Bermuda Triangle

I thought that I read a stat that we were near the top of the league in missed tackles. FWIW, I do think that tackling has been an issue, this year and last. IMO, a thumper at safety would be nice. I like Poyer, but the guy just doesn't seem to like sticking his nose in there and laying hits. In a larger sense, the bend-but-don't-break style will work against guys like Fitz, Duck Hodges, Brandon Allen, Haskins, etc., but is probably not going to succeed against above average QBs, like those typically faced in the post-season.

O'Brien said that reason they didn't go for it on 4th and 1 is that they didn't have a play ready. Very odd, considering the Texans called TIMEOUT. They really don't have a 4th and 1 "go to" call? This guy is a dunce.

wait, "additional footage" came in? Did the black jacket extra refs dig up that additional footage?

what happened to 'common sense'?

I think he's short

umami

The much-maligned KC defense allowed 24 points to Houston today, with Will Fuller active. Of that 24 points, 7 points were the result of a drive start within the KC 10-yard line following the Hill muffed punt.

Hope Houston gets hosed on this and every other call today

You can bet that the narrative will be different...

Hopkins with the ill-advised lateral, followed by a drop on 3rd down.

O'Brien is a putz. What will the media narrative be if Watson and the Texans blow a 24-0 lead???

It was #17 - Hardman

LOL, so Houston holds this week, and not last

Mahomes almost got Hill killed, and missed #17 for a TD on the same play. Can't wait for the Twitter threads about that play...

I didn’t know that he was DL coach at UB in ‘99

The "whole narrative" also looks different if Duke catches that TD, Siran Neal doesn't drop an INT, the defense tackles, or the refs do their job. Not really defending Allen here, but I'm quite sure that if you broken down every snap of every game, there's not a QB in the league who doesn't leave a good number of plays on the field every game.

more like 3%

...and he goes into concussion protocol

You’re wrong. Couldn’t be more wrong, actually.

yes, he was parroting the "common sense" mantra that the refs chose to apply...instead of the rule book.

Ah, well played. ?

There's evidence of the refs - absent replay- changing the call of a scoring play when there was no call to the contrary made on the field?

Can you give me one example? Can you also give me another example of the substitution refs coming onto the field, to provide their interpretation?

In this case, there were no on-field refs who signaled a touchback. The ONLY on-field signal was a TD. And then there mysterious Members Only refs come running off the sidelines, and the call is changed.

"Some sort of technicality" = NFL Rule Book. If it's going to be ignored, or set aside, for "common sense" ( "NFL officials" and "common sense" are an oxymoron), then why have a Rule Book at all?