slikmar Posted January 17, 2022 Report Share Posted January 17, 2022 16 hours ago, unclevlad said: I skipped the postgame but...was that a called play, or did Dak just Dak? One of the things that drives my brother crazy about Dak's stats (and Elliots in a secondary way) is how many of his great stats are usually in blowouts, one way or the other. I told him I guarantee other GMs if they were free agents would pay attention, but regular fans and the hype machine just shows the stats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted January 17, 2022 Report Share Posted January 17, 2022 Plus, he plays for the Cowboys, where the hype machine is turbocharged and has afterburners. slikmar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted January 18, 2022 Report Share Posted January 18, 2022 Kyler Murray, what the actual Hell was that?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted January 18, 2022 Report Share Posted January 18, 2022 And it looks like we've got blowout #4, of the 6 games. Kyler Murray commits the deadly sin of holding the ball WAYYYYY too long *in the end zone* and gets burned with an EASY pick-6 to move it solidly into Rout territory. Arizona is going to have to re-think their offense. It's been moribund. EDIT: and now with over 10 minutes left in the third, the Cards have a 0.5% win probability, thus making it official. Another rout. Unless something RADICALLY changes, this'll wind down a disappointing round, from a competitive standpoint. Not so much from a results standpoint, but there's been *so much* garbage time this round... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted January 18, 2022 Report Share Posted January 18, 2022 Nothing about this game is a surprise. The Cards backed into the playoffs having lost Nuk Hopkins a month ago, while the Rams got Cam Akers back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted January 18, 2022 Report Share Posted January 18, 2022 I'm not quite sure what to call that shade of blue the Rams are wearing - it's not really royal blue like the Bills were wearing the other day - but I really like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted January 18, 2022 Report Share Posted January 18, 2022 4 minutes ago, Pariah said: I'm not quite sure what to call that shade of blue the Rams are wearing - it's not really royal blue like the Bills were wearing the other day - but I really like it. Pantone lists it as a cyan-blue. RGB (from Ram web site) is 0,53,148. The nearest named shade, from Pantone, is dark powder blue (0,51,153). I think it plays off the yellow very well. So now it's time to cogitate, freshen up the tea leaves, and see if the ouija board is working to make the next round of predictions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted January 18, 2022 Report Share Posted January 18, 2022 Looks like Bills-Chiefs is the game to watch next weekend. Bungles-Tits is also interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted January 18, 2022 Report Share Posted January 18, 2022 Yeah, I think this is all the perspective we need. Kyler Murray’s Pick-Six Was So Bad The Rock Started Drinking Tequila Straight From The Bottle On The Manningcast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted January 18, 2022 Report Share Posted January 18, 2022 I also wanted to point out that Matthew Stafford now has the same number of career playoff wins as Tim Tebow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted January 18, 2022 Report Share Posted January 18, 2022 A career in Detroit will do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted January 18, 2022 Report Share Posted January 18, 2022 The announcers pointed out last night that this was Von Miller's first playoff appearance since being named MVP of Super Bowl 50. Miller had six tackles (three for loss) and a sack. But the sack wasn't as sweet as the one from his last playoff game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted January 18, 2022 Report Share Posted January 18, 2022 Well, the avalanche started when Murray double-clutched. Once the protection started to break down, the *best likely* cases were getting to be pretty bad/ He was gonna need luck to just have it be incomplete. Figure: if he holds the ball, it's a safety. 16-0, and the Rams get the ball, commonly in fairly good field position...which means a FG is fairly likely. Not a given, but pretty likely. So the toss did hurt...but IMO, the bigger problem was situational recognition. And a side thought: did he have a safety valve...a receiver in position where he could throw it away? Intentional grounding in the end zone is also a safety, so there's a reasonable chance that Kingsbury deserves some of the blame, if the play call was part of the problem. I'm mostly hoping for better games. 4 blowouts; Raiders-Bengals was choppy; and the Niners had the Cowboys locked down for most of that game...it shouldn't have ever come down to that last play. The way they played in that 4th quarter...man, they tried to choke. Tried hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slikmar Posted January 18, 2022 Report Share Posted January 18, 2022 1 hour ago, unclevlad said: The way they played in that 4th quarter...man, they tried to choke. Tried hard. We have always called that "Prevent Defense". Of course, no one ever says which team you are trying to prevent winning and I am pretty sure most top QBs salivate at those words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted January 18, 2022 Report Share Posted January 18, 2022 That was certainly the case on the last Cowboy drive, but the offense was guilty too, earlier in the quarter. Plus, even in a loose defense, you guard the sidelines. Cowboys got 40 yards in 3 plays, all of which went OB at the end with NO problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinecone Posted January 18, 2022 Report Share Posted January 18, 2022 9ers only tossed One interception, so we won. I am super happy...for now Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted January 19, 2022 Report Share Posted January 19, 2022 23 hours ago, pinecone said: 9ers only tossed One interception, so we won. I am super happy...for now Lol Don't worry, it won't last. (Mind, I hope I'm totally, completely wrong here. But this is the one game that, on paper at least to me, is a mismatch.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted January 19, 2022 Report Share Posted January 19, 2022 I don't care who wins the AFC games. The Rams are the only ones who might be outclassed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted January 20, 2022 Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 One thing to keep in mind for this weekend's games: The only quarterbacks Von Miller has sacked more times than Tom Brady are Philip Rivers and Alex Smith. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted January 21, 2022 Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 The Broncos have interviewed nine head coaching candidates this week. The conventional wisdom is that Cowboys DC (and former Falcons head coach) Dan Quinn is the favorite to land the job. If so, he'd need to hire a good offensive coordinator, ot it'll be Vic Fangio all over again. Time will tell, I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted January 21, 2022 Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 Titans change ticket policy to exclude Bengals fans Quote "We want Nissan Stadium to be two-tone blue," (Titans VP of Ticketing) Ellenberger said. "And so by limiting this transfer window, it also limits the number of visiting team fans that we'll have in the stadium." Question is, what does Starlord look like in Hulk form? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted January 21, 2022 Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 Wow, that is crap. What a BS play, Titans. Karma will bit you in the ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted January 21, 2022 Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 I think it says a LOT more about the Titans' fan base than the team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted January 21, 2022 Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 The Broncos once did that to keep Patriots fans out, too. Obviously that's been a long time ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted January 22, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 2 hours ago, Old Man said: Titans change ticket policy to exclude Bengals fans Question is, what does Starlord look like in Hulk form? I had seen this. It is a bush league move, but I don't mind so much as the Bengals seem to play pretty well on the road anyway. It's when they're favored or playing Baker Mayfield that they tend to play down to the competition. On 3/19/2021 at 6:01 PM, Starlord said: New league year began March 17th. Less than impressed with the way the Bengals spent the 5th most cap money so far. A bunch of average guys basically. One impressive signing - CB Mike Hinton is a steal and he was pulled away from the Steelers. We did manage to get an ok OT with Riley Reiff. Although, he is better than the 'matadors' we have on the line right now. We FINALLY got rid of the worst OT in the league - Bobby Hart - so addition by substraction I always say! Weirdly, we also got rid of the worst QB in the league, Ryan Finley. Better yet, we somehow got the Texans to trade for him. This could be proof that the Texans are now the worst run team in the league. Reposting my first post here in this thread. Turns out the Bengals actually spent their cap money brilliantly this year...and now we will have another $58 million to spend this year. The most money of any team that was in the playoffs this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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