Week 16 NFL: The White Privilege Thread

Either play sudden death or a specific amount of time, preferably 15 minutes. Rigging the game as they have done cheapens and phonies up the game.

 

Can we talk about the Steelers game?

 

I am 100 percent with you. No tricks. Play football until someone scores.

 

I guess I'm the only one who didn't have a problem the way it used to be. If both teams know it could be a "coin flip" in OT, maybe they are a little more aggressive when regulation is winding down.

 

NFL overtime with the new rule is beginning to play out like college OT, where it's advantageous to go on defense first and know what you need when it's your turn. Of course, if you give up a TD like Belichick did, it can bite you in the ass.

 

Replied to the wrong post. Meant to respond to the post about the Rams record.

 

You'd like to think so, but by and large coaches are of the mindset of "Get me to overtime, and all second-guessing melts away."

 

More fun with the NFL's inability to clearly define what is a catch and what is not.

Pittsburgh's Antonio Brown caught a ball in the end zone Sunday which was originally ruled a touchdown. He got both feet in, but it was not clear if the ball moved or not. He pinned it to his body with his right hand, then brought up the left to better secure it as he fell to the ground. The officials overturned it, saying he did not have complete control. Carey agreed. Pereira argued that it should have stood. Isn't the standard supposed to be indisputable evidence? Honestly, I thought it wasn't a catch, but I'm not sure there was enough evidence to overturn. The Steelers ended up settling for a field goal in a game they lost by three, so it was a key point in the game.

Just a bit more evidence that the league needs to clarify the rules this offseason. I don't know that it changes the outcome. The Steelers played like crap with their season on the line and they had some close calls go each way. Harrison's low hit was a personal foul. Two close interference calls went Pittsburgh's way and one went Baltimore's. Just frustrating to watch and not have clarity regarding what is a catch and what is not.

 

Wrong. There's no advantage to knowing you need a field goal because that means you're trailing. And if you know you need a touchdown, well, it's too late.

The only time it makes sense to defend a goal is if the weather conditions incredibly favor playing in one direction over the other. It never makes sense to elect to kick (which Slater didn't realize).

If you receive the ball, you can either win on a TD, or you need to get a field goal and defensive stop.
If you kick, you can either lose on a TD, or you need to get a defensive stop and a field goal.

Always better to play from ahead than from behind.

 

Chiefs. From dead to playoffs. That is all.

 

He shifted the ball between getting two feet down initially, so it was an easy no-catch call.

 

I disagree .. He shifted the ball after getting both feet down (in bounds). The TV guys were discussing when Brown had firm possession of the ball. Green thought Brown didn't establish possession until after he was out of bounds.
Brown - I think - said he was told the officials were overruled out NY.

I thought it was a catch. I also thought either way the official on the field called it would have/should have stood.