NFL 2023-2024 Thread
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It’s so odd to listen to a narrative form and then cement itself in the minds of fans and the media. That offsides call in the KC game that everyone is having a fit over. The one that is “never called”. ITS BEEN CALLED 11 TIMES THIS SEASON ALONE!!
That info came straight from the retired ref representative on NBC during SNF.
And yet, the narrative that “those stupid refs ruined the KC game because of an actual foul that is never called” persists.
That info came straight from the retired ref representative on NBC during SNF.
And yet, the narrative that “those stupid refs ruined the KC game because of an actual foul that is never called” persists.
I'm about as surprised at the uproar as anybody else, but here's why I figure it is happening. In one's mind, one easily lumps together false starts and the more rare offensive offsides into the same category of penalty - both seem to be pre-snap penalties, which are dead ball fouls. But offensive offsides is technically not a pre-snap penalty because no violation occurs until the ball is snapped. Thus the play is not whistled dead as the offense expects on a false start. But the flag flies on the snap, and usually, that means "free play" for the offense. When you think you've got a free play, and you go for some razzle-dazzle, and it works, only for it to get called back I guess it's pretty disappointing.
If it were a dead ball foul, and the whistle had blown at the snap, nobody would have cried about it. The receiver was obviously in the neutral zone. But KC thought they had a free play, and thought they had a razzle-dazzle touchdown to take a late lead only to learn that the free play was Buffalo's. And they lost. Tough one to swallow, easier to cry.
If it were a dead ball foul, and the whistle had blown at the snap, nobody would have cried about it. The receiver was obviously in the neutral zone. But KC thought they had a free play, and thought they had a razzle-dazzle touchdown to take a late lead only to learn that the free play was Buffalo's. And they lost. Tough one to swallow, easier to cry.
It is only fitting that, after sitting through that debacle of a game in Las Vegas (which, defensively, was fantastic to watch, but, offensively, was excruciatingly painful), I came home to watch my BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOYZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ whoop up on them She-gles in front of a national television audience!!!!!
The narrative around Purdy really is hysterical. He's actually the exact opposite; always looking to push the ball down the field for a huge strike. Noticed it a bit more yesterday, but he's looking off CMC quite a bit for the easy dump off because he's trying to hit a huge strike downfield (and almost always does).
It's like the media just blindly ignores everything in front of them. Every stat says he's the best deep-ball thrower in the NFL this year and big play QB. And if you watch one game, you see that as well.
It's like the media just blindly ignores everything in front of them. Every stat says he's the best deep-ball thrower in the NFL this year and big play QB. And if you watch one game, you see that as well.
Yeah, I think so. Even the "weakness" of the 49ers, the secondary, is absolutely balling right now. The rookie Brown looks like a steal and is making plays all over the field and Thomas/Lenoir were once again absolute nails with Ward going down early. No Hufanga No Ward and it pretty much didn't matter.
I think the one guy who needs to stay healthy is Trent Williams. The protection issues in that 3 week stretch he was hurt showed how far the O-Line can fall if he's not out there. Especially when we're likely to face the Eagles front 7 and the Cowboys at some point in the playoffs? He's got to be out there.
Outside of that, the 49ers are just the best team in the NFL and firing on all cylinders again. Truly control their own destiny to take this thing home.
I think the one guy who needs to stay healthy is Trent Williams. The protection issues in that 3 week stretch he was hurt showed how far the O-Line can fall if he's not out there. Especially when we're likely to face the Eagles front 7 and the Cowboys at some point in the playoffs? He's got to be out there.
Outside of that, the 49ers are just the best team in the NFL and firing on all cylinders again. Truly control their own destiny to take this thing home.
Just noticed on Purdy's page on Pro Football Reference, there is a "Compare Purdy to" search box with the examples of Tom Brady and Drew Brees. I thought maybe they were just the two examples used for the site itself so I went to Baker Mayfield's page and his examples for comparison are Jay Fielder and Teddy Bridgewater.
Pro Football Reference knows.
Pro Football Reference knows.
