NFL Playoffs running thread

If they didn't overturn the result of the Giants-49ers flustercluck in 2002 ...

 

I'm reminded of the time I was leaving a high school soccer game and a parent for the home team (which was my beat) suggested I do a story about how all the refs came from Springfield and Shelbyville and thus biased against Hometown. He was being polite about it, so I nodded and smiled instead of telling him how full of shit he was.

 

I didn't say the call wasn't blown. It was. A horribly blown call. Inexcusable.

On the Rams previous possession they missed a clear facemask on Goff that would have made it first and goal at the 2. You think the Rams wouldn't have scored a touchdown instead of going for the game-tying field goal that made it 20-20? Equally inexcusable.



Called were missed. It was not a banner day for officials in that game. They missed another facemask on Cooks I believe that was missed.

My point is that the Saints had the ball first in overtime, at home, with their Hall of Fame quarterback calling the shots. With everything that had happened they couldn't have asked for a better situation to determine their fate. Pat Mahomes would've killed to have that same opportunity. They didn't get the job done. Curse the refs if it makes you feel better.

 

The thing that bugs me about the Pats. They are a great team and seem overly eager to shove it in everybody's faces. Like winning the game and a Super Bowl isn't their true passion - it's lording it over everyone. Great QB who is also married to a supermodel. Coach who can get away with giving nothing to the media (not looking for a personality, just a little respect). They are a team with a lot of advantages, that acts like nobody ever handed them anything (tuck rule cough, cough).

 

Holy fuck. LOL.

 

No need to change the replay rule. Change the challenge rule. I agree with Belichick. Let the coaches challenge anything they want with the exception of turnovers and scoring plays (which are automatically reviewed).

Give the coaches one challenge a half. They can challenge whatever they want. Win the challenge and you get another one. Lose the challenge, tough shit.

 

This better be a joke.

 

You know it's grinding the NFL's gears that they had two pretty exciting championship games yesterday, and the only thing being discussed is the officiating. It's going to stay that way for the next two weeks, and the Super Bowl will have this hanging over it at least until kickoff.

 

But the game was fixed I’ve been told.