Utah John Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 The way the Bills won was simply incredible and so out of recent character. Well there were two teams on the field. The Vikings were playing the role that the Bills usually play, finding a way to lose. The Bills are simply a better team than Minnesota, which was usually the case in the past when the Bills snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. Nice to be on this side of the divide. Talking about capriciousness, Scott Norwood probably makes that SB kick 7 or 8 times out of 10. But he only got to try it once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanC883 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Yeah and just think. The random all of intentional grounding on a QB that basically threw ball away, and we see this every week, is called and costa team critical 10 seconds and loss of a down. Just think had Bills not won the discussion would have likely been about this BS call. So it's not just the randomness of the play but the randomness of the flags I think this is fans most frustration with the refs. The lack of consistency. Was listening to the Ramone Foster (OL-Steelers) show on the radio here yesterday and he mentioned how this is the players biggest issue as well. Not so much the rules, but be consistent during the game. He compared it to a strike zone in baseball. You have different refs, but during the games the NFL refs seem to be greatly inconsistent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Hindsight Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Nice post. Its why the NFL is great. Any given sunday something amazing can happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah John Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 He compared it to a strike zone in baseball. You have different refs, but during the games the NFL refs seem to be greatly inconsistent. There are a couple hundred pitches in a baseball game so the players have a chance to adjust if the strike zone is different than usual. A football game has fewer plays, but more to the point a given particular situation will come up only a few times. If holding is going to be called or not called for a particular technique, there is no chance to know that ahead of time, and the impact could be a drive stalling or being kept going. The point is there's a real need for consistency all the time, in all the games, because there aren't enough chances during a football game for the players to know what the rules du jour are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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