NFL Week 3: Marcus Dupree Did Not Wear This Number ...

[Chef2]

So, which member of the Chiefs suffers a season-ender this week?

Chiefs fans hope it's not Cassell; The way he's playing, they are a virtual lock to get Luck.

My money's on McClester.

I could see Dwayne Bowe finding a way to beg out of this mess.

Yeah, but it's difficult for Bowe to get hurt when he's just running patterns and not catching the ball.

 

[Chef2]

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/7003532/antonio-garay-san-diego-chargers-fined-15k-hit-tom-brady-new-england-patriots

Look at the ****ING picture. He still has the ball in his hand. How can you deliver a $15,000 fine for a hit (NOT ON HIS HEAD!) when the quarterback still has the ****ing ball?

Get out the flags and belts. The NFL is officially the NFFL (National Flag Football League).

Unbelievable.

 

[LongTimeListener]

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/7003532/antonio-garay-san-diego-chargers-fined-15k-hit-tom-brady-new-england-patriots

Look at the ****ING picture. He still has the ball in his hand. How can you deliver a $15,000 fine for a hit (NOT ON HIS HEAD!) when the quarterback still has the ****ing ball?

Get out the flags and belts. The NFL is officially the NFFL (National Flag Football League).

Unbelievable.

Good Lord in heaven, Dan Marino would have thrown for 7,000 yards in 1984 under these rules.

 

[jr/shotglass]

Yeah, but it's difficult for Bowe to get hurt when he's just running patterns and not catching the ball.

This is so right, and this is killing me, and I know nobody cares about my damn fantasy team, but it is REALLY killing me.

Quickly becoming the definition of "looks like Tarzan, plays like Jane."

 

[Captain_Kirk]

So, which member of the Chiefs suffers a season-ender this week?

Chiefs fans hope it's not Cassell; The way he's playing, they are a virtual lock to get Luck.

My money's on McClester.

I could see Dwayne Bowe finding a way to beg out of this mess.

I think most KC residents are probably hoping it's Todd Haley....

 

[LongTimeListener]

This is really the time when the Chiefs get their best young players out of harm's way and wait for a season that isn't headed down the drain. The Raiders did that for two years with McFadden (or McFadden did it for himself), and now he has his legs when it matters.

I would say the Seahawks need to do this too, but they don't have any good players.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Does anyone doubt that if that hit was on Matt Cassel or Luke McCown instead of Brady, there's no fine? The NFL WANTS its officiating to be as biased and borderline crooked as NBA officiating.

 

[bigpern23]

Does anyone doubt that if that hit was on Matt Cassel or Luke McCown instead of Brady, there's no fine? The NFL WANTS its officiating to be as biased and borderline crooked as NBA officiating.

In fairness, it was an illegal hit. Dispute the rule if you like (IIRC, he was blocked from behind and hit Brady as he fell. What's he supposed to do?), but that hit was on the knee which is clearly illegal.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

An ex post facto fine for a rules violation NOT called by the officials on the field stinks out loud no matter what the rule.

 

[outofplace]

Does anyone doubt that if that hit was on Matt Cassel or Luke McCown instead of Brady, there's no fine? The NFL WANTS its officiating to be as biased and borderline crooked as NBA officiating.

In fairness, it was an illegal hit. Dispute the rule if you like (IIRC, he was blocked from behind and hit Brady as he fell. What's he supposed to do?), but that hit was on the knee which is clearly illegal.

Exactly. The hit is against the rules and it is nothing new for the league to hand out fines for illegal hits even if the officials don't throw a flag on game day.

 

[Herbert Anchovy]

Nice to see some of you guys coming around, meeting those on the distant shore of reality.

The officiating in the league is a balls-up fiasco, and has been for many years.

 

[outofplace]

Nice to see some of you guys coming around, meeting those on the distant shore of reality.

The officiating in the league is a balls-up fiasco, and has been for many years.

Plenty of us have been willing to criticize the quality of officiating in the NFL. It's the conspiracy theories that most reasonable posters reject because nobody can provide motivation that is worth the risk.

 

[Herbert Anchovy]

As usual, you're late to figuring it all out.

Roger Goodell wants to put a franchise in England, yet won't do anything about the butchers, bakers and candlestick makers who provide weekly daycare for his $12B industry.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

There's corruption and then there's corruption. Outright bribery? No. Rules enforcement slanted to the star system and to the league's unsubtle desire that there's lots of offense? Yes. That's not money corruption, but it's intellectual corruption.

 

[Herbert Anchovy]

This happened a few years ago when Brady was breathed on wrong by Terrell Suggs. The problem hasn't gone away.

The rules are being interpreted differently by different crews. There is no excuse for this distribution.

And a bad commissioner does nothing about it, only choosing to go after a peon like Dunta Robinson.

 

[Cubbiebum]

You can hit the QB but not in the head and not below the knees. The zone for hitting the QB is the same as a strike zone in baseball. It's ridiculous. All positions should be treated the same. Disallow the helmet hits because they are extremely dangerous. The below the knee rule is ridiculous and only exists because golden boy Brady missed a season from a hit below the knee. **** happens.

 

[outofplace]

Again, big damn difference between questionable competence and intentionally changing the way games turn out.

The former is a legitimate discussion. The latter is tinfoil hat territory.

 

[RickStain]

This happened a few years ago when Brady was breathed on wrong by Terrell Suggs. The problem hasn't gone away.

The rules are being interpreted differently by different crews. There is no excuse for this distribution.

And a bad commissioner does nothing about it, only choosing to go after a peon like Dunta Robinson.

That's a fantastic example of how to mislead with a bar graph by setting the bottom axis arbitrarily.

 

[Herbert Anchovy]

Again, big damn difference between questionable competence and intentionally changing the way games turn out.

The former is a legitimate discussion. The latter is tinfoil hat territory.

So you don't think it's embarrassing that Hochuli and Triplette seem to get an awful lot of important games.

They have done nothing to earn the privilege.

Hochuli is a boob and probably the most highly criticized official in the league, and loves the attention.

 

[Herbert Anchovy]

That's a fantastic example of how to mislead with a bar graph by setting the bottom axis arbitrarily.

Explain.