Game Day Thread 2023: SUPER BOWL LVIII (58) ~ Chiefs vs. 49ers

[Rufus T Firefly]

2 minutes ago, Warhead36 said:

Philly will lose to Dallas in the 2nd round

[zCommander]

Go Chargers! 

[NoVaSkins21]

Philly isn't as dominant offensively as they were last year.  They're still really good, but not great.  The 49ers are rounding into form and can beat them next week and in the playoffs when they meet

[BleedBNG]

1 minute ago, NoVaSkins21 said:

Philly isn't as dominant offensively as they were last year.  They're still really good, but not great.  The 49ers are rounding into form and can beat them next week and in the playoffs when they meet

As long as we don't see Philly or Dallas in the SB it will make my year.

[Voice_of_Reason]

This is entirely on McDermott, who I like, but when he elected to play conservative and not at least give it a shot with 20 seconds left, the football gods were angered.

 

There was never a doubt after that 

[zCommander]

1 minute ago, Voice_of_Reason said:

This is entirely on McDermott, who I like, but when he elected to play conservative and not at least give it a shot with 20 seconds left, the football gods were angered.

 

There was never a doubt after that 

 

Or he could have just run more running plays before scoring that TD so there was no to little time left for the Eagles to go down and tie the game. 

[Captain Wiggles]

3 minutes ago, Voice_of_Reason said:

This is entirely on McDermott, who I like, but when he elected to play conservative and not at least give it a shot with 20 seconds left, the football gods were angered.

 

There was never a doubt after that 

 

He's Tugboat Rons protégé. 🤷‍♂️

[NoVaSkins21]

3 minutes ago, Voice_of_Reason said:

This is entirely on McDermott, who I like, but when he elected to play conservative and not at least give it a shot with 20 seconds left, the football gods were angered.

 

There was never a doubt after that 

IMO, the Bills fate was sealed after that incompletion in OT.  That's a TD if Allen and the WR are on the same page

[zCommander]

What is wrong with these refs? That was a late hit on the QB out of bounds!

[Rufus T Firefly]

It kills me that you'd punish one team when both teams are fighting like that. 

 

To do it to the team that already got screwed by your missed call... wow.

[Simmsy]

I don't understand when and why New York decides to intervene, they did it twice to us, why not right here?

[bh32]

So people in NY can call to the refs to have a player rejected for a non intentional bang bang hit,but can't do the same for the Herbert hit?

[BleedBNG]

I like the way the Chargers defend their QB by making him have to work for more yards. He's down and the play was over. What was there to protect? Stupid

[Jumbo]

12 minutes ago, zCommander said:

What is wrong with these refs? That was a late hit on the QB out of bounds!

 

I'm just an inch away from calling for violence to refs on some of the calls this year(reacting emotionally, not really wanting such).

 

The game isn't rigged. The refs are just incompetent too often. I know the job is super challenging, so the NFL needs to make it a goddam profession with intensive training and specific preparation for each game and the teams involved just like players and coaches do it. And real consequences for egregious errors. 

 

[CRobi21]

4 minutes ago, bh32 said:

So people in NY can call to the refs to have a player rejected for a non intentional bang bang hit,but can't do the same for the Herbert hit?

 

This league makes no sense...

[Rufus T Firefly]

6 minutes ago, bh32 said:

So people in NY can call to the refs to have a player rejected for a non intentional bang bang hit,but can't do the same for the Herbert hit?

I've never understood that anyway. 

 

It's like, "if you want a call overturned you have to challenge" so then how am I supposed to feel when you're overturning calls for the other team without a challenge?

[Jumbo]

And the refs just screwed the pooch again. Should have been a flag on interference with the punt reception.

[Captain Wiggles]

🤷‍♂️

 

[Rufus T Firefly]

Oof.

[Jumbo]

Poor Mac. Looked fairly promising that first season.

[FootballZombie]

19 minutes ago, Jumbo said:

The game isn't rigged. The refs are just incompetent too often. I know the job is super challenging, so the NFL needs to make it a goddam profession with intensive training and specific preparation for each game and the teams involved just like players and coaches do it. And real consequences for egregious errors.

 

Maybe it is rigged...

just not in the way we are thinking.

 

If I had to map out a pathway to get the NFL to establish a Ref school and full-time job...

[BleedBNG]

What was the end zone celebration? Did they say cake toss?

Edited November 27, 2023 by BleedBNG

[Rufus T Firefly]

2 minutes ago, FootballZombie said:

 

Maybe it is rigged...

just not in the way we are thinking.

 

If I had to map out a pathway to get the NFL to establish a Ref school and full-time job...

They don't "screw teams" or try to rig games. What they do (apart from just screw up, badly) is what happens in all sports- they err in favor of the better players/teams.

 

That sucks in all sports,. But in some situatins you can kind of understand it (ie "Barry Bonds didn't swing at that so it must not be a strike") but there is really no reason for it in football. 

[FootballZombie]

4 minutes ago, Rufus T Firefly said:

They don't "screw teams" or try to rig games. What they do (apart from just screw up, badly) is what happens in all sports- they err in favor of the better players/teams.

 

All I'm sayin' is we will never have full time refs if they were good at their jobs.

 

If I was in the ref fraternity and we wanted to get some of that sweet-sweet NFL bag... You have the power to help make that happen.

 

[Captain Wiggles]

Lamar had that first down tho. 😬