2014 NFL Season

[Green Habit]

The Other Brandon Marshall is having a lot of fun trolling fantasy douches tonight. The Other Adrian Peterson could have done this back in the day if Twitter existed back then.

[verb_to_trust]

http://deadspin.com/ray-lewis-some-thin ... 1637373530

[Peeps]

all the people bemoaning ray rice and the ravens handling of it are all happy james harrison is back. god i hate people

[Electromatic]

Wtf is it with Titans players and dying in bizarre incidents?

This Rob Bironas thing is as weird and tragic as the McNair story.

[Green Habit]

Any trade value for Kirk Cousins just evaporated in this last quarter of play.

[Simple Torture]

Did Manning switch uniforms?

[doug rr]

this looks like last weeks tampa bay game

[Simple Torture]

I'm watching the game on like a half hour delay, and I thought I knew what you were all talking about. Then it just keeps getting worse.

[Green Habit]

Did Manning switch uniforms?

I'm starting to think that Eli is the Rodney Dangerfield of today's QBs.

[Simple Torture]

Did Manning switch uniforms?

I'm starting to think that Eli is the Rodney Dangerfield of today's QBs.

He gets no re2pect?

[Green Habit]

Did Manning switch uniforms?

I'm starting to think that Eli is the Rodney Dangerfield of today's QBs.

He gets no re2pect?

Point proven.

[Simple Torture]

Remember when Peyton Hillis was on the cover of Madden?

[Kaius]

omg that happened

[scrub12]

These Thursday night games are always awful.

[Green Habit]

These Thursday night games are always awful.

CBS is either regretting the decision to buy this package or is stoked that they can get suckers like us to watch these awful games.

[Mecca]

I absolutely hate that Randle's catch wasn't considered a touchdown. If he catches that ball the same way at the one and crosses the plane, it doesn't matter if he loses the ball after it crosses the plane. He caught it securely and came down with 2 feet. Stupid rules like this are what hurt my enjoyment of football more than any other thing.

[E.H. Ruddock]

this looks like last weeks tampa bay game

At least Tampa got routed by a good team

[Thejambi]

I absolutely hate that Randle's catch wasn't considered a touchdown. If he catches that ball the same way at the one and crosses the plane, it doesn't matter if he loses the ball after it crosses the plane. He caught it securely and came down with 2 feet. Stupid rules like this are what hurt my enjoyment of football more than any other thing.

The rule is horribly flawed. How do you draw the line clearly though? You could try to have a time limit of possession before it is a "catch". Enforcing that would be almost 100% contingent on replay and it would get tricky on touchdowns, where the play is dead after a TD is signaled. Maybe the receiver has to clearly be the one giving up the ball (tossing the ball to the official, placing it on the ground, etc.). The problem with that is determining a whether a knocked loose ball is a fumble vs. incomplete pass.

It would also be flawed but i think it should be a catch when the receiver catches the ball, shows he has control (moving the ball into his body or outwards) and has two feet down.

[Thejambi]

this looks like last weeks tampa bay game

At least Tampa got routed by a good team

Has there been a good game yet?
All Thursday night games are good for is fucking up my fantasy transaction periods.

[Simple Torture]

I absolutely hate that Randle's catch wasn't considered a touchdown. If he catches that ball the same way at the one and crosses the plane, it doesn't matter if he loses the ball after it crosses the plane. He caught it securely and came down with 2 feet. Stupid rules like this are what hurt my enjoyment of football more than any other thing.

The rule is horribly flawed. How do you draw the line clearly though? You could try to have a time limit of possession before it is a "catch". Enforcing that would be almost 100% contingent on replay and it would get tricky on touchdowns, where the play is dead after a TD is signaled. Maybe the receiver has to clearly be the one giving up the ball (tossing the ball to the official, placing it on the ground, etc.). The problem with that is determining a whether a knocked loose ball is a fumble vs. incomplete pass.

It would also be flawed but i think it should be a catch when the receiver catches the ball, shows he has control (moving the ball into his body or outwards) and has two feet down.

That's where the word "touchdown" comes from, right? I.e., you used to have to physically touch the ball down to the ground (like rubgy). I dunno when it happened exactly, but I'm sure the rules were changed with the introduction of the forward pass, and it'd be impossible to change them now. I think that call last night comes down to a judgment call--you ask ten refs, there's no way all ten say either TD or INT.