2021 NFL Season

[Herdfan]

And the Giants have now fired Judge.

That brings the total openings to seven:

Raiders
Dolphins
Vikings + GM
Bears
Giants + GM
Jaguars
Broncos

But the Raiders are crazy if they don't hire Bisaccia as HC. He took them from the Gruden debacle to the playoffs.

 

[rdrr]

And the Giants have now fired Judge.

That brings the total openings to seven:

Raiders
Dolphins
Vikings + GM
Bears
Giants + GM
Jaguars
Broncos

But the Raiders are crazy if they don't hire Bisaccia as HC. He took them from the Gruden debacle to the playoffs.

Worst job on that list is Minnesota, and I think the best is a toss up between Bears and Jaguars.

 

[Herdfan]

Thought we were done, but nope.

Texans fire coach Culley after just one season

The Texans have fired coach David Culley after just one season in which Houston went 4-13.

www.espn.com

I think he got a raw deal with the whole Watson issue. I mean he had no QB. But pulling the plug on him so quickly will not make it easier to hire a good coach.

 

[Yoused]

I remember when the Seahawks replaced Jim Mora after just one season. I think he went 5-11, which is not actually horrible by some metrics, at least for a first year (in the '90s they kept Tom Flores on for way past his use-by date). Most likely the management just had chemistry issues with the guy.

 

[Herdfan]

I remember when the Seahawks replaced Jim Mora after just one season. I think he went 5-11, which is not actually horrible by some metrics, at least for a first year (in the '90s they kept Tom Flores on for way past his use-by date). Most likely the management just had chemistry issues with the guy.

It seems management is a clown show. One sports talk show today compared Bob McNair's son (who runs the team) to Roman from Secession.

And it's probably accurate. I mean NFL teams have pretty stout security teams so there is no way they didn't know about Watson's issue with massage therapists. Did they think that was going to blow over? Not a chance. Maybe 20 years go, but not today. They should have dumped him when they had the chance.

I am going to up @rdrr 's pick of the Vikings as the worst job and give it to the Texans.

 

[SuperMatt]

Today’s playoff game has been one of the best Bills games I’ve seen! I hate the Patriots, so totally dominating them after years of losing to them is very sweet.

 

[Herdfan]

Today’s playoff game has been one of the best Bills games I’ve seen! I hate the Patriots, so totally dominating them after years of losing to them is very sweet.

They beat them up and down the field in almost every way.

But what was up with the extra points issue? I realize one got blocked, but he missed another and bounced the last one off the left upright and it barely went through.

 

[Thomas Veil]

Maybe I'm reflecting my own team's problems, but it seems that reliable kickers have been harder than usual to come by this year.

 

[DT]

The Chiefs are too inconsistent and they could either make the AFC Championship or lose to Pittsburgh this weekend.

 

[DT]

Picked up Peacock premium for a month for $5 just for football

 

[Thomas Veil]

Okay, even though they're in our own division (and why does the AFC North have to be the most competitive division in football??), I'm happy for the Cincinnati Bengals because their win yesterday finally got a decades old playoff-loss monkey off their backs.

But...

You've probably heard about the controversy by now.

Joe Burrow's TD to Tyler Boyd marred by controversy due to official's erroneous whistle

Bengals' Tyler Boyd scored a touchdown late in the second quarter, but rules expert said it should have been negated by official's erroneous whistle.

www.usatoday.com

Yes, by rights that touchdown, even though it was legit, should have not counted because the ref blew the whistle ending the play. So the most likely result at the end of regulation would have been a 19-19 tie, sending the game into OT. In other words, the Raiders got robbed.

It's said the officials working that game have been pulled from the playoffs and will not appear in any other games.

 

[SuperMatt]

Okay, even though they're in our own division (and why does the AFC North have to be the most competitive division in football??), I'm happy for the Cincinnati Bengals because their win yesterday finally got a decades old playoff-loss monkey off their backs.

But...

You've probably heard about the controversy by now.

Joe Burrow's TD to Tyler Boyd marred by controversy due to official's erroneous whistle

Bengals' Tyler Boyd scored a touchdown late in the second quarter, but rules expert said it should have been negated by official's erroneous whistle.

www.usatoday.com

Yes, by rights that touchdown, even though it was legit, should have not counted because the ref blew the whistle ending the play. So the most likely result at the end of regulation would have been a 19-19 tie, sending the game into OT. In other words, the Raiders got robbed.

It's said the officials working that game have been pulled from the playoffs and will not appear in any other games.

That TD shouldn’t have counted. They should have replayed the down. Most likely, the Bengals would have scored anyway, the end result would be the same, and there wouldn’t be any controversy. Officials had plenty of time to discuss and they got it completely wrong. You could literally see players giving up on the play because the whistle blew. Those refs saw that and stood by their bad decision? That crew should never see another playoff game, and maybe not another NFL game, period.

 

[Yoused]

I have just about given up on American Football. The rules are so byzantine that the game has become unplayable.

One example from several years ago was an interception that was apparently not controversial but I thought it should not have counted: the dback dove, caught the ball, held onto it as his dive carried the ball into the turf and came up holding it. To me, a catch is supposed to keep the ball off the ground, which he failed to do, even though he held onto it. But no one else saw it that way.

I guess the only really fun thing about it is the arguing about questionable calls.

 

[Herdfan]

Okay, even though they're in our own division (and why does the AFC North have to be the most competitive division in football??), I'm happy for the Cincinnati Bengals because their win yesterday finally got a decades old playoff-loss monkey off their backs.

But...

You've probably heard about the controversy by now.

Joe Burrow's TD to Tyler Boyd marred by controversy due to official's erroneous whistle

Bengals' Tyler Boyd scored a touchdown late in the second quarter, but rules expert said it should have been negated by official's erroneous whistle.

www.usatoday.com

Yes, by rights that touchdown, even though it was legit, should have not counted because the ref blew the whistle ending the play. So the most likely result at the end of regulation would have been a 19-19 tie, sending the game into OT. In other words, the Raiders got robbed.

It's said the officials working that game have been pulled from the playoffs and will not appear in any other games.

Simple question.

Can the replay officials not hear the game sounds when looking at replay? Because in this video clip you can clearly hear the whistle while the ball is in the air.

Burrow slings his 2nd TD to extend Bengals' lead - ESPN Video

Joe Burrow finds Tyler Boyd in the back of the end zone to put the Bengals up 20-6.

www.espn.com

Perhaps every official needs to start using e-whistles what are all connected to a central timer so they know exactly when a whistle was blown.

 

[DT]

JFC, another blowout with the Eagles / Bucs game. Really? 0 - 31?

 

[Herdfan]

JFC, another blowout with the Eagles / Bucs game. Really? 0 - 31?

And a whole quarter to go.

 

[SuperMatt]

JFC, another blowout with the Eagles / Bucs game. Really? 0 - 31?

The NFL wants more teams in the playoffs. They allowed 14 teams in the last 2 years, as opposed to 12 teams in prior years. You are going to have blowouts in the playoffs‘ first round every year if they keep it like this.

They also added a 17th game to the regular season.

More games = more $$$$

 

[DT]

And a whole quarter to go.

This is when they need my proposed rule, the White Flag, through it in, go home.

This worked out good though

 

[Herdfan]

Prosciutto wrapped jalapeno's with cream cheese?

 

[DT]

Prosciutto wrapped jalapeno's with cream cheese?

Just good ol' bacon (but some killer no crap center cut). The pepper were HUGE, they were like green bananas