Sierra Foothills

Just stop juggling the cat, please. 😜

Yeah but your mind's in the gutter with the rest of us. 😄

31 hours more rest to be a bit more exact. Thank you. The hope of some sort of reverse superstition is bizarre to me... especially in the context of playoff seeding, etc.

Dodgers $321 million Blue Jays $240 million

Was injured in week 3. This is his first game back since. Career earnings: $12,071,785 You haven't watched Taylor Rapp play? I think he's having an acid flashback from the Summer of Love.

Which reminds me... where's @Draconator?

Jay Schroeder. "That's a spicy meatball" Andy Reid Go on... We have our first fantasy football check-in of the night...

This is like in North Korea where the government shoots video of the crowd to make sure everyone is sufficiently enthusiastic during their parades. You have to remember that Coleman's slow at everything he does. He probably got home and started clapping at McDermott's speech.

I know this will get a mixed reaction at best but let me just say that I'm good with Bernard taking a long time to recover and return.

I don't follow the Steelers closely enough to know but it's not my sense that the Steelers shortcomings are due to Tomlin. He's "only" the Head Coach. Kevin Colbert was GM and Omar Khan is now. Tomlin isn't in charge of building the roster and I think talent-wise, he's gotten the most out of them. From what I see the players respect him and play hard for him. When did they underachieve their talent? JMO.

So you don't think Love is a competent QB. That's interesting.

And yet they lost to Cleveland and tied the Cowboys. I think those who have been saying there are no great teams this year and that the team that wins it all is the team that gets hot at the right time are correct.

Talk about scheming people open...

And Sunday Night Football.

Super impressed with Love tonight. I think going up against Rodgers has brought out his best.

Great football game. It's nice to have a good night cap at the end of football Sunday.

I understand and appreciate your take. When I have a moment I'll pm you on the discussion.

How about intentional grounding then?

Yeah!!! (Beat the &%$#@!^^$ Steelers!!!)

Pitt football coach Pat Narduzzi admitted that he felt guilty for not warning Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin about the poor condition of the Acrisure Stadium field after the team's October 4 game against Boston College. The field was re-sodded on the 21st and Pitt played on it yesterday. It's a weird combo of northerly latitude, natural grass field, and a major college and NFL team sharing a field. Not sure if this arrangement exists anywhere else.

I lied. 😄 AI Prompt: Are defensive backs taught to look back for the ball or not? Answer: The decision for a defensive back (DB) to look back for the ball depends on their position relative to the receiver and the type of coverage being played. It is not a universal rule to always look back; it's a calculated risk with situational benefits and drawbacks. When to look for the ball: When in "phase": If the DB is in a good position, often defined as being hip-to-hip or no more than an arm's length from the receiver, they are in a strong position to turn and make a play on the ball. Looking back in this scenario often results in an interception or pass breakup and helps avoid a pass interference penalty. On deep balls: On deep passes where a DB is running stride-for-stride with a receiver, turning to locate the ball is necessary to make a play. Coaches conduct "blind ball drills" where a DB practices turning their head late to track the ball and intercept it. When not to look for the ball: When out of "phase": If the DB is not in a good position, for example, a step or two behind the receiver, turning their head could cause them to lose speed and allow the receiver to gain more separation. In this situation, the DB is often taught to "play the receiver's hands" and try to swat the ball away only once the receiver's hands go up to make the catch. Reacting to a fake: Experienced receivers will often use head or shoulder fakes to trick DBs into turning early. If a DB turns to look for the ball before it is thrown, a receiver can use that opening to change direction and create easy separation. To avoid penalties: Playing through the receiver's hands without looking back can be a risky technique that invites pass interference penalties, as referees often penalize contact if the defender is not "playing the ball". Sierra Foothill take: Maybe these techniques are not universal across all coaching and that different teams/coaches have different philosophies?

I don't know what the coaching consensus is but I disagree with not looking for the ball. I would argue that: 1) A receiver can stop abruptly when the defender is blind to the ball, thus drawing an undeserved PI... the receiver doesn't even have to make an honest attempt at a catch... he can just wait till the last second and stop. 2) A defender looking for the ball makes a better case that he's playing the ball than if he's blind to the ball. 3) A defender looking for the ball has a better chance to rake the ball out.. trying to read the receivers eyes and arms can allow him to be deceived by a receiver who isn't giving any tells. We can go back and forth on this but this is as far as I'm going.

I don't know what you're suggesting. What I'm saying is that if a defender is looking back for the ball, he's less likely to run into the receiver.

There are people here who know football better than I and that insist that the cornerbacks are coached to not look back for the ball. I would not coach this way and one reason is because not looking back makes the defender more susceptible to this sort of PI situation. And how can you break up a pass or intercept a ball if you're not looking for it?

So far Doubs has dropped 2 and Kraft has dropped 1. In a game this close, one team having 3 drops is big.