I agree 100% but its not really much of a consolation. Assuming the Pats win their division which I think is pretty likely I'm not too concerned one way or the other. I actually think the 2 seed is the spot to be in.Pereira and Hochuli going on TV and admitting that they blew that game is what makes NFL officiating better than any other league
I agree 100% but its not really much of a consolation. Assuming the Pats win their division which I think is pretty likely I'm not too concerned one way or the other. I actually think the 2 seed is the spot to be in.
They have a tough game at NO but other than that I think they will win out.Why is that? I doubt Indy goes 16-0, but they should at least have the #1 seed. It's shaping up to be a tight race for the #2. What is the Pats remaining schedule like?
They have a tough game at NO but other than that I think they will win out.
I expect the 2/3 seed to be NE and Cinci. The 4 seed is probably going to be San Diego. They will play Pittsburgh probably in the WC round. I think those are tougher match ups than Cinci, and they also punish the teams they play softening them up for the next week.
At least in theory, I'd rather play Cinci home or away and at Indy or home Pitt/SD than play Pitt/SD followed by Indy.
And that raises the real issue that damned the Patriots: poor clock management in the second half. Two timeouts on the final drive, the first before the first play gets run. And again, if you get the first down, it's a moot point, but that made it impossible for them to challenge the spot of the ball, and by throwing incomplete on 3rd and 2, you kept it on the plus side of the two minute warning and killed any chance of a booth review.
The right thing to do would have been to punt and make the Colts offense earn it, but 4th and 2 is a pretty good scenario when you have Tom Brady, Randy Moss and Wes Welker on the field.
As someone who is neither Pats fan nor Colts fan - although I have Manning as my QB in two of my fantasy leagues - I think that is the whole story in a nutshell. Calling a time out before a play is even run in a possession is bizarre; when it's done with a QB like Brady on the field it's totally unfathomable.
And the last timeout was called because the punt team rushed on to the field and they had to get them off. Maybe BB didn't communicate to everyone he was going for it no matter what, I'm not even sure it was the original plan since if it was you think they'd have run on 3rd and 2. Maybe they saw something on the 3rd and 2 that made them think the 4th down play was a lock. We'll never know since BB keeps notoriously tight lips. I still think the spot was bad after watching countless replays. One thing that I'm absolutely sure of is the official who marked the ball could not see when Faulk caught the ball unless he had X-ray vision.
Tom Brady noticed that the wrong personnel were on the field for the play that was called... so he was forced to call a time out. Wasn't his fault, somebody messed up on the sidelines.
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I don't think your wording is right, although maybe we're trying to say the same thing. Since Faulk was being pushed backwards, the spot should be where he caught the ball, since his forward progress was stopped immediately once he gained possession.The ball isn't marked where Faulk caught the ball. It's marked where Faulk comes down, specifically because of the bobble. And the ref obviously saw the bobble; he indicated as much when he ran in from the sideline.
It was a single bat of the ball from which he immediately secured full control and that is clearly viewable in the replay from the opposite angle. At that point his feet came down straddling the 30 and the ball appears to be across it.The ball isn't marked where Faulk caught the ball. It's marked where Faulk comes down, specifically because of the bobble. And the ref obviously saw the bobble; he indicated as much when he ran in from the sideline.
It was a single bat of the ball from which he immediately secured full control and that is clearly viewable in the replay from the opposite angle. At that point his feet came down straddling the 30 and the ball appears to be across it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0ZrvtmRbfo
The second angle around the 25 second mark shows clearly that it was a bat and then full control. I submit that if the rules truly nullify forward progress in this insance the Colts player could have kept him from hitting the ground and ran him back to the endzone for a safety and I am sure that's not correct.
Lions and Browns just played the craziest finish I have ever seen in a decade. Stafford evades multiple rushers as time expires, picked in the endzone, late hit needs help off the field. PI called, Lions get it at the 1, Culpepper in for the injured Stafford. Browns Timeout. Stafford comes back in, throws a perfect strike with a bad arm. PAT good, Lions win.
Crazy.
So McDaniels now sucks because the Broncos get hit by some injuries in year one of his stint? They haven't even reaped all the benefits of the Cutler trade yet. Nobody expected them to start 6-0 so of course 6-4 is a disappointment now. It shouldn't be.
Weis has been both good and bad. He won with other people's recruits and hasn't done so great with his own. I'm not sure if that means he is a bad coach, a bad recruiter or both. I think I would welcome him back to the Pats as O-Cord if he wanted it. Crennel was never given much to work with but I'm surprised Gallo didn't put him right next to Mangini. He'd also be welcome back with open arms by most Pats fans.
As for Mangini, he left without BB's blessing and attempted to steal away players and coaches while on the team plane. While you can't remove him from the tree, he clearly didn't complete his apprenticeship so it isn't fair to lump him in with the others.
So who are we missing? Oh yeah, only the coach of the #2 college program in the country right now and the front office guy that has rebuilt Atlanta in the wake of Mike Vick and Bobby Petrino.
He's still employed with the Browns. That very well could change, but they didn't look too horrible yesterday. He has a ton of draft picks next season, and that's going to be a good thing for whoever is making the decisions after this year.I don't think Mangini is going to get too many more chances. He might be a good X's and O's guy but his personel management is lousy and despite my obvious bias I think he has established himself as something of a first class jerk around the league and not just amongst Pats fans.
I had the Broncos pegged at about 6-10/7-9.
Orton is not the long term solution at QB no matter how much early success he had in the system, so they either play him and have a chance at the wildcard or they play for draft position. His long term health really isn't a concern (sorry to say, but it's the truth) They wouldn't have lost to the Redskins had he not gotten hurt and they'd be right in the thick of things then with the other losses coming to quality teams. Losing your starting QB is different than any other injury, we all know that. Very few teams can pick up afterwards.
I still don't know if he's going to turn out good or bad, but using him to bash Bill Belichick is reaching.
Word out of the locker rooms is that the players hate him. And CBS did an interview with him in the pre-game focused on him being one of the least liked people in the NFL.But I don't think anyone who is not a Patriots fan hates Mangini as much as you all do.
I've heard that a few players (like two or three) have issues with him, but I have trouble believing that there's a huge sentiment against him in the locker room. Those stories always get blown out of proportion.Word out of the locker rooms is that the players hate him. And CBS did an interview with him in the pre-game focused on him being one of the least liked people in the NFL.
http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d8146fc3f&template=with-video-with-comments&confirm=trueBEREA, Ohio -- There were pump fakes and faked handoffs in Sunday's game between the Cleveland Browns and the Detroit Lions.
Eric Mangini believes there might have been some other deception.
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On Monday, Cleveland's embattled coach questioned whether Detroit's defensive players faked injuries to slow down the Browns' no-huddle offense, which racked up a season-high 439 yards during a 38-37 loss.
Mangini didn't flatly accuse the Lions of cheating, but he noted the high number of Lions players who were helped from the field -- only to return.
"I'm just saying there were a lot of them (injuries)," he said.
Mangini's suggestion of foul play was rebuffed by Lions coach Jim Schwartz.
"He's way out of bounds on that," Schwartz said. "That couldn't be further from the truth. Both teams were running no huddle, and the officials did a very good job of standing over the ball, so there was no need to do that."