NFL GDT: Week 17 Part II

[Halladay]

cant believe they got that off.

 

[Sports Enthusiast]

Doesn't really matter. Both teams are losing next week.

 

[aleshemsky83]

Thats one hell of a defense honestly. Even in a prevent they gave them nothing.

 

[GKJ]

Al Michaels was spontaneously combusting during that sequence

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

GB should of tried to set someone up in front of the endzone to try and catch the bat down.
congrats to Minnesota on the division title

 

[Jesus comma Brodin]

Whewww!

We will probably lose next week but hell, Zimmer said he wanted the North and a banner. I will take it all day. Eff yes.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

Doesn't really matter. Both teams are losing next week.

Packers can beat Washington.
I think Seattle is going to stomp Minnesota.

 

[Sports Enthusiast]

Terrible play calling though. Rodgers should have ran for that first down instead of a wasted throw to the back of the end zone.

 

[Reality Check]

Packers can beat Washington.
I think Seattle is going to stomp Minnesota.

This.

I wouldn't be surprised if Green Bay stomped Washington as well.

 

[Sports Enthusiast]

Packers can beat Washington.
I think Seattle is going to stomp Minnesota.

Only way I can see that is if the Packers offense gets going and its a shootout type game.

 

[Sports Enthusiast]

This.

I wouldn't be surprised if Green Bay stomped Washington as well.

Nor the way this offense is playing.

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Huh, I am too tired to remember the rule on this, was MIN out of luck if GB scored a TD there? Can that be reviewed by the booth? It was clear they snapped the ball with 0 on playclock.

 

[kingsholygrail]

Huh, I am too tired to remember the rule on this, was MIN out of luck if GB scored a TD there? Can that be reviewed by the booth? It was clear they snapped the ball with 0 on playclock.

All scoring plays are reviewed anyway and I'm sure they'd go to the booth for that as well.

 

[Alklha]

Good win by the Vikings.

Packers killed themselves with the incredibly slow play causing them to burn 2 time outs. To be honest, I'd have preferred 4th & 18 with 2 time outs, to 4th & 13 with only 1. And if you're a running team, and you've basically thrown the ball all the way down the field to get 1st and goal... do an inside handoff, or something, to keep the defense honest.

 

[GKJ]

NBC 1:00 on Sunday?


Huh?

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

Huh, I am too tired to remember the rule on this, was MIN out of luck if GB scored a TD there? Can that be reviewed by the booth? It was clear they snapped the ball with 0 on playclock.

It would of counted if it went off at 0. you see plays in every game that get off at zero.

 

[Reality Check]

NBC 1:00 on Sunday?


Huh?

That's very odd. Unless they altered the rights.

I knew Fox wanted Green Bay/Washington. That's the biggest draw of the week.

 

[Alklha]

Huh, I am too tired to remember the rule on this, was MIN out of luck if GB scored a TD there? Can that be reviewed by the booth? It was clear they snapped the ball with 0 on playclock.

The play would obviously have been reviewed, but I don't think that review can look at whether they got the snap off before the end of the game. That's a field decision, like it is with the standard playclock.

 

[GKJ]

That's very odd. Unless they altered the rights.

I knew Fox wanted Green Bay/Washington. That's the biggest draw of the week.

I guess that since the games are on all 4 networks, the NFL does the schedule the way they want, and the networks just have to deal with it.

 

[Reality Check]

I mean, it makes sense to have Pittsburgh/Cincy as the late game than Minnesota/Seattle.

That was also likely the game NBC wanted originally.

 

[Fish on The Sand]

Its funny. For the first half of the season it seemed like a foregone conclusion that Green Bay and New England would face off in the Super Bowl, and both teams look very bad heading in and could be ripe for the picking.

 

[Jesus comma Brodin]

I mean, it makes sense to have Pittsburgh/Cincy as the late game than Minnesota/Seattle.

That was also likely the game NBC wanted originally.

I think the late game is good.

Surprised the GB/WSH game isn't the early one due to the Seahawks being a Western team therefore putting their game at 10AM local time.

 

[Reality Check]

GB/WSH will draw the biggest audience. That timeslot was never in question.

I think what happened is NBC and CBS had a compromise(with influence from the NFL, no doubt). CBS got to keep PIT/CIN(because lord knows they didn't want the other game) but had to give up their Sunday timeslot.

Seattle/Minnesota would have been fine on Saturday. But if they're looking at the ratings perspective, I understand the switch.

Sucks for Seattle but this is a business.

 

[Sports Enthusiast]

Nobody wants to watch KC and Houston. Granted I can't say I'll make a dire effort for Seattle and Minnesota either.

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

The Joe Benigno Jets rant! It's a good one.