**OFFICIAL 2015 NFL SEASON THREAD**

The league has been slowly changing game rules for big plays to basically be nothing but ref judgment calls. Easier to control the games. Personal fouls, turnovers, end zone questions. All up to the invisible booth review and the refs that got lifetime cadillac pension plans a couple years ago.
 
Dean Blandino can go f*ck himself.
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I'm just going to say this now...because I didn't comment on the Dez Bryant catch-that-wasn't in January. I couldn't. I was in shock, and I didn't trust myself to speak about it (not sure it's safe yet, but I'll try.)

When 99.99% of NFL fans watching a game see the play in question and after the call, they're saying "WTF? That was a catch!" And even the guy defending the receiver said it was a catch, but the NFL refs continue to double down on one of the most ridiculous rules in the game, I think the power must go to their heads, no?

My head almost exploded when I saw this happened again, to the Bengals on Sunday. My son called me in to see it, and I told him he should have known better because he's lucky I didn't break the TV. I was pissed off when they robbed Calvin Johnson before Dez, too. It's idiotic. If people don't understand how it ISN'T a catch, shouldn't it be changed?

I need to go calm down now. I'm having flashbacks.
 
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devil21 said:
The league has been slowly changing game rules for big plays to basically be nothing but ref judgment calls. Easier to control the games. Personal fouls, turnovers, end zone questions. All up to the invisible booth review and the refs that got lifetime cadillac pension plans a couple years ago.
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Watching the entire panthers saints game, I was disgusted by the obvious bias that the ref had against panthers. Rediculous non penalties called against panthers calling back touchdowns and defensive penalties (hands to the face when replay clearly shows the hands were in the chest) to extend failed saints 3rd down conversions. All game long. Then of course the other team spend nearly the whole game holding without any calls to go with it, and rediculous double standard when it comes to late hits on the quarterback after he throws....

Cam got some attention about the late hits, but I was thoroughly disgusted by the entire game. Ball spotting was atrocious. The only reason saints were able to score what they did was thanks to refs extending failed drives.
 
Did I just hear the CBS announcer say that Kansas City went to Cincinnati to play the Browns?

I wish they went to Ohio to play the Browns...

Those Maclin catches are a lot more fun when they actually dispatch him down the field, instead of just across the field, before they throw the ball to him.

Alex Smith is pretty fast, but he can't seem to sprint and look down the field for a receiver at the same time. If he could, he'd stand a chance of becoming a great quarterback. As it is, he's just a fast Elvis Grback.
 
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Seahawks dodged a bullet! Although, Megatron would have left too much time on the clock if he did score there.
 
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Seahawks dodged a bullet! Although, Megatron would have left too much time on the clock if he did score there.
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pushing the ball out of the back of the end zone after Kam knocked the ball out should have been a penalty, but it was ruled non-reviewable....

win for Seattle...
 
I was wondering why he batted that ball out. They are usually taught to jump on it in that situation. I guess he saw the lions player closing on it and decided to take the penalty versus giving up 6.
 
Well , I did pretty good last weekend , NorthWestern , my Hoosiers and the Vikings all covered the spread , only thing better would have been Hoosier & Viking victories , but they both stayed in the game to the end against excellent opponents though .Good enough, pays my phone bill , LOL
 
Panthers will be rested and healthy for their week 6 matchup against chicken Hawks. Seattle is going to be a test but panthers are fully capable of winning. The last 4 games they played have all been close. Panthers OLine play is much improved and our defense is making teams make mistakes. We lead the league in turnover differential. Going to be a good game.
 
The Titans (and AFC South in general) were supposed to have one of the easiest schedules after last year getting crushed by AFC and NFC West, but now the NFC South is red hot, they have to play Atlanta, Carolina, plus AFC East against the Patriots, Bills and Jets who are all legit playoff contenders so far.
 
Aside from one play, Broncos pretty much shut down Adrian Peterson. He did get away on a 4th and inches for a 42 yard touchdown but aside from that only had 35 yards on 15 other carries- an average of 2.3 yards a try. His average is five normally. Denver D is tough! Only the Jets have allowed fewer points. If the offense gets rolling, look out. Next week at Oakland- should be exciting but another Denver win. Then at Cleveland and the bye after that. Then a major match-up to see if they really are any good or not- home vs Green Bay on November 1st. Could be battle of un-beatens. Six of Denver's last ten games are at home. Colts and Steelers are on the road.

Seven different players had at least half a sack against the Vikings. They all come at you.
 
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How did Seattle manage to lose when they were up 24-7 in the fourth quarter? Broncos still found a way to win- again, not pretty. If Chargers lose at Pittsburgh Monday night they will have a three game lead over their entire division- four if you include tie breakers (head to head) against KC and Oakland (haven't played San Diego yet). Still worried about going against Green Bay on November 1st. Aaron Rogers threw his first home interception since 2012- an impressive record. Manning has seven so far this year (more INTs than TDs). Woodson got two against him today. Broncos haven't really played that tough of teams yet and have been barely winning those.

Just noticing that prior to Monday Night games, only ten out of 32 NFL teams currently have a winning record (not even a third of them). More parity or just a few good teams out there?
 
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This is a transition year for Denver, even though they could go all the way. They want a system that doesn't depend on Peyton Manning to win games. When he left Indy, it exposed massive problems all the way up to the GM, because Manning was pretty much an Offensive Coordinator who could also play QB. They let it happen because it was working, after 6 or 7 years, it just became the norm out there. The Colts were lucky they only had 1 bad year before getting Andrew Luck, but it could take longer than that for Denver whenever Manning does retire. They want to be able to plug in a journeyman and still be able to win games.
 
Compared to others in their division- yes, they will most likely make the playoffs. Go all the way? They are going to need to be able to score more points than they currently are against teams like the Packers and the Patriots. I agree they are trying to build a team which can work no matter who is QB but even an awesome defense like they have can only take you so far. Offensive line is really struggling. They were to begin with (three completely new members and now a couple injuries on top of that- a line can take a couple of years to gel properly). Good thing is a bye week before they host Green Bay. Chance to work on some things.
 
One thing I've noticed for sure this season, the officiating has been horrible. Last week in the Seahawks game was pretty bad. All the networks have their officiating expert they consult who is usually pretty good at spinning a bad call to make it appear justified; in the Colts-Texans game Thursday, there was a bad call, they asked the guy how the call could be legit and he said nothing, literally speechless. Today at the Bills-Titans, there were 2 plays from each team where the guy grabs the back of the QB's jersey and pulls him down. One they called horse collar tackle, the second they called it, but picked the flag back up. LOL I think the replacement officials were better.
 
At this point , Cincy looks to be the only AFC team that can compete with New England .
 
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