dave mcbride

See #10, which is infamous in Philly: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/85694-the-10-worst-moments-in-philadelphia-eagles-history-since-1968. It’s the most famous alligator arm episode in NFL history. That’s not what duke did.

Yeah, should have caught it. It just wasn’t a stevie johnson “i praise you 24-7 and this is what i get?” situation..

Disagree. Wentz was awesome in 2017 and the best qb in the nfl the last 4 weeks. He is literally playing with street free agents and producing at a high level. Clowney deserved an ejection there. That was awful.

On a different topic, for the first time since 2004, none of the slew of great Probable-HOF qbs drafted between 2000-04 (brees, brady, manning, rivers, roethlisberger) have made the divisional round. A changing of the guard is happening.

they had their chances. The fumble by Brees on their second last possession was huge.

Houston was playing cover 2 on both of those and he was blanketed. Allen just threw it away both times because it wasn’t there and he needed to avoid the sack.

He got it. It was close, but officials tend to spot it on the hash line if it’s really close, especially if the clock is ticking and they don’t want to delay the game.

To be fair, two of those three were obvious throwaways and really shouldn’t be part of the talley.

The first down given to Beasley was unquestionably and obviously correct. In the NFL, if you go down, you can get back up and continue forward progress unless you are touched while down. His knee went down, and he went airborne before being touched. It was as clear as day to everyone who knows nfl rules except the two numbskulls announcing the game for ESPN.

Do you understand NFL rules? If you go down but are not touched, you are free to get back up and continue forward progress. His knee went down, and then he went airborne before he was touched. It is an open and shut case and the only people who didn’t understand this were the two morons announcing the game for ESPN.

Houston has been terrible against slot receivers all season. That is questionable game planning.

Huh? He clearly got the first down there.

Indeed, that was freaking obvious. It was as if they couldn’t apply the basic idea of a runner going down but getting up and running again because he was untouched to that particular situation.

Oh yeah — completely agree about home field.

That is a good question. I think the hands to the face rule called against Ford was terrible because it happens all of the time in the o-line/d-line scrum. It has to be a clear grab, head slap, or neck push. He did none of that. It cost the Bills a possession. PI rules are INCREDIBLY flexible. i just think the intent on this was so completely clear, and given the league’s stated intent to reduce kick returns given that they are by far and away the most dangerous plays in the game, you use your freaking brain and call that a touchback.

https://mobile.twitter.com/MikePereira/status/1213640136120053761

To be fair, the Bills failed. If Morse makes a block on the qb sweep, if they don’t play behind the sticks on 3rd and 18, if williams catches a perfectly thrown td pass ... they had their chances. I am just suspicious of the hype surrounding Watt and the annoucing love fest. Felt like an NBA game to me.

Hey, I am the one who started the thread about the suspicious officiating (no in-play penalties called on Houston in a five-quarter game), and I fully agree about the 3rd and 18 play. This call was just dumb, though. It’s clear as day that the league views that sort of situation as a touch back, and they don’t want returns anyway given how dangerous they are. That was touch back, plain and simple, and the ref screwed up. I mean christ, steratore, who is actually smart and knows the rules better than any of us clowns here, said that this sort of thing happens and that it should never been ruled a td for the bills.

Tannehill did it on the road against the best pass defense in the league. Houston’s is one of the worst. Not exploiting Beasley vs a team that can’t cover slot guys was a huge miss by Allen.

I can’t recall when and where, but I watch a lot of games and a I guess you’ll have to take it on faith. Gene Steratore said essentially the same. Again, this is about the stupidest hill to die on I could ever imagine.

Plus, he flipped the ball to the ref! That is both intent and a clear action.

I have seriously seen this happen multiple times in other games. It is common. Trust me.

It was deep in the end zone, he hadn’t returned it all game, and it was clear that he wasn’t going to return it on this one. It was just a dumb call by the ref, who sadly created moon landing material for Bills fans that’ll likely plague this board for the next decade. Advice — this is a very bad hill to die on.

Worst I have ever been subjected too, and it wasn’t close. And how about MacFarland’s idiotic playcalling advice — saying the Bills should run a draw with 15 seconds to go In the game and no timeouts on third down and then spiking it.

But it wasn’t “called.” As soon as it happened, the sub refs ran out and basically said, “you’re mad, bro,” and the call was corrected. No review, no replay, just a a conference in which the refs applied common sense. No one is saying that the Bills didn't screw up. They probably deserved to lose. In close games, though, refereeing tilts can matter.