Week 7 NFL Thread: The Insuffra-Bowl!

Brock Osweiler is incredibly unlikeable.

He has accomplished the impossible. Osweiler's mannerisms make me actually like Peyton Manning.

 

I don't really see how that's a fumble by Osweiler. Nobody touched him. The ball went forward. Wouldn't his arm have needed to begin a forward motion for the ball to travel forward, given that nobody touched or otherwise interfered with the ball or his throwing motion?

 

That's a fumble. Saw Brett Favre do it 100 times in Green Bay. If his arm starts forward and he's not gripping the ball, it's as good as out.

In other news, some Texans lineman tore BOTH patellar tendons. First time I've seen that without the assistance of the turf at the Vet.

 

How does the ball move forward unless the momentum from his arm has begun to propel it in that direction?

 

As I understand it a "shot put" throw would be a fumble, because even though he is propelling the ball forward, he does not have control of it. While trying to research the exact rule in question, an example I saw given was Kurt Warner at the end of Super Bowl XLIII.

That said, who cares?

 

No biggie, it obviously had no effect on the game. It's just odd. There's no rule about how how the forward pass is accomplished. A shovel pass, an underhanded throw, a regular pass are all the same - forward passes. The ball went forward and it was not interfered with by a defensive player in any way, thus it seems to be reasonable that it's a forward pass.

 

More fun Cardinal tie stuff. Their last tie before Sunday night was when they were still in St. Louis in 1986, a 20-20 draw with the Eagles.

O'Donoghue was gone by then, but Cardinals kicker Eric Schubert was 1 for 4 on field goals in that game. The Eagles' Paul McFadden was 1 for 3.

If I'm remembering right, the game was played in a snowstorm.

 

I think McFadden followed legendary barefoot kicker Tony Franklin in Philly.

Barefoot kickers ... that's way too hippie for the League's corporate image these days!

 

Ian Rapoport ‏@RapSheet 11h11 hours ago


This is awful. #Texans RT Derek Newton has torn both patella tendons, @MikeGarafolo & I report, and there is more damage. As bad as can be.

 

As a kid, I used to kick a football around my yard and pretend I was a barefoot kicker. At least for a couple of kicks. Never understood why they liked kicking barefoot. It hurt.

 

Back in the early 90's, Southern Miss had an offensive lineman tear up his knee so badly they had to amputate his lower leg. Hope this injury doesn't come to that.