Weekend NFL Update

[opiate]

Wow what a day! I did nothing but watch football all day today.

First off, Philadelphia and Chicago. I'm truly disappointed. I wanted to see Chicago beat Philadelphia. But as the Bears retire I unload another Bud light from the icebox. I don't think it was the Bears day today. Even thought Philly didn't play that good of a game either. Final score: Philadelphia 33, Chicago 19. This is the best season for the Bears in a long time. I only wish they could have done more.

Second Game, Oakland at New England. Well, it's snowing all over the stadium. They might as well pull out the slip N slides because that's all that is going on. It's funny to watch the maintenance crew come out at timeouts with the snow blowers and blow the snow off yard lines. 10min later, covered with snow again. 26sec. in the 4th, New England goes for a 45yard field goal with Oakland leading 13 to 10. It's good and the score is now 13-13, game headed into overtime. Where the hell is Jerry Rice? Sleeping? New England goes for a 26yard field goal with 8min on the OT clock. It's good! The stadium goes nuts and New England is moving on up. I kinda wanted to see Oakland come up and beat New England but Rice was sleeping I guess... Final score: Oakland 13, New England 16.


The Rams will take the day tomorrow. Go RAMS!!!

[Lycia]

All I'll say is, if any official from that Oakland/New England game shows his face in the Bay Area, I would personally like to pop a cap in his head.

[opiate]

[quote]Originally posted by Lycia:
<strong>All I'll say is, if any official from that Oakland/New England game shows his face in the Bay Area, I would personally like to pop a cap in his head.</strong><hr></blockquote>


agreed

[Lycia]

[quote]Originally posted by opiate:
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agreed</strong><hr></blockquote>

I mean, the Raiders should never have let the pats get into scoring position, but to loose the game because of some damn paid official..two bad calls:

1.The damn arm in forward motion when it clearly shows him pump faking and pausing.

2. The WHOLE PATS OFFENSIVE LINE, I mean Guards, Tackles and the Center all MOVED before the snap!! They freaking moved!! 4th down and 4 yards to go, and Brady screams hut hut, and the WHOLE FREAKING LINE MOVES!!!! guess what? NO FLAG!!!!!!

The only consolation the Raiders will get is a call Tuesday morning from the league, once again apologizing for horrible officiating...Bastards..

[Sowulo]

[quote]Originally posted by Lycia:
<strong>

I mean, the Raiders should never have let the pats get into scoring position, but to loose the game because of some damn paid official..two bad calls:

1.The damn arm in forward motion when it clearly shows him pump faking and pausing.

2. The WHOLE PATS OFFENSIVE LINE, I mean Guards, Tackles and the Center all MOVED before the snap!! They freaking moved!! 4th down and 4 yards to go, and Brady screams hut hut, and the WHOLE FREAKING LINE MOVES!!!! guess what? NO FLAG!!!!!!

The only consolation the Raiders will get is a call Tuesday morning from the league, once again apologizing for horrible officiating...Bastards..</strong><hr></blockquote>

I still watch sports, but the events of this particular game are exactly the reason I don't get real involved any more...between sports personalities I can't respect and horrible, or at least terribly inconsistent, officiating that can't seem to be corrected or improved, it's just hard to care who wins....

[opiate]

St. Louis took Green Bay to school today! St. Louis 45, Green Gay 17.


DAAAH RAMS!

[KINGofBLEH]

[quote]Originally posted by Lycia:
<strong>All I'll say is, if any official from that Oakland/New England game shows his face in the Bay Area, I would personally like to pop a cap in his head.</strong><hr></blockquote>

I understand it had less to do with the call on the field and more to do with an interpretation of the rules. Apparently the replay official ordered the replay (which is his right in the last 2 minutes) because he saw Brady's arm moving forward. Upon further review it showed that his arm was moving forward into a forward pass, making it an incompletion.

However, you point is well taken. NFL ref's should be full time and wel paid. This will help ensure more accurate calls in the future and less reliance on replay.

[Sowulo]

[quote]Originally posted by KINGofBLEH:
<strong>However, you point is well taken. NFL ref's should be full time and wel paid. This will help ensure more accurate calls in the future and less reliance on replay.</strong><hr></blockquote>

It doesn't make baseball umpires nor NBA referees any more accurate...

[WebHead]

Chicago vs Philly: Didn't really care who won, but was kinda happy to see Philly get it. Don't really care for Jim Miller. I think he's highly over-rated.

Rams vs Packers: Once again the Rams prove unstoppable. Poor Brett Favvrrvervev. Here Brett, hands Brett a tissue.

Steelers vs Ravens: Bye bye Ray Lewis! Bye bye. Go Steelers!

Oakland vs Pats: Great game. I can't remember the last time I watched a game played in that much snow. Possibly never? Anyway, when the arm is forward, the arm is forward. It was not a fumble. I don't care if he's pumping a fake or not, it doesn't matter, his arm is in a forward position therefore incomplete pass. If he was scrambling with the ball tucked away, then that's a different story. Nice job on a good call refs!! My favorite part of the game was watching Darren Woodson cry about the loss afterward. Heh,.. and they call us Whiners. Boo hoo Raider Nation.

[Quiet Thunder]

See, my question, is how could they reasonably call it a foward pass when the ball was facing the ground? If he had thrown in to the ground, it would have been grounding to avoid a sack. I mean, who could he have been passing to down there? His offensive lineman's (read ineligeable reciever) feet?

Not that I'm mad in anyway that Oakland lost, but it still looked like a pump-fake to me and not a pass. It also looked to me like he was not moving the ball foward, rather, pulling the ball back towards his body. I still say they got a lucky call there, though I can't really blame the refs, it was one of those calls where they'd look bad no matter which way they went. Hard play to call. There are rules pointing in both directions.