NFL Thread

[Grenouille]

Steelers...4-6...10-6 should easily get them into the playoffs.

8-8 or even 7-9 could do it. There's a pretty big logjam of mediocrity looking for that #6 seed. 8 teams are within a game of the spot.

 

[GodzillaSpawn]

Well we have a bye so doubt it plus we really don't need him it's just added firepower

Those bye weeks could be killers. Falling down stairs, getting out of bed without stretching, slipping in the shower, tripping on a curb...


Just sayin...

 

[user 1190]

Well we have a bye so doubt it plus we really don't need him it's just added firepower

He might get headaches again

 

[Nava509]

He might get headaches again

He might if he watches those chargers play

 

[Nuka Cola Kidd]

HOLY ****! That was nerve racking!! And that is why they call them the Cardiac Cats.

 

[Tornadoflame]

Flag.... What flag

 

[Nuka Cola Kidd]

Flag.... What flag

Exactly...we're not gonna talk about it.

 

[karamazov80]

Man. . .teams need to start beating Carolina. They're starting to really worry me.

 

[Grenouille]

Great game and a tough loss, but jeez that ending....

 

[Nuka Cola Kidd]

Man. . .teams need to start beating Carolina. They're starting to really worry me.

Our two games with each other are gonna be insane. I hope we can at least split them.

 

[karamazov80]

I'm actually hoping the same!

 

[Centurion]

Geez, great game tonight.
Looked like Brady was going to pull another out of the hat during the closing seconds.

 

[GodzillaSpawn]

Horrible non-call at the end, but I love the outcome. I enjoy watching these Panthers play.

 

[filip629]

Horrible non-call at the end, but I love the outcome. I enjoy watching these Panthers play.

Yeah, that was definitely PI. Gronk never even had a chance to get back to the ball. Ball should have been spotted at the 1 yard line with one more play given to the Pats. The Panthers D may have still held the Pats out of the end zone but NE should have had that chance. It would have been a thrilling finish either way in that case.

 

[user 1190]

Refs played way to big of a part this week.

 

[GodzillaSpawn]

Refs played way to big of a part this week.

Sad but true.

 

[karamazov80]

That's every week, though. It seems that this week had some noteworthy calls at the very end of games that stuck in people's minds, but refs are going to be behind controversial call and no-calls every single week. Usually in every game. It's just that they are often happening in the middle of the 2nd quarter or whatever and folks don't remember them so well.

 

[Grenouille]

That's every week, though. It seems that this week had some noteworthy calls at the very end of games that stuck in people's minds, but refs are going to be behind controversial call and no-calls every single week. Usually in every game. It's just that they are often happening in the middle of the 2nd quarter or whatever and folks don't remember them so well.

A missed/non-call in the middle of the 2nd quarter doesn't carry the weight that one at the end of the game. If that play from last night happens in the 2ndQ, that's fine they have a whole half to continue on. The fact is it happened on the last play and it was game over.

I think I'd have an easier time stomaching last night's call if the flag hadn't been thrown at all. However, it was. The BJ was there, saw it, and threw the flag, but got talked out it for some reason. It just all seems fishy.

 

[Nuka Cola Kidd]

Only because it was deemed uncatchable by any other besides Lester. And time had already expired before contact was maybe. Next week there will be something else to complain about in the league. Nature of the game.

 

[Grenouille]

Only because it was deemed uncatchable by any other besides Lester. And time had already expired before contact was maybe. Next week there will be something else to complain about in the league. Nature of the game.

I have a hard time with the uncatchable argument based on when Kuechly began bear-hugging him away from where the ball would be. Time is not a factor.

In the end it was a great game that had a ****ty ending due to the officials becoming part of the story. Gotta move on and look forward to the Donkeys this Sunday.