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The New York Times is not a fan of this weekend's games.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/21/s...sK7L_lKP_lxHXY
Selected excerpts include: ...the league’s bounce-back season was knocked off stride on Sunday, as officials in the two conference championship games made baffling, controversial calls that to some degree overshadowed the otherwise thrilling matchups. The A.F.C. championship game in Kansas City got off to a controversy-free start. But as the Chiefs battled back from a first-half deficit against the New England Patriots, another officiating decision, midway through the fourth quarter, brought the game to a halt. It came when the Chiefs scored a touchdown after Patriots receiver Julian Edelman, serving as the team’s punt returner, appeared to have touched a punt that Kansas City then picked up and took into the end zone. But after a lengthy video review, the referees determined that the ball never hit Edelman, even though replays suggested that it might have just barely nicked his thumbs. Chiefs fans, meanwhile, were also aggrieved by a roughing-the-passer call on a second-and-7 in the fourth quarter after defensive lineman Chris Jones landed a seemingly innocuous slap on Brady’s shoulder as he made a throw. But a 15-yard penalty was enforced, and the Patriots went on to score one of the go-ahead touchdowns that punctuated the last part of the game. As exciting as they were, Sunday’s two games left some fans feeling that asterisks should be affixed to the final scores, a sentiment that may tarnish some of the positive signs for the N.F.L. this season. Much of the renewed interest comes from a bevy of young stars, like quarterback Patrick Mahomes of the Chiefs, and a bunch of scoring records that fell faster than you can say “Brady to Edelman.” Last edited by Rain Man; 01-22-2019 at 10:35 AM.. |
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01-21-2019, 05:33 PM | #16 |
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Shame on the NYT for calling that muffed punt play a TD by the Chiefs. It was never going to be a TD for us.
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01-21-2019, 05:49 PM | #17 | |
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The muffed punt was already called on the field as a muffed punt. The replays were not conclusive enough. Edelman made a football play on the ball which was stupid to begin with after calling for a fair catch. We went onto intercept Brady for the second time afterwards so that kinda evened out the bias reffing. Dee ford lining up in the neutral zone was a back breaker. |
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01-21-2019, 05:57 PM | #18 | |
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01-21-2019, 06:02 PM | #19 | |
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Wowza. I talk to my brother on the phone every game-day during the season and I have said maybe 30 times in the last 2 years the NFL has to fix this shit. But mainly I was complaining about refs making questionable calls in key moments and affecting games on borderline shit, not non calls. I've never seen a more blatant non call. Ever. You are a multi billion $ industry, get the shit fixed. Call only obvious shit and call the obvious shit. |
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01-21-2019, 06:04 PM | #21 |
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The roughing call was on 2nd down, I have hard time getting too pissed ass they likely convert 3rd and 7.
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01-21-2019, 06:05 PM | #22 |
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I have family that are diehard Saints fans,in fact I'm flying to Louisiana tomorrow,should be a fun week,we can cry on each others shoulders
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01-21-2019, 06:19 PM | #24 |
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The NFL got what it wanted: 2 teams from 2 coastal mega city large markets. Congratulations to the NFL for not being stuck with 2 small market teams in its biggest show.
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01-21-2019, 06:22 PM | #25 |
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Shhhhhh....such talk like that in the wrong threads can get you banned
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01-21-2019, 11:21 PM | #26 |
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Talked with one of them a bit ago,he said he's done with the NFL
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Hey Rain Man, would you mind changing the color to something other than dark blue on the first paragraph? Thats a pain to read for dark mode users.
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01-22-2019, 06:01 AM | #29 |
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No mention of Berry grappling Gronk? Especially in the light of later JC Jackson's ticky tacky DPI?
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