The Red King

The refball is strong today.

WTF play calling is that? Running out the clock?

Can the ref fix be any more obvious? Good god.

#1 draft pick goes down and out. Wonder if the refball will suddenly ease off as a result.

WTF refs? I just...this is really, really bad. Fix is in? Keep it close early?

Hughes finally got a hold call? What madness is this?

If they manage to pee in the cup, they pass?

More refball to keep it close?

Should Bease be pulled? He's looking hurt and dropping right away.

For all those people asking for Diggs... 😉

Gotta be challenged. End of Quarter gives the Jags plenty of time to watch it, and he looked short, sadly.

Can our RBs not get hit in the backfield? Ugh. >.<

Few big plays, but that offense looks shaky. Another Red Zone FG. Missed opportunity. Are they blitzing Allen, or is the O-Line a hot mess?

Whelp, Allen is in Beast Mode today. XD

I'm glad the Jags won one already or I'd be even more worried about refball.

Looks like the refs are gonna be magical again... 🙄

Some people don't want to get dragged into the argument. Allen might have gotten the vax and doesn't want to reveal his status because he doesn't want to deal with either side lashing out at him. As noted on the Rodgers thread, Allen dealt with around two days of Twitter trending and then it all blew over. I'm just glad he'll be out there today. The AFC, top seed and the first round bye is ripe for the taking. To do that, we cannot lose to the Jags today.

Thank you! I do it to intentionally bug people, and more to see if anyone even notices. You win a (virtual) kewpie doll! ^.^

With Dak...HIPPA don't work that way. That's part of the hubbub. HIPPA, for example, keeps Dak's doctor from revealing Dak's vax status. It does not prevent anyone from asking someone questions about their own health. I giggle a lil everytime someone incorrectly invokes HIPPA. "That word. I do not think it means what you think it means." As for the vax, there are crusaders on both sides. Josh may have trended a day or two, as you note, and has since been left alone. Hardly a pile-on. NFL stars trend a few day if they so much as fart sideways.

We all have opinions about the vax. That's not what matters. What it comes down to is this. Unvaxed players in the NFL can still play. Their employers (the NFL) allows this. What matters is Rodgers lied about his vax status to his employer. Show me any employer that's cool with being lied to by an employee. This isn't vax vs. unvaxed. This is an employee lying to their employer. Don't make this into more then it is.

Let's try one more time... "Let me tackle this another way. Regardless of what you personally think of the man himself, I assert his threat forces opposing defenses to commit more defenders to contain him then they would other running backs, and that opens up the passing game for Tannehill. Do you agree or disagree with this?" Care to answer this time?

Yes, he gets the benefit of calls and non-calls, but, like Brady, don't you think he gets them because of who he is? Let me tackle this another way. Regardless of what you personally think of the man himself, I assert his threat forces opposing defenses to commit more defenders to contain him then they would other running backs, and that opens up the passing game for Tannehill. Do you agree or disagree with this?

Not arguing any of that, but they are two separate points. I'm looking at league-wide officiating as a whole, and not moaning at all. The officiating in the Miami game was horrific, but it was not the sole or main reason the game was close as long as it was. But your post almost suggests bad officiating is fine, because in the end it's up to the teams to overcome bad officiating, and I'm not sure that was the point you were looking to make.

"Hey! HEY! Don't you *run* from your coach and savior!"

Asking a question is one thing, but rather then inviting discussion you are defending your original question and framing dissenting opinions as attacks. That doesn't sound like inviting discussion. It sounds like you already have an opinion locked in stone, are only looking for others to support you and getting somewhat angry that nobody is. You asked the question. Sorry if you don't like the answers given, but that's what you asked for.