Wild card weekend game discussion

[yourout]

Huge fumble even though they got it back.

[homer]

This is a dumb punt.

[yourout]

This is a dumb punt.

Burning all of that clock may come back to haunt them.

[adambr2]

You know one thing that will keep you from finally knocking off the Patriots in the playoffs? When you're up by 1 with 5 minutes left and you're too much of a wuss to do anything other than punt on 4th and 4 from your opponent's 35.

[adambr2]

This is a dumb punt.

Burning all of that clock may come back to haunt them.

 

Agreed. Brilliant move if you're up by like 9 at this point in the game but not 1. It's not like New England doesn't have enough time to score.

[homer]

Respect to New England stadium people for playing Iron Maiden.

[yourout]

This is a dumb punt.

Burning all of that clock may come back to haunt them.

 

Agreed. Brilliant move if you're up by like 9 at this point in the game but not 1. It's not like New England doesn't have enough time to score.

 

Looks like it might pay off.

[yourout]

Respect to New England stadium people for playing Iron Maiden.

 

I'd rather hear Nickelback.

[adambr2]

This may be the death of the Patriot's dynasty.

[yourout]

This may be the death of the Patriot's dynasty.

 

Maybe. But What a run.

[homer]

Respect to New England stadium people for playing Iron Maiden.

 

I'd rather hear Nickelback.

 

 

That's a bannable post

 

[PinaMadness]

If Brady pulls this off then I will call him the GOAT.

[PinaMadness]

Well, Favre and Brady have something in common now.

[rickh150]

Just kick the extra point...

[homer]

I am pleased.

[yourout]

Just kick the extra point...

 

Yea... That was stupid.

Kick it and make an 8 point lead.

[MrTPlush]

Brady should retire...but he probably won’t. He didn’t have a great year and it’s really bad if you ignore the cupcake games.

 

Good luck to him regardless, someone will want him if he wants to play.

[olliegjw]

Just kick the extra point...

 

The numbers say that going for two is the better move. Go up by two scores. Worst case, you fail and they get a touchdown. They will just kick the extra point to tie (most times). Very little risk, with winning the game as the upside.

[adambr2]

There was nothing wrong with going for the 2. It's just a matter of personal preference, there is very little percentage choice difference between the two. But just because most would have kicked it doesn't make the 2 wrong. The smart move would have been to fall on the INT and not return it for the TD.

[olliegjw]

That touchback/touchdown for the Bills call out of the half was blatantly wrong. I’m honestly surprised they ruled it a touchback for the Texans. The ball either needs to bounce in the end zone, go out of bounds through the end zone, or the player needs to take a knee. You can’t just put your arms out to the side and call it good. That’s only a signal to your blockers that it’s not being returned.

 

By the letter of the law, that’s a fumble and should be a touchdown for the Bills. I know he clearly wasn’t returning it, but that’s not the point. There was no actual result in the play that would make a ruling of a touchback the correct call.

 

If a player catches the ball on a pass, but doesn’t get two feet down in the end zone to score, why can’t we give him the touchdown anyway? I mean, we know his intentions were to get two feet in for a touchdown. So just give it to him.

 

Just a weird, weird call. I understand the point I guess, but rules are rules. Make the correct ruling of touchdown for the Bills and make some change in the offseason I guess. But I don’t really know why the rule would need to change because it’s pretty easy to figure it out to knee it or let it bounce.

 

Totally agree with this.

[adambr2]

Eh. I guess I'll have to be the minority disagreer here. The rule isn't intended to allow for a "gotcha" if you flip the ball to the official instead of kneeling it. Either you're giving yourself up or you're not. Obviously his intent was to give himself up.

 

If you want it to be black and white just change the rule that you have to take a knee to give yourself up. But that's not the current rule.

[MrTPlush]

With all the stupid rules and confusion there has been in the NFL it is great that didn’t end up a TD for the Bills. The NFL and it’s rules is already a massive joke...awarding a TD on that? Let’s not...

 

I vote screw up the call by not giving the Bills a TD and then clarify the rule in the offseason. One of the main problems is the refs countlessly call a kickoff dead when the player gives up on the ball without a fair catch signal. Sometimes the whistle is blown before the ball even reaches the end zone and other times will the ball bounces around in the end zone. Other times the ref is blowing the whistle after the player catches it and has yet to actually kneel down. The ref just know 8 yards deep the player isn’t taking it out.

 

Calling that a fumble is not what the NFL needs not does anyone want that as a fan.

[stalton]

Eh. I guess I'll have to be the minority disagreer here. The rule isn't intended to allow for a "gotcha" if you flip the ball to the official instead of kneeling it. Either you're giving yourself up or you're not. Obviously his intent was to give himself up.

 

If you want it to be black and white just change the rule that you have to take a knee to give yourself up. But that's not the current rule.

 

I agree that it should be more black and white but there is precedent that they recognize intent over what happened when they allowed Dallas the ball in the 2nd half after Dak wanting to kick the ball.

[rickh150]

Just kick the extra point...

 

The numbers say that going for two is the better move. Go up by two scores. Worst case, you fail and they get a touchdown. They will just kick the extra point to tie (most times). Very little risk, with winning the game as the upside.

 

Two scores to me still means the TD and the 2 point conversion.

Worst case, NE beats you running one back and going for 2 if you leave it at 7, not 8.

The upside I'll agree with you... game over if Tenn goes up by 9.

[Outlander]

Eh. I guess I'll have to be the minority disagreer here. The rule isn't intended to allow for a "gotcha" if you flip the ball to the official instead of kneeling it. Either you're giving yourself up or you're not. Obviously his intent was to give himself up.

 

If you want it to be black and white just change the rule that you have to take a knee to give yourself up. But that's not the current rule.

 

I agree that it should be more black and white but there is precedent that they recognize intent over what happened when they allowed Dallas the ball in the 2nd half after Dak wanting to kick the ball.

He said defer, it was the ref that screwed up.