NFL: 2017 NFL Season News & Notes Discussion Thread (Bucs keep Koetter/GB signs Adams)

[Gene Parmesan]

^sort of has to at times, in order to find his man. Can't see over the likes of Joeckel.
If the coverage downfield is good he'll just take off.
He basically has to do it all, because even though pass pro is leaps and bounds better than it was early in the season...these guys still can't run block.

Yeah they can't. I'm just saying its hard to block for Russell because you have no idea where he is.

 

[Captain Bowie]

Can't agree enough. Stuff like this is helping drive fans away. The rules have gone stupidly complex in too many areas, leaving for too many games to be decided by rules interpretations instead of by the players.

I dunno, that one seemed pretty cut and dry to me. He lost control momentarily and when he regained control, he was out of bounds.

If they want to loosen up the possession/control rules I wouldn't be upset, but that looked like the right call to me based on the precedent already set.

 

[Troy McClure]

I dunno, that one seemed pretty cut and dry to me. He lost control momentarily and when he regained control, he was out of bounds.

If they want to loosen up the possession/control rules I wouldn't be upset, but that looked like the right call to me based on the precedent already set.

The point is the rule and precedent are stupid. When I started watching the NFL, that was a catch. It was a great catch.

But somewhere along the way when replays became high def super slow mo, the catch rule turned into something counterintuitive and needlessly complex.

What's the point of changing the rule to take away that catch? For all of the work the league did to benefit the passing game fans love so much, it makes no sense for the league to also embrace rules that turn catches into incompletions.

 

[Captain Bowie]

The point is the rule and precedent are stupid. When I started watching the NFL, that was a catch. It was a great catch.

But somewhere along the way when replays became high def super slow mo, the catch rule turned into something counterintuitive and needlessly complex.

What's the point of changing the rule to take away that catch? For all of the work the league did to benefit the passing game fans love so much, it makes no sense for the league to also embrace rules that turn catches into incompletions.

To the bolded: That very well may be, but it exists and they are bound to it through a certain level of consistency. If they changed the rules in the off-season to allow more of these types of catches to stand, I wouldn't take major issue with that. But as it stands now, that is not a catch.

A simple change would to simply remove the two-foot in bounds rule. It is the only league in the world that has that rule. CFL, College and HS rules all only require 1 foot inbounds for a completed catch.

 

[What the Faulk]

Why would that ever be a catch? Take it to the extreme. What if he bobbles it for 5 seconds before corralling it out of bounds? Because he got two feet and possession doesn't make it a catch either. Is a split second of all those factors a catch? I don't think so. I think this is one of the least egregious catch controversies of the season.

 

[What the Faulk]

This might not be the place for this, but I find this picture pretty creepy in the context of what's going on in this country right now. Look at the look on his wife's face.

Called it

Panthers owner facing misconduct allegations

 

[Canes]

See you later Richardson. Jerry is a horrible human being even before this from what I've heard. If Donald Sterling was forced out, Richardson will be too.

 

[Voight]

See you later Richardson. Jerry is a horrible human being even before this from what I've heard. If Donald Sterling was forced out, Richardson will be too.

Richardson was at the top of my list already for "creepiest NFL owners" and I just always had a gut feeling he was like that.

 

[What the Faulk]

This sound kind of f***ed up. He's suspended for a domestic violence allegation, not returning from some injury.

 

[Voight]

This sound kind of ****ed up. He's suspended for a domestic violence allegation, not returning from some injury.

He's one of the leagues biggest stars. A video about him=views=ad revenue.

 

[Voight]

NFL takes over investigation of Panthers owner

Game over.

 

[Scott Stevens]

Its really between him and Brady at this point. Would be nice for him to finally win one but Brady has more than earned another one at this point.

“Russell” has never been the best player in football. This isn’t Oprah Winfrey’s league where everybody gets one.

 

[Voight]

Davis better get suspended for that scum hit on Adams.

 

[Voight]

 

[TheAngryHank]

Wonder what pre season odds were for a Jax v Rans super bowl ? 3000-1?

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

From June: Here are the odds on all 256 possible Super Bowl LII matchups

1000-1.

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

 

[What the Faulk]

Looks like Minnesota is getting the bye

 

[Voight]

Its just a precautionary move. We were officially eliminated so your better off having Hundley get the experience and letting A-Rodg fully heal.

Oh well, time to hop on the Pats bandwagon for the next month.

 

[Avs_19]

The talk of the Packers going to the Super Bowl if they got into the playoffs was amusing while it lasted.

 

[What the Faulk]

The talk of the Packers going to the Super Bowl if they got into the playoffs was amusing while it lasted.

I kept saying, I like Rodgers and the Packers but man that got old fast last week. Their team is flawed and a banged up Rodgers was never going to be the band aid they needed to make the playoffs in this tough NFC field.

Gonna be an interesting year without the Giants, Cowboys, Packers, or Seahawks in there.

 

[Voight]

The talk of the Packers going to the Super Bowl if they got into the playoffs was amusing while it lasted.

If we had won last week (lost thanks to some questionable officiating) there would be a good chance we would make the playoffs and then after that - who knows. This team isn't that much different from the one last year that made the conference title game.

 

[Gene Parmesan]

The NFC is also much stronger 1-6 than last year.

 

[CBJx614]

So if things go perfectly, the Browns could potentially have the 1st and 2nd picks in the draft

The Browns could actually end up getting the top two picks in the 2018 NFL Draft

 

[Roboturner913]

Not that anybody cares but the Saints just put AJ Klein on IR. Big blow to the defense.