See Red Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 When I play Madden, I never kick a FG inside the 5. I don't play conservative with a lead. In other words, I PLAY TO WIN THE GAME.My rule of thumb- NEVER kick a FG inside the 5 unless there's 2 seconds left in regulation or sudden death OR you get an OT interception and you're tackled at the 1.If it was at the 7 or 8, that's a little different.The Packers are a talented team submarined by their coach. At least a handful of members on here would have found a way to win that game for GB if they were coaching.I don't have an issue with kicking FGs from the 3 or 4 yardline. Passing windows get awfully tight inside the five yard line and it's difficult to score. You have to look at who's on the other side of the ball too. My issue with NFL coaches is kicking FGs on 4th and one or two. It's a big part of why I like the college game more.The most egregious errors in my mind were rushing 3 on 3rd and 19 and then trying to block the FG instead of playing it conservatively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldschoolvikings Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 12th Man! http://dstewartpaint.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceCap Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 A cheating coach and a smarmy QB...the Patriots have both. They have leapfrogged the Cowboys as my most reviled team. Just think, if Brady loses the Super Bowl, he will be a mediocre 3-3. That's hardly elite.It's better then 1-2 PotD 26/2/12 1/7/15 2020 BASS Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal Regular Season Champion 2021 BASS NFL Pick'em Regular Season Champion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kramerica Industries Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 And, seriously, this is the sixth Super Bowl that the Patriots have been in with Tom Brady as their QB. Whether they'll improve to 4-2 or fall to 3-3 in such games, lets not act like 80% of team fans in the NFL wouldn't kill to be playing in that many meaningful games in a 15 year time span. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 And, seriously, this is the sixth Super Bowl that the Patriots have been in with Tom Brady as their QB. Whether they'll improve to 4-2 or fall to 3-3 in such games, lets not act like 80% of team fans in the NFL wouldn't kill to be playing in that many meaningful games in a 15 year time span.Seriously. 3-3 is better than 99.9% of QBs could ever muster. The first 3 alone grants you immortality in NFL history. The second three actually bolsters your case, because hell you got there SIX times. That's not an accident, and that's not a system. That's the best QB of this generation - whether I or anyone else like him. "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnWis97 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 A cheating coach and a smarmy QB...the Patriots have both. They have leapfrogged the Cowboys as my most reviled team. Just think, if Brady loses the Super Bowl, he will be a mediocre 3-3. That's hardly elite.A 3-3 record in the Super Bowl means he got there six times. Name another "hardly elite" QB that's done that. Yeah. the idea that 3-0 is better than 3-3 is goofy. 3-0 would just mean earlier exits. Disclaimer: If this comment is about an NBA uniform from 2017-2018 or later, do not constitute a lack of acknowledgement of the corporate logo to mean anything other than "the corporate logo is terrible and makes the uniform significantly worse." BADGERS TWINS VIKINGS TIMBERWOLVES WILD POTD (Shared) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnWis97 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 It's all Bostick's fault. If he recovers it, only a fumble saves SEA IMO.To pull a phrase my dad screamed at me when I blamed a loss on a teammate striking out to end the game: "It's a team effort."It should never have come down to that play. Disclaimer: If this comment is about an NBA uniform from 2017-2018 or later, do not constitute a lack of acknowledgement of the corporate logo to mean anything other than "the corporate logo is terrible and makes the uniform significantly worse." BADGERS TWINS VIKINGS TIMBERWOLVES WILD POTD (Shared) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac the Knife Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Sounds like Trent Richardson has walked out on the Colts. What an embarrassing trade that turned out to be for all parties involved.Now that it's known why, it's understandable. Holy . The Packers could potentially be up 21-0 right now had they finished all 3 drives.By my count, the Packers left 15 points on the table Sunday. If they convert any first half field goal into a touchdown, they win, period.You know you're having a bad day when your punter has a better QBR than you.Can we please all agree to stop using the ESPN-manufactured "QBR" bull**** unless and until they release detailed information on how they calculate it? Otherwise, you're just spewing forth another comparative for which your audience has no objective standard.Crap. Just realized I don't get a ring since the Packers now won't win the Super Bowl.....I honestly didn't have a rooting interest in the game save the potential to get another ring. I'd rather have one from next season than this one, though.A cheating coach and a smarmy QB...the Patriots have both. They have leapfrogged the Cowboys as my most reviled team. Just think, if Brady loses the Super Bowl, he will be a mediocre 3-3. That's hardly elite.Yeah... uh... ehr... I don't know quite how to tell you this, but your idiocy has slipped out. You might want to tuck that back in somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayMac Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Idiocy? If they lose, he will have been without a title for 10 years!!! When does his free pass expire?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG_ThenNowForever Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 A couple more thoughts from the Packers/Seahawks game:- The Packers got huge gifts from the Seahawks in the first half, and blew it big-time but kicking two field goals. When they had to manufacture their own field position in the second half -- after Seattle pulled its head out of its ass -- the points went away. There are several goats from Green Bay today, and I think Mike McCarthy is the biggest one. The Seahawks only being down 6-0 instead of 14-0 after those initial turnovers was a lifeline they they were ultimately able to capitalize on.- I said a few weeks ago that Russell Wilson has held at least a lead at some point in ever NFL game he's played -- which seems absurd -- but Joe Buck was saying today that record actually stretches back to his days at Wisconsin and NC State. Wilson may occasionally make stupid plays (though I don't think all four picks were entirely his fault), but he also makes plays other quarterbacks can't, like the last three Seahawks' offensive series.- Marshawn Lynch was quietly the best player on the field today.- VINTAGE Clay Matthews game.- A healthy Aaron Rodgers would have made today's game drastically different. The Seahawks were extremely fortunate to get out of the first half only down 16.- If you like watching competitive football, the Pats/Hawks Super Bowl is the best option. It's clearly the two best teams (#1 seeds notwithstanding) and is probably the most intriguing of all the possible matchups. Carrol and Belichik do things differently than most coaches, and it's going to be interesting to watch them try to outsmart one another. If you just like to bitch about sports, maybe you should rethink why you watch football. Your team can't win every game.- How awesome is it that we're not talking about the refs or the rules in either game? 1 hour ago, ShutUpLutz! said: and the drunken doodoobags jumping off the tops of SUV's/vans/RV's onto tables because, oh yeah, they are drunken drug abusing doodoobags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceCap Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Idiocy? If they lose, he will have been without a title for 10 years!!! When does his free pass expire??There's a very real chance Peyton Manning won't even be playing once his ten year mark is up, yet you'll still claim he was the better qb. Double standards aren't kosher dude. PotD 26/2/12 1/7/15 2020 BASS Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal Regular Season Champion 2021 BASS NFL Pick'em Regular Season Champion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigEd76 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 From a reporter in Indianapolis: bkravitz Breaking: A league source tells me the NFL is investigating the possibility the Patriots deflated footballs Sunday night. More to come. Told if a league investigation confirms deflated footballs it will result in lost draft picks. Stay tuned. Peter King is following it, so who knows, but if New England was caught cheating again.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG_ThenNowForever Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 What's the benefit of using deflated balls? 1 hour ago, ShutUpLutz! said: and the drunken doodoobags jumping off the tops of SUV's/vans/RV's onto tables because, oh yeah, they are drunken drug abusing doodoobags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lights Out Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Lane Kiffin of all people has tried this stunt before.Deflating the ball makes it easier to grip, which is helpful in rainy weather. Colts would have lost regardless the way they were playing, but not a surprise to see Belicheat stoop to some less-than-honest tactics. POTD: 2/4/12 3/4/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hbgoo1975 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 From a reporter in Indianapolis:bkravitzBreaking: A league source tells me the NFL is investigating the possibility the Patriots deflated footballs Sunday night. More to come.Told if a league investigation confirms deflated footballs it will result in lost draft picks. Stay tuned.Peter King is following it, so who knows, but if New England was caught cheating again....This is bull! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
See Red Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 What's the benefit of using deflated balls?Better grip, so easier to throw and catch. I'm not sure how it would benefit only the Patriots though as I'm not sure how the game balls are handled during a game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG_ThenNowForever Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 What's the benefit of using deflated balls?Better grip, so easier to throw and catch. I'm not sure how it would benefit only the Patriots though as I'm not sure how the game balls are handled during a game.Got it.The Patriots are the best team of the 2000s, by far. There's a valid question if this rule-bending is what has kept them so great, but it's distressing they continually do it. They have talent; they shouldn't need to push the rule book as well. 1 hour ago, ShutUpLutz! said: and the drunken doodoobags jumping off the tops of SUV's/vans/RV's onto tables because, oh yeah, they are drunken drug abusing doodoobags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lights Out Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 What's the benefit of using deflated balls?Better grip, so easier to throw and catch. I'm not sure how it would benefit only the Patriots though as I'm not sure how the game balls are handled during a game.I know in college, both offenses use their own game balls. I'm assuming that's how it works in the NFL too... otherwise it wouldn't make much sense to deflate the ball because the other team would get the same advantage. POTD: 2/4/12 3/4/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiddySicks Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 I remember a really strange play where they basically stopped right before the snap because they had grabbed one of the kicking balls which, apparently, "wasn't rubbed down enough". I thought that was strange, and I hadn't ever seen that before. On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said: She’s still half convinced “Chris Creamer” is a porn site.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
See Red Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 What's the benefit of using deflated balls? Better grip, so easier to throw and catch. I'm not sure how it would benefit only the Patriots though as I'm not sure how the game balls are handled during a game. I know in college, both offenses use their own game balls. I'm assuming that's how it works in the NFL too... otherwise it wouldn't make much sense to deflate the ball because the other team would get the same advantage.Makes sense. I always figured the NFL handled the game balls, which obviously isn't the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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