NFL Week 15 thread

I think Kaepernick needs to spend an offseason just working on the rhythm of running an offense.

 

So, just because they have gotten it wrong more than once, you think they should just continue to get it wrong?

 

It was the correct call, Oop.

 

I'll disagree.

 

Anybody who understands the rules and got a good look at the play will disagree. Worilds did not dip his head. He drilled Ryan right in the chest, exactly where he was supposed to hit him. I can understand missing it at full speed, but I have no idea what Meatie Pie is thinking if he saw a replay in slow motion and still thinks they got it right.

 

It's funny how only Steeler fans are saying it was a bad call.

 

As I said, anybody who understands the rule and got a good look at the play will disagree with you. So the question is, did you not see a good replay or do you not understand the rules?

Just because a hit looks violent, that does not make it roughing the passer. Perhaps that bit of knowledge might help you to understand the game better. I explained my point of view. Apparently, you are unable to explain yours.

 

Oop, I'm not saying it's a good call. I'm saying it's the kind of bad call that's going to get made because that's the direction the NFL wants the officials to lean towards.

 

Nobody owes you an explanation, Oop.

I've seen worse roughing calls. You can't lay the dude out.

If Julio Jones would have played, this game would have gone a lot differently.

 

Thank goodness the domestic violence rate is down today in Pittsburgh.

 

I know and I agree that is why we have seen bad calls of this nature. The NFL would rather err on the side of protecting players, especially the quarterback. That said, it is a bad call of the type that is happening too often.

 

Actually, yes, you can lay the guy out as long as you do it legally, which Worilds did. The officials clearly got it wrong. As Michael pointed out, I understand why they blow these calls, but they did blow it in this case.

And Meatie, you don't owe me anything. I was simply challenging you to explain yourself and your attempts to do so clearly demonstrate that I am correct. Your reasoning basically amounts to saying that it is roughing the passer if you hit the guy too hard. That is not what is in the rules.

And there is no doubt that the Jones injury had a huge impact on the game. I acknowledged as much earlier in the thread. The Falcons needed a few huge breaks to stay close even though their defense actually did a decent job slowing the Steelers down. They would have easily put up at least 30 points with Jones in the lineup.

That said, injuries are part of the game. The Steelers have certainly had their share this season, especially on defense. They are going to have a hard time winning most weeks when they don't score over 30 points.I wonder if they will see more teams stacking the box and attacking so they can take away the running game and hope they can create enough pressure to force Roethlisberger to be inconsistent throwing down the field, an approach that worked at times for Atlanta today.