NFL Week 16

[jersey cubs fan]

Lots of bad teams in this league, 

[jersey cubs fan]

Packers / Panthers tied late

[Tryptamine]

Just now, jersey cubs fan said:

Packers / Panthers tied late

They were up 30 to 16 at the start of the 4th quarter. 

[Tryptamine]

Packers get a FG and allow the Panthers to get into FG range in 2 players with 13 second to go.  Panthers miss the FG. GB wins.

[PosterToBeNamedLater]

Panthers were one second from stopping the clock for a game tying field goal.  

*Starlin gif*

 

[Irrelevant Dude]

Wow, that was a close call.  Come on Patriots - Find a way to beat the Broncos tonight and give us some breathing room.

[Soul]

That’s the preferred outcome but every bone in my body was aching for that game tying FG.

Not so sure that Doubs play was a catch.  Isn’t that the same thing as the Calvin Johnson play, which was called an incompletion?

[Andy]

Still didn't watch live but nice to see a tiny ray of hope for Bryce Young.

[PosterToBeNamedLater]

17 minutes ago, Soul said:

That’s the preferred outcome but every bone in my body was aching for that game tying FG.

Not so sure that Doubs play was a catch.  Isn’t that the same thing as the Calvin Johnson play, which was called an incompletion?

I get what you are saying, but I had no problem rooting for the packers (against the panthers) in that game.  The packers aren't very good.  Even if they sneak into the playoffs, they won't go anywhere.  If they blew this game and it lead to the bears not having the top pick it would be right up there with some of the devastating losses we have had to them.  

I didn't get a great angle on the Doubs catch, but it seemed me may have had control for the catch.  They reviewed it, right?  As far as comparing it to Calvin Johnson, the NFL definitely loosened their requirements for catches a few years ago.  Everyone was complaining when they would call plays like Johnson's or Dez Bryant's an incompletion. They took away the "surviving the ground" component I believe.  

[Soul]

41 minutes ago, PosterToBeNamedLater said:

I get what you are saying, but I had no problem rooting for the packers (against the panthers) in that game.  The packers aren't very good.  Even if they sneak into the playoffs, they won't go anywhere.  If they blew this game and it lead to the bears not having the top pick it would be right up there with some of the devastating losses we have had to them.  

I didn't get a great angle on the Doubs catch, but it seemed me may have had control for the catch.  They reviewed it, right?  As far as comparing it to Calvin Johnson, the NFL definitely loosened their requirements for catches a few years ago.  Everyone was complaining when they would call plays like Johnson's or Dez Bryant's an incompletion. They took away the "surviving the ground" component I believe.  

Yeah he had control to the ground and then as he rolled over it came out.  TBH I like that being a catch.  If it’s my team I’m pissed if they overturn it.

[Tryptamine]

Jacksonville in free fall and they've got Carolina next week. I was worried Carolina might beat Tampa, but Tampa is playing far better football right now than Jacksonville.

[Irrelevant Dude]

Just when it looked like New England had the game under control, Denver scores 2 TD's and 2 2-point conversions in the 4th quarter to tie the game.

[jersey cubs fan]

Denver sucks 

 

don’t trade picks for coaches 

[Irrelevant Dude]

Holy horsefeathers, I didn't see that coming the way that 4th quarter was going.  Just need 1 more loss by Carolina now.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

The end of the first half for the Falcons was typical Arthur Smith. They got a first down and spiked the ball to stop the clock, saving their last timeout with 10 seconds left. Nobody bothered calling a play and they let the play clock run down to where they had to call their final timeout anyway. They’re a mediocre offensive play caller and average QB away from being like 12-3.

[BigSlick]

12 hours ago, Ding Dong Johnson said:

The end of the first half for the Falcons was typical Arthur Smith. They got a first down and spiked the ball to stop the clock, saving their last timeout with 10 seconds left. Nobody bothered calling a play and they let the play clock run down to where they had to call their final timeout anyway. They’re a mediocre offensive play caller and average QB away from being like 12-3.

That’s exactly the type of team that will put 35 up on the Bears and blow us out next week 

[jersey cubs fan]

Odd move by the chiefs to trade for Justin Fields for this game 

[UMFan83]

Stealing my joke from twitter

“Patrick Mahomes is a Hall of Famer regardless of what he does the rest of his career”

Matt Nagy: Oh really?

[Soul]

Huh.  It looked like the Raider got his hand under the ball as it was sliding out.  Tough call but I feel like that’s an INT

 

[We Got The Whole 9]

Not often you see a 20 yard sack-safety that wasn't the result of a bad snap. Lol Lamar.

[jersey cubs fan]

Why don’t they make the whole league out of Justin Fields?

[BigbadB]

On 12/24/2023 at 4:40 PM, Soul said:

Yeah he had control to the ground and then as he rolled over it came out.  TBH I like that being a catch.  If it’s my team I’m pissed if they overturn it.

It didn't actually completely come out. If you watch the play in slow motion, his white glove is sort of wrapped around the ball as he goes into his roll. As you see the ball touching the ground on the other side of his roll, his white gloved hand is still got ahold of the ball, but it's hard to see it because the background behind his white glove is the white sideline. I wouldn't say it was a convincing catch and I'm not positive that they even considered the glove part of that play, as the announcers were suggesting that they deemed him down by contact before the ball came up loose. I just felt from what I was seeing, that I understood why they ruled it a catch based on his hand still being on the ball at the time, and I didn't have a pony in that race beyond hoping that Green Bay won for draft purposes.