2014 NFL Season **OFFICIAL THREAD**
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Zippyjuan
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Chargers tried to lose the game. They were very generous in the first half. I guess the Niners wanted it more. Peyton Manning still listed as "questionable" but Denver is probably glad to be playing on Monday Night (at Cinci) to give him an extra day to try to get better from his thigh injury. He has had some limited practice this week.
As of right now, Ravens, KC, and Saints losing.
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More bad calls by the officials today. It has gotten ridiculous
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Chiefs are just about done. Obviously not a playoff calibre team right now. They can't score a touchdown in the red zone, and can't convert on fourth and an inch.
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Yeah the obvious rigging of NFL and NBA games has only gotten more obvious each year it seems. Seems to have started in earnest about 15 years ago. UFC started doing it 6-7 years ago. MLB has done it a lot as well. Sports are becoming unwatchable.
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Who has to beat the Ravens?
Meh. Glad I didn't put money on it.
They aren't too far from it. Smith is no Montana, but he's a damned sight better than Elvis Grbac. If they had a rookie Tony Gonzales and a John Alt or two, you wouldn't be able to keep them out of the playoffs. Just like twenty years ago.
I remember when Denver had a highly mobile quarterback. His offensive line would keep the defenders bunched up, but they'd happily let 'em into the backfield. That way, when Elway ran away from them, he was advancing the ball. The Chiefs offensive line could stand to learn from that.
The Chiefs offensive line could stand to learn from about anyone.
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Time to trade up and draft Brees replacement. I'd probably go with the dude from FSU. I think he'd be ready to start after 1 year behind Brees. I think Mariota would need 2 and I don't think Brees has that many seasons left in his arm.
It's hard work pretending to be so incompetent. Just ask fed.gov. It's really very similar actually. The announcers (msm) then go out of their way to cover for the fake "incompetence" of the refs (feds) by trying to explain the bad calls (bad laws) away. Whenever you hear an NFL announcer revisit a bad call to explain what happened, you should know you're being bullshitted and given the "move along, nothing to see here" line.
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Devil, I will say this: Announcers are much, much more reluctant to criticize the officials than they used to be. If nothing else--and I think there's more to it--it's just another marker of the dying American way.
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Raiders on a roll! Winners of three of their last five games! Chargers control the last AFC wild-card spot- tied with Baltimore but own the tie breaker (head to head victory). Win at the Raiders and it is theirs. A Denver win tomorrow night would clinch a first round bye for them. And there definitely will be a team in the playoffs with a losing record- whomever survives the NFC South- currently Carolina who leads by half a game and finishes at Atlanta. Whichever team wins that one is in as division champ. Chiefs need to win and have Baltimore lose and Houston too to get back in.
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There was also Steve DeBerg and Steve Bono that QBd 49ers then Chiefs. I'm sure there's 1-2 others.
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Yeah, I'd say it's the offensive line, especially when they can't push for an inch. Alex is a good quarterback, I wouldn't blame him.
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It's unprofessional to harp on bad calls, this applies to the players, the coaches and the broadcast crews. I have heard them occasionally acknowledge bad calls, but they try to move on from it when it happens. The difference is this year they put a lot of effort and resources into a centralized system for replays. They bring in former officials to the broadcast crew to help justify the new system. Ideally, they would have a crew in the air where they could see everything on every play, then call to the officials on the field to throw the flag. Besides this being a logistical nightmare, it seems like it would affect the traditional aspect of the game if everyone became dependent on the technology. They do have sensors in some of the players' shoulder pads this year to see how fast they run and total distance covered in a game; Philly uses them in practice, too.
Also, the players have years of practice trying to get away with things without the officials seeing.
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Now they have ex-officials on during the broadcast to tell us why it was a good call. They need a PR officer on duty for every game to ensure the appropriate spin.
Yep. Another variation of "ignore your lying eyes and let an authority tell you what you saw."
Very true. The announcers are the PR guys for the rigging.
It's also why Santana Moss was just fined $22k for calling out the refs during last week's game for blatantly rigging calls. No one ever wondered why criticizing officiating is the biggest no-no in professional sports? Moss' 'tirade' was publicized but not a peep was released about what he actually said. Redskins fans know exactly what Moss was yelling about.
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Pray tell, what was that all about?
"Bad calls" never go in the Redskins favor but their opponents get away with penalties and worse constantly. The refs taking away Griffin's td over a 'judgment call' was the last straw for Moss, who has been on the team for like 10 seasons and watched it happen season after season. Fans have too. Opposing teams breathe on Peyton Manning the wrong way and get flagged. Opposing teams go after Griffin's legs and refs look the other way. Then they take away his td on a judgment call that would have given them the lead. Nope, not allowed. But then the Redskins beat the Eagles (clearly a much better team, by record at least), thus setting up the Cowboys big "win and in" game today......where their 10-4 opponents forgot how to play the game suddenly.
Playoff teams are predetermined before the season even starts (offseason owner's meetings....could call it the NFL Bilderberg meetings?) and everything from week 1 to week 17 is about making it happen for maximum profit to the league and owners, whether it's general revenues, ratings and/or public money to owners for various stadium projects. As always, follow the money. The rigging to get this predetermined outcome becomes more obvious later in the season when you see certain teams (ahem Indy) forget how to play the game suddenly and help usher in another predetermined team (ahem Cowboys). Or like Brian noticed, horrendous officiating. It's not accidental. DAL/IND is an example I noticed today but it's fairly obvious to see it in action if you can separate yourself from any "team spirit" and realize it's simply a business and is run no differently than governments are. The schedules are set up to ensure these match-ups late in the season. You see the same principle in elections.
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