2023 Week 2: Thursday Night Thread - Vikings at Eagles

[Scotty]

Just watching the game now. The second quarter was just a run fest for the Eagles , the vikings could not stop the run.

 

[Guts]

Who here has actually stayed watching the game the whole time? Lol

Me I'm a deranged gambler

 

[Ras-IR Dowling]

Apparently AJ Brown and Hurts got into it over Browns lack of involvement in the offense.

 

[Patsfan1958]

Apparently AJ Brown and Hurts got into it over Browns lack of involvement in the offense.

Is this what you were referring to?

 

[Uptown]

 

[Patsfan1958]

 

[Patsfan1958]

This is really bad. It's disgusting!!

 

[50-yard-line]

This is really bad. It's disgusting!!

Truly sick stuff.

And adding gambling into the mix increases the venom exponentially.

 

[Patsfan1958]

Truly sick stuff.

And adding gambling into the mix increases the venom exponentially.

They're pretty tough behind a keyboard but I'd bet anything they wouldn't say something like that to his face. It's a shame people like that even exist.

 

[Patsfan1958]

This is one of the worst rules in football. It should have been changed by now.

 

[upstater1]

Truly sick stuff.

And adding gambling into the mix increases the venom exponentially.

I'm not excusing it but if you know Twitter/X, this is normal stuff. These type of responses are so incredibly common for stuff that is only marginally related to race or politics or anything really. I could be talking about a film or a movie, and a bunch of these twits pile into the posts with this stuff. This is why the platform has lost all its advertising.

 

[upstater1]

This is one of the worst rules in football. It should have been changed by now.

Doesn't look like a catch, looks to me he starts bobbling before he gets his second foot down

 

[mike_usagisan]

Doesn't look like a catch, looks to me he starts bobbling before he gets his second foot down

Either way, the touchback rule is pretty ridiculous.

 

[Sicilian]

This is one of the worst rules in football. It should have been changed by now.

I disagree. Players already get let off the hook a LOT for fumbling, either because it happens to bounce right back to a teammate, or it goes out of bounds before the other team can grab it. All they have to do is get the ball one Planck Length over the outer edge of goal line and they're automatically awarded a touchdown. They can hang on to the ball if they don't want to lose possession, and the current rule is in line with every other rule associated with change of possession and touchbacks, such as fumbling back through your own end zone becoming a safety.

 

[Bill Lee]

This is one of the worst rules in football. It should have been changed by now.

The question becomes, change it to what?

The problem is, everything you could change it to has major issues with consistency.

I disagree. Players already get let off the hook a LOT for fumbling, either because it happens to bounce right back to a teammate, or it goes out of bounds before the other team can grab it. All they have to do is get the ball one Planck Length over the outer edge of goal line and they're automatically awarded a touchdown. They can hang on to the ball if they don't want to lose possession, and the current rule is in line with every other rule associated with change of possession and touchbacks, such as fumbling back through your own end zone becoming a safety.

Agree.

I remember how bummed I was on the similar K'neal Harry play. I said to myself as he made the catch, "finally he's done something positive!" and of course fractions of a second later he erases all that by fumbling.

Some people here were angry about the rule, but I think the way to look at it is the BB way, you coach to what the rules are, not what you want them to be.

The rule is quite clear, if players want to risk fate by stretching out the ball, it's on them if they fumble.

 

[Bill Lee]

I got the Vikings +6.5 so I don't like tone sir.

As we used to day in my home town, you stepped in ****!

 

[sb1]

This is one of the worst rules in football. It should have been changed by now.

Definitely a fumble but this was really close whether they got this right or not. Pylon is also leaning so it's hard to tell

 

[mike_usagisan]

It just always seemed like a weird rule, where if you fumbled out of bounds almost anywhere else, you got to keep the ball at the spot of the fumble, essentially meaning the fumble doesn't affect you that much. But if you get closer to the goal, suddenly the penalty becomes significantly worse?

 

[Sicilian]

It just always seemed like a weird rule, where if you fumbled out of bounds almost anywhere else, you got to keep the ball at the spot of the fumble, essentially meaning the fumble doesn't affect you that much. But if you get closer to the goal, suddenly the penalty becomes significantly worse?

It's basically the same as any rule in relation to the end zone though. The consequence is always worse. Get sacked at mid-field? You lose a down and some yards. Get sacked in your own end zone? You lose possession entirely AND the other team gets points. Hold at the 20? Lose 10 yards. Hold in the endzone? Safety. It's consistent.

 

[Kontradiction]