That was just terrible. The Eagles just ran right over GB. I wonder if it will come down to a battle of the birds on Superbowl Sunday. I took yesterday off on purpose. If they won I'd drink, if they lost I'd drink.
I honestly don't know who Love is. He has games where he looks decisive and smart, and games where he just throws into double and triple coverage the whole time. I can't tell if he has difficulty diagnosing coverages and his "good" games are against simpler schemes, or if he is just prone to streaks of bad decision making.
I’ll take Chiefs vs Lions, and I hope Detroit wins. If my team doesn’t win, I’m all for the team that has never won.
I'm pulling for the Lions, but their defense is really banged up. I'm not sure they can beat the Eagles. The only team I can see beating the Cheifs in the AFC is the Ravens.
With Derrick Henry's touchdown last night, I can officially count myself among those who missed big parlays because Barkley slid last weekend.
Detroit's loss means their coaching staff got gutted a few weeks earlier than they would have liked. Ben Johnson accepted the Bears HC job. Likely their DC goes to the Jets from what it sounds like. I'm guessing both of those guys will pilfer a couple other staff members on their way out. Always tough when a team has an outstanding season but doesn't win the Superbowl. Your staff gets picked over by the bottom feeder teams but you didn't even get the trophy to show for it.
For real. Also, that was a 1st down. Not sure why they aired the front side with the ball visible like once then the opposite side where you can't the rest of the time. Romo even used the back side to mark up where the line was from the back angle. Why not show the front side and mark that up? TV crew seemed to be too cautious in the moment. One ref says yes, the other says no. How do NFL refs reconcile this as it happens?
I'm not sure if that's rhetorical. Whenever there's a disagreement, the on-field refs come to an agreement about what the "on the field" call is. You can see this happen most commonly when there's a messy pre-snap penalty where both sides move, and I believe the head ref gets the final say if the others still disagree. Then the video crew reviews it against the "call on the field." By process, there's no disagreement when the call is issued. The refs discuss and decide what they believe the correct call is. I'm torn about Buffalo. On one hand, the expectation of the season was a soft rebuild - they had like the 3rd or 4th most dead cap of any team in the league getting rid of vets and going younger. Lost their #1 WR, #1 CB, #1 safety, and their #1 MLB was out most of the season. They made it to the AFC Championship Game, and lost by 3 points (when their #1 CB went out early in the game). On the other hand, you just don't get infinite chances at this and Buffalo seems to be incapable of getting it done against KC when it matters. It always seems to be coaching.
I’m not a huge football fan, so can somebody explain the decision for an early 2pt attempt? I get it when it’s later on, but overall two of something would have been a lot better than four of nothing.
The refs have made watching KC play football for the last 2 months pointless and miserable. KC has avoided easy narratives this season, and it's hard to have a media frenzy over 2-time SB champs being REALLY good at high-leverage plays. But the shitty officiating has been blatant and absurd. Prediction: Kelce proposes to T. Swift on the field if they win. I don't even know if this SB is worth watching....ffs.
After their performance against Baltimore I really thought Buffalo had a chance last night but that hope quickly dissolved before my eyes. They’re still my team, but goddamn…
All of this, 100%. As a lover of the game I'll watch but, this year it may be more about the commercials than the game or half time show. I am SO bummed the Bills sank. Josh Allen is such a likeable guy. Moreso than most QB's. Question, so if he does take a knee and do the deed, does he retire? @NatCH In that scenario, points. Simple as that.
Sometimes it's advantageous to go for 2 if the upside changes the number or type of scores to tie/win, but the downside doesn't change those things. In the case of the Bills, it was 16-21 at the point of the decision. Kicking the XP and being down 4 means you need a TD to take the lead, but a FG won't tie it. But you're already in that position being down 5, and if you get the 2pt conversion, then a FG will tie the game. It also depends on what kind of team you think you have. I'm guessing the Bills, with Allen being such a running threat, thought they had a >50% chance at the 2pt conversion.