Sunday Games Open Thread

by MaPatsFan on Oct 4, 2009 5:35 PM EDT

Sorry I'm late with this. If you want to drop a comment about another game, here you are.

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Good game guys

Damn, that one hurt. You guys were the better team today and we brought this loss upon ourselves. I did love the roughing the passer call on Brady when Ngata tapped Brady on the shoulder and Tom fell down as if he was rocked. Gotta love it.

Again, good games and good conversations this whole week. See you guys in January.

You have to hate losing more than you love winning.

by Mr MaLoR on Oct 4, 2009 5:38 PM EDT reply actions

Thanks!

Very hard fought. I need a pacemaker at this point!

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by MaPatsFan on Oct 4, 2009 5:40 PM EDT up reply actions

Can you at least admit that the league protects Brady? It is not a personal foul if you come up smiling after a game, like when Ngata touched Tom’s shoulder and it was roughing the passer. Yet, Joe gets rid of the ball and more then a second later, he is destroyed. Def not roughing. Gotta protect that pretty face.

See you in January.

You have to hate losing more than you love winning.

by Mr MaLoR on Oct 4, 2009 5:50 PM EDT up reply actions

Take out "a game" Meant a hit

You have to hate losing more than you love winning.

by Mr MaLoR on Oct 4, 2009 5:51 PM EDT up reply actions

Brady was alsways good at gettting those roughing the passer call

i remember during the 07 play offs where he pretended to get a big hit and got the call lol

by lololol on Oct 4, 2009 5:52 PM EDT up reply actions

He came up smiling after the play like “YES! I did a great job of faking that! He barely touched my shoulder pads while being blocked! God I am awsome!”

It’s whatever though. The refs did not put your 27 points on the board. We had our chances to win the game and didn’t execute.

It will be nice to get some people off of our bandwagon.

You have to hate losing more than you love winning.

by Mr MaLoR on Oct 4, 2009 5:59 PM EDT up reply actions

like at the end there

by Patsfan4life on Oct 4, 2009 6:07 PM EDT up reply actions

Ngata caught him in the helmet

It may be a stupid rule, but it’s still the rule.

by RSNexile on Oct 4, 2009 6:32 PM EDT up reply actions

The Chiefs got jobbed by that call today

Eli Manning got hit hard… on his SHOULDER, his helmet was never touched, and the refs called roughing the passer. The one thing the Giants don’t need is a fresh set of downs and fifteen yards.

Mike Wright barely touched Flacco’s helmet and got the call made against him too. It’s a momentum killer. I’m betting there’s gotta be some tweaking of this rule by the end of the season. There’s a huge difference between intent to injure and touching the QB and this rule goes a bit too far in the wrong direction.

Keep the faith!

by Marima on Oct 4, 2009 9:45 PM EDT up reply actions

So...

You can’t hit the guy in the helmet, as per the decision against Ngata, Wright, etc. You can’t even look like you’re near the helmet, like the hit on Eli Manning.

You can’t hit him in the legs, so-called Tom Brady rule. If you hit him below the waist, you have to basically look like you’re doing it from below, per the penalty against Vince Wilfork.

You can’t sling him around, either, even if he’s taking off on a run, a la Adalius Thomas.

How DO you sack a QB without being penalised? It might just turn into a battle of slapping-at-the-ball, as adroitly shown by Terrell Suggs.

Anyone for volleyball?

by Comedic.Sans on Oct 4, 2009 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions

Mike Wright sacks Flacco by hugging him in place

if the ref doesn’t blow the whistle when he did, Wright has no choice but to try and get Flacco to the ground. If he does it by swinging him down like Adalius Thomas did against Matt Ryan last week then he gets flagged and fined.

While Wright is holding onto Flacco, Flacco is trying to escape and throw the football. If Wright doesn’t get him down, then Flacco lives to throw the football downfield like Eli Manning did in the Super Bowl.

It seems like a no-win here.

Keep the faith!

by Marima on Oct 4, 2009 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions

If the officiating stays as it is

I honestly wouldn’t be surprised to see a complete change in approach to sacks. Expect a lot more of the fumble-causing slap-happy aiming at QB’s arms. Bleh. You can’t guarantee to stop a play any other way – holding them upright because doing anything else gets you flagged is just an invitation for the QB to flick it away in a half-attempt at a pass.

by Comedic.Sans on Oct 4, 2009 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions

Adalius Thomas tried the two-hand touch approach

and the Refs never blew the whistle. They should have paid half his fine at least.

The more you know, the more you know that you don't know.

by SlotMachinePlayer on Oct 5, 2009 11:27 AM EDT up reply actions

Very similar to Wilfork's, from the sounds of it

Apparently hugging the QB is a penalty-incurring offence.

by Comedic.Sans on Oct 4, 2009 6:25 PM EDT up reply actions

Well that's the problem

what good does it do for the team to get a letter from the league after the fact saying they made a mistake, when it could have cost them some points?

Keep the faith!

by Marima on Oct 4, 2009 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions

Haha

Ellis Hobbs had his letter saying a call against him was wrong, and he looked stupid for daring to talk about it in the press. “But the league said I was right all along!” didn’t win him his reputation back, and he got tossed for two 5th round picks. Ouch.

by Comedic.Sans on Oct 4, 2009 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions

im not sure how to interpret this dallas vs denver game!

by bforce3 on Oct 4, 2009 6:22 PM EDT reply actions

Denver pulls it out

It ought to be interesting when we play them.

The more you know, the more you know that you don't know.

by SlotMachinePlayer on Oct 4, 2009 7:23 PM EDT up reply actions

it should be interesting

by bforce3 on Oct 4, 2009 8:00 PM EDT up reply actions

Romo deserves more Favre-comparisons than he gets.

Somehow Romo avoids them. They both sling it downfield, and they both turn the ball over because of it. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t.

by Comedic.Sans on Oct 4, 2009 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions

NO over NYJ and MIA over BUF

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by MaPatsFan on Oct 4, 2009 7:37 PM EDT reply actions

both great news

by bforce3 on Oct 4, 2009 8:00 PM EDT up reply actions

Harbaugh still whining.

Not a great precedent to set for your team. Especially since there just weren’t many mis-calls.

As Mr. Sloan always says, there is no "I" in team, but there is an "I" in pie. And there's an "I" in meat pie. Anagram of meat is team... I don't know what he's talking about. --Shaun of the Dead

by JohnHannahRules on Oct 4, 2009 7:44 PM EDT reply actions

oh puh-leeze

there were enough mistakes from either team to blame the loss on. What were those “spots” he kept talking about? Was he saying that the refs kept giving the Patriots better spots or the Ravens bad spots? I didn’t get that part.

Keep the faith!

by Marima on Oct 4, 2009 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions

Funny how coaches only find such bulletproof conviction officials are wrong

when they tuck their challenge flags away, post-game. “Now I know the final result, THOSE CALLS WERE WRONG”. Decisive.

by Comedic.Sans on Oct 4, 2009 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions

The Steelers are just gashing the Bolts.

Looks like they figured out how to run the ball again. They’re just shredding it right now. First drive, right down the field (with a big toss in the middle from Rongrastname), running it up the gut. Second drive, more of the same — five strait runs right now and counting.

If San Diego doesn’t find its nuts, they’re going to get humiliated.

As Mr. Sloan always says, there is no "I" in team, but there is an "I" in pie. And there's an "I" in meat pie. Anagram of meat is team... I don't know what he's talking about. --Shaun of the Dead

by JohnHannahRules on Oct 4, 2009 8:46 PM EDT reply actions