You know what I give him credit for? Not saying, "dude, wtf? Is it because I'm Black?" Seriously, he'd have a point. If Brady or Rodgers were taking those hits, it'd have been flag city. Cam is no longer a rookie, he has an MVP and he's led a team to the Super Bowl. The montage you posted didn't even include the smacks he took to the head with arms and hands. All of which I've seen called plenty of times, usually while Brady is looking up at the ref with whiney face. It seems that sometimes people are quick to unnecessarily play the race card, but next to "why aren't there black bandaids at CVS?" this one is just about to be the most legit I've seen.
That hit by Marshall is pretty much the textbook definition of the penalty. They probably couldn't stage a better demonstration if they tried.
There are articles out there already questioning this; why wasn't he pulled to be looked at by the neurologist after laying on the ground a few seconds unresponsive? That was total bullshit for him to be treated that way. He is a star and the future of the NFL, they better start protecting him the way they protect Brady and Rogers. If this goes on, he will be on the IR before week 8.
I have to think it's mostly due to opening-night jitters and will come around to be handled properly in the next week or two. It was still a hell of a lesson on how not to run shit.
The NFL has perverse incentives. As a business, the players are expendable, they come and go, they are bound to protect them, but if the team doctor has a final say, that team doctor will want that team to succeed regardless of medical indifference to the outcome, and if the player is borderline will put them in. Its a joke that the impartial examiner doesn't decide of a player stays in. This examiner should have baseline tests available to them for all players and examine a player in reference to those baseline tests. Of course how impartial can someone be if they are imbedded with a team and know the players, the staff, the management etc. The NFL has a problem with QB's. They are the stars of the league, revenue generators. Running backs get concussed all the time, keep playing no one flinches. A QB gets hit hard and people become concerned. At some point it seems the NFL will finally have to say that you can't tackle a quarterback, but everyone else is fine to get blown up, everyone else is expendable.
Peterson looked absolutely horrible today; worst I've ever seen him play. True he was running into a lot of stacked lines but he missed several large holes in Trent Richardson fashion, danced around a bunch hesitantly, and overall looked like a guy who still thinks he's got the body of a 21 year old. He's had bad days before but the way he looked was quite alarming - he looked like a guy who was finished. Hoping it's just the rust from the off season and no preseason work.
Have to say, today was a great fucking day for football... lots of great action. Finally that time of the year again.
I'm wondering if those calls weren't made because Cam Newton is 6'6" 250 pounds and hits people like a Mack truck when he runs. Anyway, watching Russell Wilson on a bad wheel was probably the worst thing I've ever seen. I always knew his mobility was one of his greatest assets, but holy shit. The offensive line certainly is. So was Earl Thomas. But the rest of the defense was in fine form. Edit: http://www.si.com/nfl/2016/09/12/seattle-seahawks-russell-wilson-ankle-injury?xid=si_social
That's an even worse excuse, if that's true. Jimmy Garoppolo is 6-3, 225 and in last night's game, there was one Pop Warner level hit that got a flag against Arizona. It's kind of ridiculous at this point, and the NFL officials need to stop playing favorites and enforce the same rules for all QB's regardless of size, or there's going to be some legit racism accusations soon.
Sunday game number 1, the official opener to the season as far as I'm concerned. A great game that had me sweating right until the end. Not a bad start to the NFL season. Also, I'd like to thank Little Baby Jesus for The Red Zone. It is the shit.
Yeah, this year is the first time I'd subscribed... and holy shit it was like crack. I don't have cable and it works great on the Apple TV or iPad or iPhone, and it kept you up to date with all the games, regardless of blackouts. And on that note, FUCK BLACKOUTS.
Nett, I don't know if the "special features" work in conjunction with any of that but they are also fucking great. I don't know why it took so long but I'm damn glad I have it. Side note, when Arians took that last timeout in the fourth I was like WTF is he doing?!!?? Pretty ballsy move that unfortunately did not pan out. Fitzgerald had a great game, I like to see that. On the other hand the Raiders ballsy move in their game did pay off. Wow. Who knew.
I'm not sure why, but every time I try and explain how awesome NFL Redzone is to people that don't have it, they're always like, "meh." But, then, I've also never known any football fans that have it that then think, "ahh, I can live without that." This is an old article, but it's a good one, that Rembert Browne did with Scott Hanson. Hanson does a REALLY good job, without making it obvious that he's doing a really good job. http://grantland.com/features/watching-day-nfl-games-redzone-studio/
Hanson has all the skill of a high-density air traffic controller. I would gladly watch an hour of other broadcasters giving it a try. That would be entertaining as hell.
I just made myself snarf thinking of Chris Berman trying to gak his way through a triple box situation.
LA is one of my teams in the bar pool. I went with them because with the new (old?) city they are either going to stink it up big time or go the other way.
I am surprised at that point that that 49er's player didn't absolutely light that dude up with a "proper form tackle."
The most exciting part of that crap ass game was that dude and the announcer. Good times. And the first game was almost just as boring. What a shit start to Monday Night Football.