, and rainy at that 49ers game. That was the year we started 5-1 only to finish 7-9 (this loss dropping us to 6-6 and basically ending any hope at playoffs).

I've been to at least one game a year since the late 90's Best games 1) vs Patriots 2011. 34-31 win with Fitzmagic 2) vs Raiders 2011. 38-35 win with Fitzmagic Worst games 1) vs Dolphins 2010 (season opener). 15-10 loss. I had a terrible hangover for the game, and in the 1st quarter some guy projectile vomited 2 rows behind me. Stadium crew didn't even put sawdust on it until the 3rd quarter..... I spent that entire time trying to not vomit as well. The game itself was also pretty terrible. 2) vs Browns 2009. 6-3 loss. The worst-played football game in recent NFL history. 3) vs 49ers 2008. 10-3 loss. 49ers opened the game with a TD drive, and then put up about 100 yards the rest of the game. Bills drives kept stalling and settling for (missed) FGs. Peak Jauron era garbage

I have a tough time looking at his history as OC and seeing anything other than a well below average OC. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/DaboBr0.htm

Some police departments out there are actively not arresting violent protesters because the police are "protesting" that some of their members are being suspended while under investigation for murder.

Bills win it 20-17

If we're evaluating Bojorquez from the "kicking" aspect only, I'd say he's probably around ~20th best punter in the league. Yardage isn't great, but placement inside the 20 is pretty good (I will note that a punt from midfield that goes out at the 19 technically counts as a punt inside the 20, but it's still a poor punt). Overall evaluation we need to consider the blocked punts, fumbles, or how about that time he was the holder on a FG attempt, and he was the only player on the field that thought the play was a fake? One of the stupidest plays I've ever seen in the NFL. All told he's definitely a bottom tier punter, and it's pretty disappointing we couldn't find anyone better.

So the only thing that matters is that Bortles won? Does that mean Bortles outplayed Roethlisberger in the playoffs that year? Bortles was 14/26 for 214 yards 1 TD 0 INT Big Ben was 37/58 for 468 yards 5 TD 1 INT Jaguars won the game 45-42

I'm not sure what point you're trying to make here. I was referencing Kelvin Benjamin. That trade was an unmitigated disaster. We can say that Beane is doing a good job overall, but that individual trade was one of the worst in Bills history.

What do you mean "if" ? For the low cost of a 3rd+7th and 8.4mm deadcap Beane managed to get a player that posted this stat line: 39 catches for 571 yards and 2 TD in 18 games

If Bortles outplayed Tyrod it was by a pretty slim margin 17/37 for 134 yards 0 TD 1 INT 7 rushes 27 yards vs 12/23 for 87 yards 1 TD 0 INT 10 rushes 88 yards I vividly recall Bortles throwing into the dirt multiple times when he was not pressured and had a wide open dump off (just flat out missed Fournette)

Good job ignoring the 8 rushes for 77 yards and a rushing TD. That definitely brings that game up to "fine".

Tyrod's tenure in Cleveland was 2.5 games. Week 1 vs Steelers 15/40 for 197 yards 1 TD 1 INT 8 rushes for 77 yards 1 TD 21-21 Tie Week 2 vs Saints 22/30 for 246 yards 1 TD 1 INT 4 rushes for 26 yards 21-18 Loss (Interestingly enough, TT actually lead Cleveland to what should have been the game winning TD with 1 minute left in the game, but they missed the PAT, then the Saints kicked a FG as time expired) Week 3 vs Jets 4/14 for 19 yards 4 rushes for 22 yards Injured by halftime and Baker took over. Baker played pretty well and TT never left the bench after that. Pretty ugly game against the Jets, but Tyrod played fine in the first 2 weeks. Seems like a lot of fans on here forget all of Tyrod's average games and only remember the duds (he has significantly more average games than bad games). He's not the long term answer at QB, but he's really not as bad as many posters on here make him out to be.

I've watched a lot of NHL playoffs games and am really enjoying it. It would be better with real fans of course, but as that's not an option I'm ok with fake fan noise. I would prefer no fans at all and fake fan noise over a stadium at 15% capacity with no fake fan noise. Just my 2c