The NFL 2011 Thread

DT1 · 2011-09-08T19:38:30.000Z

AndrewMyers:

Cobb, holy shit!

You know somebody somewhere is jumping up and down because he played Cobb as a 3rd WR in a really deep league.

sluggo · 2011-09-08T19:43:12.000Z

Ching
ching ching ching
chingchingchingchingchingchingching

points! get your points here! We’ve got points!

robsam · 2011-09-08T19:46:20.000Z

I keep counting the Saints out, they keep answering the bell. Great game.

Woolen_Horde · 2011-09-08T19:56:00.000Z

I’m coming down/
I’m coming down/
I’m coming down… woooooaaa

I’m coming down/
I’m coming down/
I’m about to murder Verizon.

AndrewMyers · 2011-09-08T20:12:27.000Z

Woolen Horde:

I’m coming down/
I’m coming down/
I’m coming down… woooooaaa

I’m coming down/
I’m coming down/
I’m about to murder Verizon.

You’re gonna take this and scrape off ALLL the drippin’s.

Woolen_Horde · 2011-09-08T20:50:35.000Z

Wow, crazy ending, but NO’s O-Line hasn’t been getting the job done in the second half.

Omniscia · 2011-09-08T20:50:51.000Z

Hell of a finish.

mkozlows · 2011-09-08T20:51:53.000Z

That was a bullshit interference call at the end, but no point complaining about it when the Packers won anyway.

caesarbear · 2011-09-08T20:53:40.000Z

That’s just boneheaded stubbornness on that last play call. Your rookie RB and O-line hasn’t done it all game and you try it again as the last chance play? Stubborn.

mkozlows:

That was a bullshit interference call at the end, but no point complaining about it when the Packers won anyway.

how so?

sinfony · 2011-09-08T20:55:08.000Z

Well, the part where he didn’t touch the receiver, for one.

mkozlows · 2011-09-08T20:55:43.000Z

The dude jumped, sure, but he didn’t hit the receiver until the ball was there.

Although I don’t have a Tivo now, so I only saw it once on replay, and can’t swear to it.

caesarbear · 2011-09-08T20:59:05.000Z

didn’t touch with his hands sure… the rest of his body however…

when both announcers jump on the call it’s usually a good indication.
Anyway, moot debate. Excellent game.

mkozlows · 2011-09-08T21:08:34.000Z

It’s not clear to me he’s actually touching him in that picture. He looks like he’s mostly just behind him and in the air. But doesn’t matter, thankfully.

caesarbear · 2011-09-08T21:09:39.000Z

mkozlows:

It’s not clear to me he’s actually touching him in that picture. He looks like he’s mostly just behind him and in the air. But doesn’t matter, thankfully.

Come on man.

AndrewMyers · 2011-09-08T21:13:17.000Z

mkozlows:

It’s not clear to me he’s actually touching him in that picture. He looks like he’s mostly just behind him and in the air. But doesn’t matter, thankfully.

There was no doubt whatsoever he hit him before the ball was there when they showed the replay. That said, even though it resulted in an interference call, that’s better than the TD it would’ve been otherwise :)

sinfony · 2011-09-08T21:14:46.000Z

Watch it in motion. It looks like Sproles is moving down on his own, with Hawk coming in clean over him.

robsam · 2011-09-08T21:17:35.000Z

I was for NO, but that didn’t look like pass interference to me.

caesarbear · 2011-09-08T21:18:51.000Z

sinfony:

Watch it in motion. It looks like Sproles is moving down on his own, with Hawk coming in clean over him.

You’re saying the receiver decided to tuck down and fall to the ground on his own before the ball even reached him because…

sinfony · 2011-09-08T21:20:42.000Z

It looks like he’s stretching out for the ball. Sproles is a tiny dude. Plus, it makes sense to get down fast with the ball if you catch it–if you catch it standing up straight, in the middle of the field, on a play started inside the ten, you’re asking to get crushed by a linebacker and drop it.

caesarbear · 2011-09-08T21:30:57.000Z

sinfony:

It looks like he’s stretching out for the ball. Sproles is a tiny dude. Plus, it makes sense to get down fast with the ball if you catch it–if you catch it standing up straight, in the middle of the field, on a play started inside the ten, you’re asking to get crushed by a linebacker and drop it.

There’s no reasoning with you is there? None of that makes any sense, at all. Why would he crouch and stretch for a ball in the end zone? As you say he’s a really short dude. And when has Sproles ever shied away from contact?

Here’s a few frames earlier, not that it will matter to your world view.