Board 8 > NFL Discussion Topic - Wildcard Weekend

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TheRock1525 posted...

never forgive the raiders for refusing to tie with the chargers

Chiefs doing god's work to help the Bengals punish everyone who benefited from that travesty.

I still don't blame the Raiders.

I blame the Chargers.

Hopefully Allen vs. Mahomes is fire next week

I couldn't even take a guess at how many points that one might have.

Crescent-Moon posted...

https://twitter.com/werderedespn/status/1482888461661188096?s=21

This makes everything.

So.

Much.

Worse.

okay yes, fire him into the sun then. absolute incompetence.

Chargers put themselves in that position but technically the Raiders were risking elimination by kicking that FG if it were blocked or short + returned for a TD against guaranteed playoffs if they didn't call timeout.

The risk of that vs. Not having to play KC made kicking it an easy call.

Was there doubt that the Cowboys play was from the coaches? Like you could argue McCarthy vs Moore on who I suppose but no way Dak just improvised that and audibled out of a playcall to that on the fly in that situation lol.

Crescent-Moon posted...

The risk of that vs. Not having to play KC made kicking it an easy call.

i know i know

i'm still just bitter y'know

yeah if their two games during the season were any indication Chiefs/Raiders would be a similar score to Chiefs/Steelers

I hammered Buffalo, Tampa, and KC spreads this weekend so I'm feeling very good about myself. Maybe just should leave it alone the rest of the way coz usually I don't do this well.

Man this was not a very fun day of football to watch. Two predictable blowouts with great teams being forced to play garbage teams because of the playoff expansion, and then two incompetent coaches trying to out blow the game and embarrass themselves each other.

save us rams v cards

49ers/Cowboys was an instant classic of two teams combining for absurd levels of incompetence trying to choke the game!

The one fun game of football to watch this weekend involved the Raiders?

Help were approaching end times

if you're hoping for competent coaching from the Cardinals tomorrow heaven help you

Suprak the Stud posted...

The one fun game of football to watch this weekend involved the Raiders?

Help were approaching end times

the Raiders have been one of the most consistently entertaining teams all season!

LeonhartFour posted...

if you're hoping for competent coaching from the Cardinals tomorrow heaven help you

There's almost no one involved with tomorrow's game I trust to be competent.

I mean, Cowboys/Niners was entertaining so long as you weren't a fan of either team lol.

Is Suprak a Cowboys fan?

He does seem bitter.

ben fails to backdoor cover his own exaggerated underdog spread against the chiefs, ending on a pass thrown short of the endzone.

Dak loved the fans throwing garbage at the refs. What a trash person (pun intended). Maybe if he knew the rules of the game he plays, he would have thought to hand the ball to the ref instead of trying to have the center spot the ball.

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/01/16/dak-prescott-on-fans-throwing-debris-at-officials-credit-to-them/

Dak isn't the answer either.

Crescent-Moon posted...

Is Suprak a Cowboys fan?

He does seem bitter.

Haha no Im a Bears fan which actually might explain the bitterness.

I just wanted enjoyable to watch football games this weekend and I got one. SAD

RaidenGarai posted...

Dak loved the fans throwing garbage at the refs. What a trash person (pun intended). Maybe if he knew the rules of the game he plays, he would have thought to hand the ball to the ref instead of trying to have the center spot the ball.

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/01/16/dak-prescott-on-fans-throwing-debris-at-officials-credit-to-them/

WOW what a take this is

Nah I'm all about it. More players calling out bad officiating. More fans calling out bad officiating. More officials fleeing in terror when they've had bad games.

Get better at your jobs and maybe you wouldn't have a bloodthirsty mob throwing shit at you tbh.

This is across all sports tbh. I almost fucking never watch a sporting event these days and don't see some sort of egregious abortion of the rules happening because of officials who are supposed to be good at their job. If I was as bad as most referees at my job I'd have been fired so long ago.

Dak's press conference has him clearly blaming the refs for what is clearly his fault.

Learn the rules, dumbass.

That ending wasnt the refs fault and the Cowboys cant just line up wherever the hell they want without the ref setting where the ball is supposed to go.

Like Dak tried to place the ball where he stopped instead of where he started his slide, the line blocked the ref desperately trying to get through to give them another shot, and if the ref had tried to go around the line instead it wouldve taken even more time.

Unless you mean they deserved it because of the whole game, but I dont think SF benefitted egregiously from bad calls and that wasnt even close to the worst officiated game this weekend.

Dak should be more upset with whoever decided to do a QB draw with 14 seconds left

Leonhart4 posted...

Please fire this man

Yeah. 12 hours ago I didn't care much whether McCarthy was the Cowboys coach next year but some of the stuff I've heard about how the endgame was handled has shifted me in this direction.

I guess Dak was running the play like they'd run it in practice and you spot it yourself or something.

Leonhart4 posted...

I guess Dak was running the play like they'd run it in practice and you spot it yourself or something.

Actually no. It's been established that when you run 2 minute drills in practice, you always have an actual referee present or a delegated assistant serving the role of referee.

If they were practicing such a play without that part, every single coach on the offense needs to be fired.

Crescent-Moon posted...

If they were practicing such a play without that part, every single coach on the offense needs to be fired.

The way this endgame was botched has cost Kellan Moore any chance of getting a head coaching gig this season. Not that he'd have been a good hire to begin with. The Cowboys' lack of discipline already has showcased that he's not ready to be in charge of a team at his age (even though I know that's not JUST his fault, but still).

At least Jerry Jones is handling this very maturely: "The team shouldn't have been in position for that last play to be something controversial, so I'm not going to make it something bigger than it is." In other words, he's holding Prescott, Moore, and McCarthy accountable for being behind to begin with.

Cowboys fans throwing debris at the refs is pathetic. The refs didn't botch anything. Dak would've had enough time to spike if he had handed a ref the ball instead of placing it where he wanted it. Could have saved two seconds.

On a related note

https://twitter.com/GehlkenNFL/status/1482900175249190917

Fuck Dak. Thought he was more mature than this...

Interesting thing I noticed.
Watching the Bengals/Raiders game, the 2nd Bengals TD, while live, the whistle occurred very clearly when the ball was just about in the receiver's hands if not touching them already.

Watching twitter reposts, the whistle sometimes occurs before the ball crosses into the endzone.

Anyone else seeing stuff like this?

Yeah, that comment from Dak made me lose some respect for him. Maybe he's just speaking in the heat of the moment and he'll apologize later, but that's a bad look for him.

HanOfTheNekos posted...

Interesting thing I noticed.
Watching the Bengals/Raiders game, the 2nd Bengals TD, while live, the whistle occurred very clearly when the ball was just about in the receiver's hands if not touching them already.

Watching twitter reposts, the whistle sometimes occurs before the ball crosses into the endzone.

Anyone else seeing stuff like this?

Honestly, as someone who was watching it live, the replay confused me because I thought I remembered hearing the whistle right after Burrow threw it, which made me think he had stepped out of bounds before releasing the ball. Hearing the whistle right before the catch in replays made me think maybe I was just misremembering.

Reg posted...

On a related note

https://twitter.com/GehlkenNFL/status/1482900175249190917

Fuck Dak. Thought he was more mature than this...

Dak is not the answer.

Full stop.

Before yesterday I really thought he could be! But, uh...

If you guys don't want Dak I'll gladly take him

davidponte posted...

If you guys don't want Dak I'll gladly take him

Cowboys get Mac on the rookie contract in his place?

wtf dak what a terrible take

Nah, I'm not overreacting and say we should get rid of Dak and you can't win with him.

Reg posted...

Before yesterday I really thought he could be! But, uh...

Try going better than 23-43.

Try not missing several open receivers on plays you weren't pressures.

Try to learn the rules of the game you play, and take some responsibility for the loss.

That aggressive, deflecting BS though? The maturity and mentality aren't there. He's been in the league long enough that they, along with that game knowledge, should be there.

Everything about Dak's day triggers alarm bells. He needed to carry the team, had the opportunity to, couldn't execute, and blamed other people for it.

Jerry knows this was a team wide failure. We haven't heard one other Cowboy mature enough to accept they did this to themselves.

Reg posted...

Cowboys get Mac on the rookie contract in his place?

Deal

Leonhart4 posted...

Nah, I'm not overreacting and say we should get rid of Dak and you can't win with him.

I don't think the Cowboys are any threat whatsoever to win a Super Bowl with their current core. They beat themselves and can't accept it's their fault.

Not that I thought they were much of one before the game either, given I didn't pick them to win it.

I said this before the game and it bears repeating: If the Cowboys were in the NFC West they're at best the 7 if they even make it at all. 49ers in the East would've been the 2.

The refs ran because they knew exactly how fanbases react in this scenario. They made the right call and did their jobs but how dare they not show bias toward the home team. Dak is not recognizing that. HE cost the team two seconds that could've been used to spike the ball with a second left on the clock. HE should take responsibility for not handing the ball to the ref. Instead he's acting like an immature twit... and so is McCarthy, and McCarthy should know better.

ESPN even has the headline: "Could Dallas fire Mike McCarthy?" so it's clearly being discussed but we'll see if that's what Jerry Jones is thinking.

P.S. I think we should name the next topic "NFL Playoffs Discussion Topic 2" or something to that effect. For the playoffs, that's probably better since there are fewer games and a more coherent storyline, so we don't need to separate them by week like during the regular season.

The Cowboys got the snap off in time! All they had to do was have the presence of mind to kill the spike call and audible into an immediate last ditch pass.

After all that, they STILL had a chance, and they STILL couldn't get it right. That's 100% on Dak for his lack of clock awareness.

Fire McCarthy

Titans/49ers Super Bowl book it