2019 NFL miscellaneous news

[jerichoholicninja]

Antonio Brown back at it again. It’s like he’s trying to make it seem like he’s leaving the NFL on his own terms and throwing shade at the NFL, but in reality his career is over because of his past decisions that will have him most likely end up in prison. That man has some serious issues.

 

He does but the NFL is being as equally stupid. The league clearly doesn't want him to play but instead of just banning or suspending him they're trying to act like they want to "hear his side" and hold him in football purgatory until some team signs him. Some may think he deserves that, and maybe he does, but it makes the league look weak as heck. Roger just needs to grow a pair and kick him out.

[homer]

Lamar Jackson is ridiculous.

[homer]

Looks like New Orleans is going to lose to Atlanta at home. Any given Sunday....

 

Helps Packers.

[nodakfan17]

Looks like New Orleans is going to lose to Atlanta at home. Any given Sunday....

 

Helps Packers.

Assuming the Packers win today, this should help put last week’s loss to the Chargers in perspective. The infallible Saints just lost to a 1-7 team at home. Since it was a loss to a NFC opponent, I believe the Packers would currently hold a tie-breaker over them based on a better conference record.

[young guns]

Some really good games this week. So many coming down to the wire.

[nodakfan17]

Some really good games this week. So many coming down to the wire.

This will probably go down as one of the best weeks of the year. Honestly, this has been a ho-hum season. A few good teams, lots of bad teams, and not many good matchups to date.

[nodakfan17]

So the Rams have a wunderkin HC and spend a bazillion dollars on free agents and are only 5-4? The still have the Ravens, Cowboys, 49ers and Seahawks left on their schedule.

[homer]

So the Rams have a wunderkin HC and spend a bazillion dollars on free agents and are only 5-4? The still have the Ravens, Cowboys, 49ers and Seahawks left on their schedule.

 

Their line play has been really bad.

[nodakfan17]

I’m rooting for the Cowboys tonight. Yuck.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

So the Rams have a wunderkin HC and spend a bazillion dollars on free agents and are only 5-4? The still have the Ravens, Cowboys, 49ers and Seahawks left on their schedule.

 

I know Steelers have a decent defense, but going the whole game without getting your #1 receiver the ball is inexcusable. Giving Gurley only 12 carries when he was the only player doing anything on offense for them was almost just as bad.

[DuWayne Steurer]

The Saints lost to the Falcons, the Bills lost to the Browns, and the Colts lost to the Dolphins today.

 

Aside from maybe the Bengals or the Redskins, even the bad teams in the NFL are pretty much capable of winning just about every Sunday.

 

Heck, the Dolphins are actively TRYING to lose and they have won 2 games.

[adambr2]

Reviewable pass interference is going away, they clearly just tossed it in to make it seem like they are doing something about the officials and will eventually wipe it off the books when the coaches complain that it's pointless.

 

Also, this isn't a matter of replay adding to the ToG. It's a matter of replay taking a hatchet to the suspense of the game, which I cannot even grasp being a debatable point. It absolutely sucks. On ANY remotely borderline play the euphoria has been replaced by waiting to see something in UHD at 1/10 speed to make sure you can still be happy about it. And then sometimes they still tell you that you're wrong anyway (even when it's highly debatable) and we have to do it over. Their interpretations lack any consistency so we STILL end up arguing about 1/4 of the calls even after the 15 verification looks.

 

We had the tech to put a laser in the ball 15 years ago and end the goal line nonsense.

 

You still have plenty of those suspenseful moments. The Richard Rodgers Hail Mary, Crosby beating the Cowboys in the divisional round. Or the playoff against the Cowboys prior when Cobb caught that 3rd and 10 to seal it against the Cowboys. How about John Kuhn throwing the block against Julius Peppers to save Rodgers who finds Cobb to win the North? Or Shields picking off Cutler to send us to the Super Bowl?

 

There are many, many suspenseful plays that don't have a reviewable element so I'm not sure how you can say replay has taken a hatchet to the suspense of the game. If they're reviewing it, it's likely a controversial play which they want to ensure is called correctly which is exactly the original intent.

 

You don't need to look past yesterday's game when a dumb replay sucked the joy out of one of those exact moments and I got up to pee and refill a water while waiting for them to say we won. But this is going nowhere. Most of you want replay and I don't, and nobody is going to convince me it's been good for sports.

 

The McCaffrey play was really, really close. Probably a matter of an inch or two. I can understand why they would want to take 2 minutes to look at a play like that and make sure they got it correct. They looked, quickly determined thay they couldn't conclusively change the call on the field, and it was over.

 

It was reviewed because it was really close. Had we stonewalled McCaffrey like the Williams play at the end of the first half, there would have been no review and you would have had your joyous moment. To me personally, the fact that they had to look at it did not remove the joy from the win one iota. I did not feel shortchanged even a little. But everyone is different and as you say no one is going to convince you otherwise.

[homer]

So the Niners lose in OT...but they had the ball late in OT and could have run it three times and taken the tie. Instead they threw three incompletions and punted. Seattle goes down and kicks winning field goal. Might have cost them the division.

 

Good for Packers.

[adambr2]

So the Niners lose in OT...but they had the ball late in OT and could have run it three times and taken the tie. Instead they threw three incompletions and punted. Seattle goes down and kicks winning field goal. Might have cost them the division.

 

Good for Packers.

 

Unless you're down to the last week of the season and a tie is all you need to achieve your playoff goals, I think you've got to play for the win there. I think they made the right call in that sense. Settle for the tie and you still lose the tiebreaker if you lose in Seattle, and I don't think they can count on winning there.

 

With that said they still could have run the ball, run a screen or other high percentage pass so at least you had the tie as a fallback if you can't get anything going. I'm surprised they didn't try to play it like that a bit as Seattle couldn't stop the clock.

[MrTPlush]

So the Niners lose in OT...but they had the ball late in OT and could have run it three times and taken the tie. Instead they threw three incompletions and punted. Seattle goes down and kicks winning field goal. Might have cost them the division.

 

Good for Packers.

 

I thought the same to be honest. That being said the only way for the Seahawks to really get the ball back with one was for a three and out...pick up a single first down and the Seahawks likely don’t get a chance even if you can’t get to field goal range. You got an 8-0 team with a good QB. I don’t see how you just accept a tie and not go for the win when, again, a first down makes it where you will score or no one will. Only needing a FG probably factored in.

 

It is fair the wonder though, go for a win and risk losing or take the tie and basically make the game a wash. If they were on the road against the Seahawks maybe that changes as in the back of your mind you would know the decisive game would be at home instead of the road later on.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

The 49ers have @Saints, @Seahawks, @Ravens, vs. Packers, vs. Rams on the schedule. Their two "gimmies" are Arizona and Atlanta, neither of which are truly awful "bad" teams. The Seahawks schedule isn't much easier, but beating SF on the road was a big step.

 

I don't know who I'd rather the Packers face anymore. I'm inclined to say Seattle because their defense isn't that good anymore, but Jimmy G is just not Russ and he would be a much smaller assignment to contain. Either way the push for HFA seems bigger now. Packers in the Super Bowl is a realistic goal, which is really amazing.

[Fear The Chorizo]

It's all there for the taking for the packers coming off a bye, now. Find a way to win at SF to set themselves up for the division and a playoff bye with at least one postseason home game.

 

The concern I have is their run defense - they've got to shore that up heading into the playoffs to avoid getting knocked off by a balanced team who can dictate down and distance and stay out of obvious passing situations by running it well.

 

I feel like this year more than any, the nfl is wide open as to who is going to win it all...that landscape helps having a great qb running the show at crunch time, so I like GB's chances if they can get decent playoff matchups. I feel like the packers can beat anyone, yet they can also lose to just about every likely playoff team - same can be said for alot of teams right now...

[stoutdude04]

So the Niners lose in OT...but they had the ball late in OT and could have run it three times and taken the tie. Instead they threw three incompletions and punted. Seattle goes down and kicks winning field goal. Might have cost them the division.

 

Good for Packers.

 

I thought the same to be honest. That being said the only way for the Seahawks to really get the ball back with one was for a three and out...pick up a single first down and the Seahawks likely don’t get a chance even if you can’t get to field goal range. You got an 8-0 team with a good QB. I don’t see how you just accept a tie and not go for the win when, again, a first down makes it where you will score or no one will. Only needing a FG probably factored in.

 

It is fair the wonder though, go for a win and risk losing or take the tie and basically make the game a wash. If they were on the road against the Seahawks maybe that changes as in the back of your mind you would know the decisive game would be at home instead of the road later on.

 

As a 49er fan I am annoyed by the overtime. Take the tie and you keep a 2 game lead in the division. More annoying though was the coin toss. I am pretty sure that Geno Smith said tails, but the ref said, 'you called heads' and then of course, landed on heads.

 

Although watching video today I could hear either, so who knows.

[MrTPlush]

Seahawks or 49ers.

 

Basically do you want our defense to get slaughtered or do you want the offense to get slaughtered. I guess I look at the 49ers and see they were pretty uninspiring against both the Redskins and Cardinals. I think I will take the 49ers and hope our offense can do enough...but man the 49ers D would tear our line up. On the flip side maybe you hope for a bad game from the Seahawks offense.

 

Obviously the 49ers game will make this questions a bit more clear.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

It's still somehwat feasible that the Packers could to lose to SF and still end up ahead of them. They would be making it harder obviously, but it's not hard to find three potential losses on their schedule. Either way I think that's going to be an awesome game. Can't wait for it.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

Seahawks or 49ers.

 

Basically do you want our defense to get slaughtered or do you want the offense to get slaughtered. I guess I look at the 49ers and see they were pretty uninspiring against both the Redskins and Cardinals. I think I will take the 49ers and hope our offense can do enough...but man the 49ers D would tear our line up. On the flip side maybe you hope for a bad game from the Seahawks offense.

 

Obviously the 49ers game will make this questions a bit more clear.

 

I think I lean toward the Seahawks simply because I'd rather face a bad defense. I've seen much better Packers offenses struggle against top defenses in the postseason before and it's not pretty. I don't want to see MVS and Allen Lazard trying to move the chains in the NFC title game against that SF defense.

 

I much prefer the odds of Rodgers finding some magic and putting up 30 on Seattle while hoping the Smiths can at least force Russ into a bad decision or two. I just see this team matching up better in that kind of game. I don't think he is as good a QB as Russ is at this point but he may not have to be to beat him.

 

I would twist your question to whether you want to see if Rodgers can be better than Wilson once or can our defense be better than SF's once?To me that is an easy choice.

[KeithStone53151]

I'd agree. I'd rather face Seattle than 49ers. I feel like eventually, 49ers would wear down our front 7 and run all over us. All while our offense struggled mightily...mostly because the defense is so good.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

They flexed GB-SF to SNF.

[HiAndTight]

I'd agree. I'd rather face Seattle than 49ers. I feel like eventually, 49ers would wear down our front 7 and run all over us. All while our offense struggled mightily...mostly because the defense is so good.

 

 

One big problem is definitely Turner in pass protection. Both Bulaga and Bahk have played well below what's expected of them at times in the last 4-5 weeks, but Bulaga has a hand issue that should be cleared up and Bahk is a All Pro. But Turner....he just gets beaten so badly at times that he's a pretty big liability.

 

But Seattle, SF...I don't really trust Jimmy G yet, but they've got a great running game and front 7, but it's not like Seattle's front 7 is a problem area for them. They have Wags and Clowney. And I think NO is probably better than both of them.

 

I think I'd take my chances with SF, trust Rodgers to be able to move around in the pocket, hope Bulaga and Bahk can get it going and we can keep that offense under ~24 and give ourselves a chance.

 

The 2010 team wasn't as good as the 2011 team, but they got hot at the right time and things clicked. Maybe that happens this year.

 

I know I've been hoping for it all year, but it'd be nice if we could get Tonyan back, get a little more athleticism from the TE position and then get Raven Greene back. He was originally expected to come back around the Bye. He can do a lot of things in the middle of our defense, among them, hopefully help slow down some of these TE's that seem to carve us up.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

The 2010 was a hell of a lot better defensively than 2011. The 2018 team was.