Agree that was an awful call and I wanted Tampa to L badly for survivor, but Mariotta driving 90 yards for a game winning TD is still a huge dog to happen. Also should've been a game ending PI the play before that.
I actually have Raiders +7.5 so I'm gonna try to remember that roughing call to end the half next time I take some BS
How about the Raiders making the same mistake the Bills made in the playoffs and not pop up kicking though?
They called a make up call. That was definitely a PI. Face guarding plus hitting him before the catch. Refs do it all the time on bad calls or no calls. Quickly award the other team with a make up call. Still a lame penalty. But it didn’t cost the falcons the game.
The nfl not the refs are to blame. They tweaked these rules for years to increase game neutrality and more eyes and drama to help ensure fake parity. Keeping games close till the end. More eyes more money. Just look each week how many games are 1 score and come down to last minute in some fashion. At least 12 games each week
Refs are constantly enforced to make these calls. Nfl control the puppet strings. There are horrible teams this year. The most I can recall. If you notice they are running much more to protect weak offense and any weak defense. The run heavy and lack of explosive offenses just makes other teams shell up and go conservative. A tennis match they just volley till someone makes a mistake
The 4-1 giants are the worst team I’ve seen in awhile. Bears Falcons Giants Cowboys Patriots Browns to name a few are heavy run. Just look at the QB and you will see what team and why they go run heavy. The lack of accurate and reading a defense pocket passers is another issue. Crib midget Murray, Wilson, Fields, Lamar, mariotta, Baker, Hurts, Are mostly all on the shorter side and not pocket guys. Cooper Rush was 10-16-102 yards this week. Wentz sucks with 11td 1500 yards and is the problem but midget Murray with 5 td and 1100 yards basically all vs prevent D is a future bright star.
People criticize Pete for being conservative and run heavy. Because he knew Russ couldn’t run nfl expanded offense. He needs to break the pocket and play backyard football. He rarely throws inside or intermediate routes because he can’t get a good field of view. Midget Murray is the same. Lining up under center is also something that helps produce offensive production. Some QBs simply can’t do it. Look at Arz offense. ISO RPO, bubble left, hitch left backside double jet or 9’s. Arz is unproductive for 3 quarter every game and rally off midget man when he plays backyard football. When defense get softer making it easier to move the sticks and look more productive
NFL is trash. Remove the face mask.
