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ok a bit of a skooby headline, but still. why even have the penalty if refs are supposed to tell every team that the guy is lining up over center?
this is like the explanation the NHL tried to give on "no goal".
it's BS.
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ok a bit of a skooby headline, but still. why even have the penalty if refs are supposed to tell every team that the guy is lining up over center?
this is like the explanation the NHL tried to give on "no goal".
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Ha. I was just going to post that article. Is that common practice?
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I don't recall seeing this before, but I've never looked for it.Comment
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on GR, Marrone was asked about this and he said, "there are certain things refs try to tell you in game to reduce the number of penalties and this one based on the proximity of the ref and what he's seeing isn't completely uncommon." but he never sited a video sent around about this.Originally posted by imbondz View Post
the question 31 other teams have to ask themselves is do they think if the roles were reversed and the pats were attempting a 58 yard field goal for the win, would their ST unit be told to avoid a penalty?
after the pattern that is clear as day over 13 years, i think it's fair to say the 5 yard penlaty would have been called and the kick tried again.Comment
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When was the last time that penalty was called? It should never be called again now. That's dumb to have a penalty in the first place if you're not going to enforce it.My faith doesn’t make me perfect, it makes me forgiven.
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What else is new. I'm surprised that the NFL doesn't pay to have call girls in the Pats lockerroom after the game.http://www.billszone.com/fanzone/sho...s-haters/page3
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Originally Posted by pmoon6 
The idea that you "won't settle" presumes that you have some kind of control. Delusional thinking at best for a supposed fan of a spectators' sport. Your way to deal with it is to constantly ***** and denigrate any move, any result concerning the team even if it's positive because you don't want your whittle feewings hurt again. It's a protection mechanism.
You shroud your childish approach in a vale of pompous, intellectual garbage in an attempt to look smart and "real". You over-analyze even minute points and manipulate statistics to fit your negative view of the team. Again, to feel good about yourself and to protect from getting hurt.
Of course, the criticisms are obviously from someone who has no understanding of the team concept or what it takes to excel at athletics.
The true "realist" understands that they have no control of what happens on the field or behind the closed doors at One Bills' Drive, so they do the prudent thing for a spectator. They enjoy the games on Sunday with family and friends, cheer for their team and realize that it's just entertainment.
"I was an integral part in the drafting process of EJ Manuel," Whaley said Thursday on NFL Network's Total Access. "I was the person that handled the draft process and setting up the board."
"We are committed. I want you to believe me when I say that," Whaley said of building around the second-year quarterback, per The Buffalo News. "I always tell you guys that I'll never say never because I don't want to paint myself in a corner, but when I do say something, I do it and I mean it and I try to fulfill it."
"We believe the addition of Sammy is going to be instant impact, not only to our quarterback, but to what our offensive coordinator can come up with game-plan wise and how defenses attack us," Whaley said.
Whaley on EJ Manuel: "We think we got a gem in this guy." (2:30)
"And as Mark says, if in three years maybe he's not [our quarterback of the future], then I'll be sitting there saying 'hey guys', .... anybody got a job for me?" - Doug Whaley
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Blaming refs is such a poser fan move, but officiating in NE games has been, to put it conservatively, fishy for about a decade. It's wild how often they get bailed out by the refs.
Think of the first quarter last week. 3rd down, Nickell Robey comes off the corner untouched. He is going to nail Brady. They blow the play dead and call a false start on NE. No one on their team moved at all. It was obvious that the officials were ensuring that Brady didn't get hit, injured, fumble etc."Miami played pretty damn good today and still got their ass kicked."Comment
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the cowboys are supposedly americas team, the cheatriots are the NFL's team.
Pegula taking advise from Kraft : "get in the refs pockets"Comment
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The problem with this is if the penalty ever gets called on a team and a ref never warns the defensive player then it will cause a stir because they did it before and it helped the Patriots win a gameComment
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I've absolutely seen refs come in and tap a player to have him move over. Multiple times.
If the guy lines up and the ball is snapped before the ref can tap him, then the penalty should still be called."'Clean up your room.', 'Stand up straight.', 'Pick up your feet.', 'Take it like a man.', 'Be nice to your sister.', 'Don't mix beer and wine, ever.'. Oh yeah, 'Don't drive on the railroad track.'"
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How 'bout this?
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Unbelievable.
Wait a minute, totally believable.
Football is a great sport and I love my team, but the NFL is such a ****ing joke.Comment
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So if the ref wasn't quick to point it out he throws the flag but since he was quick he doesn't.
That makes such little sense it's comical.Comment
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Player safety is the only thing that can justify the officials doing this sort of thing.
Even then they should simply blow the whistle when a defensive player lines up this way.
Officials are there to ensure that teams have the same opportunities so that the outcomes are valid. That's the reason for the rules that they are charged with enforcing.
This practice potentially interferes with the notion of equal treatment and, even worse, essentially makes the outcome a discretion of the officials which is not at all what the result of a game is supposed to be.
Lets assume that the Jets had previously been penalized for the same infraction (it does get called - NE lost a game last year because of it) and that the penalty allowed the Pats to kick a field goal with three or fewer points being the margin of victory (as was the case Thursday night).
i would have loved to see Rex's post game presser.Comment
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Yeah how about that!Originally posted by feldspar View Post
The Pats were flagged on that play.Comment
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