Offside Number 76

He would make a good intermediate coach between Jauron and whomever the Bills need to take them to a Super Bowl.

He wasn't negative. He told it like it is.

No. Several posters went through this above.

I think that after a safety, teams punt, rather than place-kick with no tee, to get more air under the ball, thereby diminishing the possibility of a big return. I'm not sure, but it makes some sense.

According to everything I've read, this was a free kick and not a "free play." (And I'm not sure that a half can't end on a punt, either, unless the free kick is used.) The free kick, as above, is an unteed place-kick, drop kick, or punt, with no rush on the kicker. It is allowed after any fair catch (including a kickoff fair catch) and is mandatory after a safety. EDIT: From the NFL digest of rules, it appears that the only way to run a play on an expired clock after a punt or kickoff is to use the free kick after a fair catch. Here's the rule: "If time expires while ball is in play and a fair catch is awarded, receiving team may choose to extend the period with one fair catch kick down. However, placekicker may not use tee." http://www.nfl.com/rulebook/faircatch

Looks like that's the wrong play by play, from what I'm reading elsewhere. It seems the play was the last of the first half, and it looks like nucci has the answer above.

This is right. Is that what happened?

what was the situation?

Ok. Even if we give Kiper credit for something--anything--then we have this: Willy is the fourth-best QB in a mediocre conference where the top QB is the sixth-best nationwide. Look, I wish the kid well, and I hope he makes something of a football career if that's what he wants, but he just isn't there.

Ok. Look at Paul Smith's numbers from last year. Compare them to Drew Willy's entire freaking career. Smith went in the, what, sixth round? Where do we think Willy will be drafted?

He's got my vote, though. First game, sends a player to the showers. Gives a killer press conference after--the kind of press conference that we'll be watching like it was Jim Mora screaming "playoffs?" or Denny Green screaming "they are who we thought they were," only actually respecting it this time. Singletary already has turned the niners right around.

Agreed, but if that were Brandon Jacobs instead of Frank Gore, it's a touchdown.

Another horseshit decision. That was a TD. Well, if it was NE or Pittsburgh, or some other league favorite, that was a TD.

Many of his passes this game have been nothing short of terrific.

1st and goal; if there's any justice in the world, Singletary's team gets the TD. But it takes 19 seconds to spike a ball?

Now Gore is knocked out; something about using fuzzy math or making movies about global warming.

This is some of the worst officiating I ever have seen, in any sport. Combined with what I saw yesterday, I'm actually HOPING it's because the league is controlled by gamblers. Because if so, there at least would be an economic justification for what is going on. This is just crap. I can't justify investing my time in watching any more games that don't involve the Bills.

that's twice now with the 12 men

Amen. Down by 21 with 3 minutes left? Ok, THAT's over. Down by 13 with more than a quarter to go? No.

Do we still think it's over?

Fine is turning into a bright spot. And how is this game "over"? There's a quarter left!

Pretty much same here. The only reason I'm still with TW is because I don't want DSL for internet access. But very glad to learn that I can watch the game at home on Sunday. I'm very curious as to the terms.

The outrage is deafening. And I still don't know which one.

They totally underranked Vick, and I don't know how McNair got pipped or whatever.

The headline (link below) says it all: "Saints Pip San Diego at Wembley." "Pip." Look, my fine British cousins, American football teams do a lot of things to each other. They "beat," or "smother," or "decimate," or "overwhelm" each other. But one thing that they absolutely do NOT do, is "pip" each other. Or anyone else. "Pip" can be (1) a character that your writer Mr. Dickens came up with, or (2) a spot on a die, or (3) someone who controls prostitutes but who cannot afford an "m." But it CANNOT have anything to do with football. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_spor...all/7688785.stm