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  1. Against the Bills he had 3rd and 1 inside the Bills 10 with a chance to extend the lead back to two scores.

    They were then 4th and 4. After putting Blake Bell under center and running a little option to the right.

    They did rightly kick a field goal.


    And I haven’t seen it referenced much but remember Reid completely wasted a timeout because he called timeout then challenged a spot. It was a terrible spot to begin with. Had they had the extra timeout that first half likely plays out differently.

  2. More I think about this game, the more it sinks in just what a huge choke job it was by KC.

    The Chiefs averaged 5.8 yards per rush. 5.5 yards per pass. They wouldn’t commit to the run, but they wouldn’t fully commit to the pass either. Well, they fully committed to the pass the last dive in OT when they threw twice to Robinson (only 3 targets on the day).

    Obviously mismanaged the game right before half. But the end of regulation was awful too even though it sorta worked. The two Mahomes scrambles should have been a run or two. The stupid RPO on 2nd from the 3 was asinine which made the 3rd down a significantly lower percentage play.

    One thing the Rams did massively better than the Chiefs was maintain pass rush lanes. Jones and Donald are somewhat a wash. Ingram and Miller sorta close, but the Chiefs other guys were useless. On the Burrow run in which Jones missed him twice. If the DE on that side does anything, it’s probably a sack.

    The Rams should win by 10-14, but McVay/Stafford will do some dumb stuff. McVay can blame his QB all day but 3 points is more than poor QB play in his last SB. And it’s the 2021 playoffs so might as well come down to the end.
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  3. It’s not binary,  all of what you said is true, and Jimmy Grapes sucks. With even passable quarterbacking, they win this game.

    He was largely passable. But like most games it’s a collection of screwups that ultimately did them in. And the biggest ones weren’t at his hands.
  4. Not gonna totally defend Shanny but his QB is is a flat out choker.  Jimmy G has proved it many times over.  Then again, as a Pats fan, I do appreciate that the only Super Bowl I have ever attended was when he was OC of the Falcons and Shanahan did prove to be not very good at calling plays.  

    Jimmy is obviously nothing special but he and Shanahan go hand in hand.

    Pretty easy to get the ball in Deebos hands. Starting with 2nd and 1 from the Rams 40 with the lead. I’m not sure Deebo touched it again. And mind you that series ended without Jimmy G getting chance. Maybe had they let him throw they convert. They should have gone on 4th.

    People will make a big deal out of the final pick, but it should have been caught. And there’s a good chance that decision may have given the 49ers better odds. Catch and break a tackle or incompletion gives them significantly a better chance. 4th and about 20 after a sack. They have virtually no chance there.

    They should have been feeding Kittle and Deebo all day.

    Tartt catches it. Good chance they win.
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  5. just watched all 73 2001 homers in honor of this bullshit. Couldn’t help to notice how often Chan Ho Park showed up, and like cmon, those shouldn’t count. 

    Looks like a lot of wind aided San Fran pop flys to me.giphy.gif
  6. I wonder how many of the voters could directly tie their job to baseball’s expanded popularity in the 90s precisely because of Clemens Bonds McGwire Sosa etc.

    And how many of these jokers turned a blind eye to it while it was happening. Or perhaps just hold their mentors in high regard that did the same.
  7. No doubt. I happened to be living in SF during peak Barry years, and attending games in 2001 was something else. Every at bat was electric. Or if you were in bars, and Bonds came up to bat, everybody would shut up watch each at bat. Fucker would usually only get a couple of pitches to swing at a game, and still hit 73 out.  And then turns around and leads the league in average 2 out of the next 3 years. He was a f'n machine. He's a dick and I dont like the guy, but he deserves to be in. 

    Whenever I watched Bonds that year this was the absolute truth. Intentionally walk him once or twice, thrown him some shitty pitches then give him one hit table pitch, and it’s not just gone but long gone. Possibly the most incredible season in any sport. Truly amazing.
  8. While throwing for 104 yards a game?

    If Lance is the guy just not yet, then yeah I probably keep the Super Bowl winner.

    He battled through a very tough division then ran off 4 playoff wins on the road over 10 win teams.

    But that is most likely not going to happen.
  9. That doesn't explain the Kansas loss either where their putrid offense drove the length of the field multiple times in the first half on our defense.
    Or the multiple 3rd and longs given up to Jarrett Doege and West Virgina.

    But this could in part be explained by having the life of your season sucked out of you. Not entirely but a factor.

    We haven’t exactly beaten KU by 50 over the last decade when we’ve had more better defenses.
  10. The more I've thought about the idea I posted above -- it was cribbed from some others in this discussion -- the more I think it would work. OT is 15 minutes, 10, whatever you please. Each team is guaranteed a possession. If the game is still tied at that point, it then becomes sudden death. Rather than a coin toss, give the home team or the team who was "better" in the game the choice of taking the ball to start OT or get it second. If you take it to start the OT, you will have the first crack at sudden death if neither team scores or both score the same number of points on their first possession. Taking the ball second gives you the chance to see what you need to do when you get the ball.
    Or just set the OT clock to 10 minutes and play a fifth "quarter." Leader at end of that wins the game.

    They reduced OT from 15 to 10 I believe so I suspect that’s where they’d go. I can see changes or at a minimum a review of the process.

    The sudden death phrase is interesting because that is what overtime was or so I thought.

    But it does need to be understood that it will never be fair. You might be able to make it more fair. And the playoff rules need to mimic regular season rules with the exception of play until there’s a winner.
  11. Regular season can remain as is for all I care.  We talking playoffs!
    Post 2011 rule change, playoffs only = 90% to win.  Only 1 time did the coin toss loser win the game (NO vs LA 2018).  
    As your article states, it is a small sample size.  But when you consider for the past decade, the coin toss winner wins the game 90% of the time, that is all I need to hear. 

    You need to dig deeper. And not totally sure why you’d exclude regular season. 52% is not necessarily a decided advantage. Even the playoff numbers say 25% (maybe 36%) of the time, it goes at least 3 possessions.

    Even in college the coin flip gives a decided advantage. So if you give equal possessions, it is still flawed. The team with the ball second basically gets an extra down if they choose to take it. If the first team clanks a FG, team 2 can go conservative. Or if they score a TD, they have better info in that decision on whether to go for 2. How much does a chance of a TD go up when you only have to travel 25 or 35 yards versus 75? It should drop quite a bit then the advantage switches once a stop is made.

    Play a full quarter? The receiving team still has an advantage. It’s very possible they get one more possession or that team 2’s last possession is decidedly hurried.

    There’s no perfect system for this. There is merit to ending it as quickly as possible for the players health.
  12. Cowardly?  Lol. 
    So Brady and Stafford were just the beneficiaries of incompetence but KC’s letting Gabe Fucking Davis run wild and Buffalo letting Tyreek run wild and kicking a touchback with 13 seconds left made their respective QB performances incredible?  Huh. I’m not commenting on defensive and coaching blunders, and if I did I sure as shit wouldn’t reference Helobius to support my point. I’m just saying the NFL has a much more compelling product. And citing the bottom four teams adds nothing to the discussion because that’s every league, and every college conference, every year. 
    Yes this weekend was extraordinarily great but the NFL playoffs have been great just about since the NFC lost their stranglehold on the AFC in the late 90s. And even then you had NFC playoff masterpieces. 

    It’s game by game. And I previously cited you two Super Bowls, recent ones at that. And there’s been other duds too as you’d expect. And I’m one to doesn’t give a damn about the college playoff.

    And Helobious May be right. Reduced practice time May be the cause of some of these failures. And the only reason the Bucs-Rams game was worth a shit is because the Rams made college level screw ups.

    Pretty sure you said everything about the NFL was better. It’s not. Many of the rivalries are made up. Dome stadiums are generally shittier. And again 25% of your regular season games including teams no one gives a shit about is very relevant. It’s not the end all, be all, but it’s important.

    Mahomes last 13 seconds of regulation was incompetence on the Bills part. I just didn’t cite it. Some of the Chiefs defensive efforts too, but that occurred with time left and is a little different than the stupid shit the Bills, Rams and Bucs pulled. But that’s ok. Incompetence and stupid plays often result in crazy, exciting finishes.

    Just fyi, I’ve never said the NFL sucks. I’m looking forward to the USFL too.
  13. You wanna know how I know you didn’t watch pro playoffs this week?  Everything about pro football is better - particularly the playoffs - particularly this weekend. 
    Incompetence?  Referencing Helobius’ post for your support?  Yeah, you’ve had enough alright. 

    I watched all 4 games cowardly dipshit.

    Yes, the Rams handling of the 2nd half. Incompetence. Single covering Mike Evans up 14 and Tampa with no timeouts. Incompetence. Tampa covering Kupp with a single safety with no timeouts left after the kicker missed a sub-50 yarder. Incompetence. Green Bay getting a punt blocked with less than 5 minutes. Incompetence. Tannehill throwing to a secondary option and getting it picked. Incompetence. Andy Reid putting Blake Bell under center on 3rd and 1 with a chance to go up two scores. Incompetence. Now Mahomes and Allen. Incredible.

    Again Jets-Giants-Jags-Texans. That’s like 25% of the weekly games being Kansas. That is not better about the NFL.

    And to use the single best NFL weekend as if that is an every year occurrence is disingenuous.
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  14. This is the most competitive day/weekend of pro football ever.

    No, the regular season is not better than college regular season. That may be changing though.

    Jags, Texans games this year. Worthless.

    That Chiefs-Bucs Super Bowl was not exactly great. Pats-Rams quite inspiring.

    For me, regular season is generally better because you have more chances for exciting games. That’s both college and pro.

    The incompetence we also saw over the last two days made them more exciting. Maybe more restrictions as someone referenced above.

  15. Also this game is so far reinforcing my believe that at the start of the playoffs, if one team has some unblockable motherfuckers on the DL, expect that team to do really well. Even if they are underdogs.

    I missed much of the first half so not sure how it all went down but relate this to the Horns.

    Who are the Rams LBers? How much does it matter?

    The Bucs got some good LBers in White and Davis. But how much does it matter?

    It all starts and can end up front. Same reason the Bucs beat KC last year.

  16. Snow gives the offense a big advantage; knowing where you’re going gives big leverage over the defense. What slowed scoring down last night I believe was the extreme cold. That and universal suckritude.

    Yep. Dillon going out did shift the advantage to Deebo and the Niners.
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