NFL Thread

Greenman72 · September 23, 2014, 1:22pm

In other words, OT should not resemble the “regular” game at all. It should be played with an entirely different lineup, different personnel, and with entirely different rules.

ZeroBonus · September 23, 2014, 1:25pm

Dude haven’t you seen the pie chart of a typical NFL game by activity? Game action is like 15mins. Professional atheletes should be able to hang in there for more than 15minutes. That too is the total for both teams so technically each defense only play 7.5minutes of game action. Rest is standing around waiting for the teams to line up and a million commercials.

king_kong · September 23, 2014, 1:27pm

I agree with Geo. We should just take a step further and turn it into flag football instead of tackle. Oh wait, we’re already doing that during regulation.

Sweep_the_Leg · September 23, 2014, 5:30pm

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Great ending to that Denver/Seattle game. I still think the OT rule should be changed.

It was just changed last year lol. I like the rule. If your defense can’t stop a TD then you don’t deserve to win because we’d be left with a never ending OT when two good offenses face each other.

Disagree. It penalizes good offensive teams. Also, the defense is dead by the time overtime comes around. A 60 minute game is challenging enough, playing more is beyond exhausting for a D.

Dude haven’t you seen the pie chart of a typical NFL game by activity? Game action is like 15mins. Professional atheletes should be able to hang in there for more than 15minutes. That too is the total for both teams so technically each defense only play 7.5minutes of game action. Rest is standing around waiting for the teams to line up and a million commercials.

I can’t get a good handle on you ZB. Sometimes you make good points and other times you say stuff like this that is so amazingly stupid I can’t even formulate a coherent response.

Greenman72 · September 23, 2014, 5:48pm

^Saw yourself, Sweep. I bet you can’t even name one single NFL player who’s got memory loss or dementia or other serious health problems because of all the hard hits they took in their NFL days.

I agree with ZB. It’s only seven minutes. And it’s not like there are 300 lb dudes colliding with each other at full speed or anything. It’s not like people are getting concussions or broken limbs or tearing ligaments or anything. All those blows to the head really aren’t anything to worry about. I mean, they’ve got pads, right?

So Emmitt Smith thinks he’s a badass because he rushed for 17k yards. That’s only like 10.5 miles. I mean, most soccer players run that every week. 10.5 miles should be nothing for a professional athlete.

And Bill Parcells is full of s–t. He talks about players having to carry their own IV’s onto the plane on the way home and laying in the aisle because they can’t sit, or they’ll stiffen up. I doubt he knows what he’s talking about.

igor555 · September 23, 2014, 5:54pm

Sweep_the_Leg:

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former_trader:

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Great ending to that Denver/Seattle game. I still think the OT rule should be changed.

It was just changed last year lol. I like the rule. If your defense can’t stop a TD then you don’t deserve to win because we’d be left with a never ending OT when two good offenses face each other.

Disagree. It penalizes good offensive teams. Also, the defense is dead by the time overtime comes around. A 60 minute game is challenging enough, playing more is beyond exhausting for a D.

Dude haven’t you seen the pie chart of a typical NFL game by activity? Game action is like 15mins. Professional atheletes should be able to hang in there for more than 15minutes. That too is the total for both teams so technically each defense only play 7.5minutes of game action. Rest is standing around waiting for the teams to line up and a million commercials.

I can’t get a good handle on you ZB. Sometimes you make good points and other times you say stuff like this that is so amazingly stupid I can’t even formulate a coherent response.

is kelce a good TE pickup?

Robotech · September 23, 2014, 6:29pm

Greenman72:

^Saw yourself, Sweep. I bet you can’t even name one single NFL player who’s got memory loss or dementia or other serious health problems because of all the hard hits they took in their NFL days.

I agree with ZB. It’s only seven minutes. And it’s not like there are 300 lb dudes colliding with each other at full speed or anything. It’s not like people are getting concussions or broken limbs or tearing ligaments or anything. All those blows to the head really aren’t anything to worry about. I mean, they’ve got pads, right?

So Emmitt Smith thinks he’s a badass because he rushed for 17k yards. That’s only like 10.5 miles. I mean, most soccer players run that every week. 10.5 miles should be nothing for a professional athlete.

And Bill Parcells is full of s–t. He talks about players having to carry their own IV’s onto the plane on the way home and laying in the aisle because they can’t sit, or they’ll stiffen up. I doubt he knows what he’s talking about.

+1

Sweep_the_Leg · September 23, 2014, 7:22pm

igor555:

Sweep_the_Leg:

ZeroBonus:

former_trader:

ZeroBonus:

former_trader:

Great ending to that Denver/Seattle game. I still think the OT rule should be changed.

It was just changed last year lol. I like the rule. If your defense can’t stop a TD then you don’t deserve to win because we’d be left with a never ending OT when two good offenses face each other.

Disagree. It penalizes good offensive teams. Also, the defense is dead by the time overtime comes around. A 60 minute game is challenging enough, playing more is beyond exhausting for a D.

Dude haven’t you seen the pie chart of a typical NFL game by activity? Game action is like 15mins. Professional atheletes should be able to hang in there for more than 15minutes. That too is the total for both teams so technically each defense only play 7.5minutes of game action. Rest is standing around waiting for the teams to line up and a million commercials.

I can’t get a good handle on you ZB. Sometimes you make good points and other times you say stuff like this that is so amazingly stupid I can’t even formulate a coherent response.

is kelce a good TE pickup?

Yeah, the dude’s a beast of a human. Provided he stays healthy, he’s the new Gronk.

Sweep_the_Leg · September 23, 2014, 7:24pm

Greenman72:

^Saw yourself, Sweep. I bet you can’t even name one single NFL player who’s got memory loss or dementia or other serious health problems because of all the hard hits they took in their NFL days.

I agree with ZB. It’s only seven minutes. And it’s not like there are 300 lb dudes colliding with each other at full speed or anything. It’s not like people are getting concussions or broken limbs or tearing ligaments or anything. All those blows to the head really aren’t anything to worry about. I mean, they’ve got pads, right?

So Emmitt Smith thinks he’s a badass because he rushed for 17k yards. That’s only like 10.5 miles. I mean, most soccer players run that every week. 10.5 miles should be nothing for a professional athlete.

And Bill Parcells is full of s–t. He talks about players having to carry their own IV’s onto the plane on the way home and laying in the aisle because they can’t sit, or they’ll stiffen up. I doubt he knows what he’s talking about.

Jevon Belcher killed his girlfriend and then himself - in front of his coaches at Arrowhead - because football was so boring he couldn’t handle it anymore.

Greenman72 · September 23, 2014, 7:47pm

^And he never got suspended by the NFL for DVDA (domestic violence/domestic abuse). Another one that the NFL didn’t get right.

ZeroBonus · September 23, 2014, 7:53pm

Screw this! You guys are assholes!

I was just trying to say that a “defense is exhausted at the end of regulation and so it will not do well against good offensive teams” isn’t a valid argument. If you can’t stop a TD then your team doesn’t deserve a chance. I don’t care who you have on your offense.

And my point about athletes being able to play for more than 60 mins still stands. Obviously most athletes will play their hearts out for 60minutes to win in regulation and don’t ‘save’ some for OT but by that time the adrenaline rush should be able to compensate for the exhaustion. It sounds silly that we would chalk up an OT loss as exhaustion…

Sweep_the_Leg · September 23, 2014, 8:00pm

Maybe we could look at some kind of NFL-type shootout. Field goals starting from 35 yards out and getting moved back five yards until one kicker misses. Or, maybe a punting competition from your own 40 yard line. The winner is determined by the punt that gets closest to the goal line without going over. Dustin Colquitt would win us so many games…

monkeyCFA · September 23, 2014, 8:15pm

OT should be decided by a game of chess between the two starting QBs, played at the 50 yd line and with a 10 min timer.

Greenman72 · September 23, 2014, 8:36pm

Oh, so it’s like the Showcase Showdown. Maybe Bob Barker will come out of retirement to host it.

And by the way, have your pets spayed or neutered.

brain_wash_your_face · September 23, 2014, 8:37pm

Often games come down to who has the ball last. Why not just eliminate OT and say the game can’t end in a tie and it is sudden death after regulation? Sure, the offense would run and drive the ball down the field slowly when the score is tied and little time is left, but it really wouldn’t be that different from regulation. If anything, it would only be as crappy as OT, but probably better because at least the person with the ball wan’t awarded possession based on a coin flip.

igor555 · September 23, 2014, 8:38pm

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Robotech · September 23, 2014, 9:08pm

Neither would win; they would both lose.

igor555 · September 23, 2014, 10:29pm

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former_trader · September 23, 2014, 11:18pm

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Great ending to that Denver/Seattle game. I still think the OT rule should be changed.

It was just changed last year lol. I like the rule. If your defense can’t stop a TD then you don’t deserve to win because we’d be left with a never ending OT when two good offenses face each other.

Disagree. It penalizes good offensive teams. Also, the defense is dead by the time overtime comes around. A 60 minute game is challenging enough, playing more is beyond exhausting for a D.

Dude haven’t you seen the pie chart of a typical NFL game by activity? Game action is like 15mins. Professional atheletes should be able to hang in there for more than 15minutes. That too is the total for both teams so technically each defense only play 7.5minutes of game action. Rest is standing around waiting for the teams to line up and a million commercials.

Ask people who’ve played the game. Playing defense is extremely demanding, whether there is 7.5 minutes of game action or 2 minutes.

Greenman72 · September 26, 2014, 1:01am

So who are you rooting against tonight, Brain? I’m rooting against the deadskins. They pose a bigger threat to America’s Team’s playoff hopes than the vagiants.