Hmm. I was not that impressed by him. He was OC for the Rams for one year and didn’t do much. I’m not convinced he’s the offensive guru others seem to think he is.
He’d have good weapons in Cleveland, at least.
Yeah, much like the state of the catch rule a few years back, the current interference rules do not pass the eye test. Still, the game probably has a different outcome if the Seahawks managed the clock properly at the end. If Lynch scores a second TD and wins the game, it would have been one hell of a story.
Mine:
Saints 35 Vikings 21
Eagles 14, Seattle 21
Patriots 27, Titans 24
Texans 24, Bills 7
As we saw with Kitchens, what you did as OC isn’t necessarily a predictor of performance as an HC. McDaniels one turn as a HC, which granted was several years ago, didn’t turn out all that well. And if we’re going to talk about performance as an OC, I’m more intrigued by Greg Roman than McDaniels.
Do you think that the refs this year have been upset at the pass interference rule change and so have tried to not enforce it? It was something like 10% reversal rate on pass interference all year until very recently…and then this happens where the booth just ignores it. I can imagine refs thinking the rule change encroaches on their turf.
It certainly “looked” like PI. But the first part of the league statement on it was that Hollister initiated the contact. I have no idea what the rules actually say once that happened. The defender could just let him bounce off, giving up a touchdown. Or he could flop and hope for an offensive PI call - but at the risk of a sure TD, plus that really is not what we want to start seeing in the NFL.
I’m not making any particular argument either way here, just pointing out what the league said.
I think the league in general has no idea what standard to use… in part because the standard for the call on the field doesn’t have any consistency either. In the first few weeks of the season, they were overturning even marginal calls one way or the other. Then they went to “lol we don’t really have a review for that” for a while. Now it seems like they’re at “must be as bad as that one we made this rule for” which if you’re going to have the rule is probably for the best, but since the oscillation has all been back room rule interpretation nobody actually knows for sure what they’re going to do, not even the players and coaches.
TimJames
1895
This feels like cheating a bit to me since the Dolphins were the only ones in the hopeless AFC East that were stubborn enough to stick with a mediocre quarterback for so long.
It turns out the Kryptonite to New England is Quarterbacks called Ryan.
Provided it’s their first name, eh, Atlanta?
jpinard
1897
So the Lions should be Super Bowl contenders next year?
Wait, I thought they didn’t fire Patricia
I hate to say it but that looks pretty accurate. UNLESS - Dalvin cook comes back strong. Then. maybe harder to predict the saints game.
Yeah if Cook is 100 percent it might be like 35-20 instead of 31-10.
I think it bears mention that Carson Wentz set an odd NFL record – first QB with more than 4,000 yards passing in the regular season without a single receiver having more than 500 yards. The receiving corp has been a revolving door thanks to injuries. One of his receivers last week was unemployed three weeks ago.
Now, he just needs to actually win a playoff game, which he’s never done. I hope everyone keeps picking the Seahawks so that team gets over confident.
Seahawks vs Eagles is tough to predict because both teams have so many injuries.
If Diggs returns this week and Clowney is ok, I think things go the Seahawks way.
rshetts
1904
And for today’s Poetic Prediction:
Could be the new trend. Bold predictions are so 10s.
Skip Bayless vs Stephen A Smith in a slam poetry session.
I still wouldn’t watch.
