NFL Week 17 -- Are We There Yet?

[justgladtobehere]

Bullshirt. He was always unlikeable .

I did think, for a while, that maybe it was his family, not him, that were total assholes. Maybe they are too, but now we know for sure QAron is batshirt. And making it worse, he thinks he's sooper dooper smart.

I was listening to sports talk and they pointed out that Rodgers seems to have very good relationships with teammates, coaches, staff. Anything involving football I will take him over Mike McCarthy every time.

He is a smart guy with a chip on his shoulder, and as another poster pointed out, he thinks he is smarter than he is. A dangerous combination.

 

[Justin_Rice]

Here's a radical thought: Defenders should be able to identify who the eligible receivers are pre-snap, and NOT by using their uniform numbers (hint: It's the two most outside guys lined up on the LOS, plus the four people in the backfield).

Of course this may require officials to actually hold players to a standard when it comes to how far off they are the LOS .... but it is possible to look at a formation and identify the receivers.

 

[dixiehack]

You mean like at every other level of football except the NFL? What a concept!

Every other level doesn't impose a cap of 48 players available for a game, give or take an emergency quarterback.

 

[MileHigh]

Is that true? They can't run a tackle-eligible in high school or college football?

And here I thought the NFL was the No Fun League.

MileHigh can confirm but I believe according to NFHSA football rules ineligible players must report in to the crew chief plus ALSO physically change uniform numbers in order to become eligible receivers.

No player with jersey numbers 50 to 79 can catch a legal forward pass unless it gets first touched by a defensive player at the high school and college levels. There is no such reporting at those levels.

 

[Justin_Rice]

No player with jersey numbers 50 to 79 can catch a legal forward pass unless it gets first touched by a defensive player at the high school and college levels. There is no such reporting at those levels.

Q: Is there anything to stop me from numbering my linemen 1-49 and 80-99?

 

[MileHigh]

Every other level doesn't impose a cap of 48 players available for a game, give or take an emergency quarterback.

And that's fine. Don't try having three guys report as eligible when only one is able to do so. It was a ruse, the official went too fast, assuming it was the same player who multiple times before had declared himself eligible in the game, and wasn't in on the ruse. No rule against what they tried to do, but as we say, if you're going to run a trick play, it's got to be 100% perfect. Again, the official went too fast and with the Lions out of timeouts and the play clock running, needed to tell the defense, otherwise Detroit would have gotten a DOG.

 

[Junkie]

Q: Is there anything to stop me from numbering my linemen 1-49 and 80-99?

Not where I live. A guard may be No. 5 and a tackle may be No. 33. Most kids play two ways. You can't number by position. My kid is a center and a DT. He's No. 9. That'll be his number as long as he plays, if he wants, unless some upperclassman has it when my kid is a sophomore. If he's still playing center, he'll still be No. 9. The ineligible guys are ineligible based on where they line up. It's up to the coaches to spot things like that, and most of them aren't really worried about it.

 

[MileHigh]

Q: Is there anything to stop me from numbering my linemen 1-49 and 80-99?

I presume asking for high school rules. Pretty sure it's the same for the NFL, but high school and college, offensive teams must have five players numbered 50 to 79 on the offensive line.

In high school, there is an exception on fourth down when the offense lines up in scrimmage kick formation (punt or field goal). In this case, any player numbers 0 to 49 or 80 to 99 can line up on the LOS, but they must line up between the ends but they are ineligible to receive a forward pass because of where they are lined up, even though they have the proper number.

 

[HanSenSE]

Just make all officials full time. That will ensure mistakes will never happen.

 

[outofplace]

Just make all officials full time. That will ensure mistakes will never happen.

No change will make that happen, but they can be minimized.

 

[BTExpress]

Jeez, just make the clock operators full time so that they master their job and you never have a late starting clock or an extra second or two run off that shouldn't.

 

[MileHigh]

Jeez, just make the clock operators full time so that they master their job and you never have a late starting clock or an extra second or two run off that shouldn't.

Don't forget the chain crew, so they don't set up one or two links off that could determine first downs.