Poll: Super Bowl LII

posted by thavoice

Good catch.  Illegal formation and 5 yard penalty shoild have been called and likely a FG attempt.     

 

Need at least 7 on the LOS.   Technically as they were lined up the RT would be eligible receiver being the last guy on the LOS, but would need to notify the ref and then he woild audible it for everyone to hear.

 

Did you catch that or hear someone else being it up?

i've seen that penalty called a lot in college football so it stuck out when they lined up. i saw that pic on twitter shortly afterward. 

there were a bunch of replies from people saying the formation was legal because the receiver at the top checked with the official pre-snap. i don't know what the exact rules are in NFL, but the outcome of that "check" is irrelevant -- the receiver is clearly not on the LOS. if the ref OK'd his alignment, he was mistaken. 

posted by Ironman92

I would like to hear why Malcolm Butler barely played

This is a huge monkey in the room. Have to think he would've done a better job covering Jeffrey on that bomb he caught for a TD. When asked about it in the postgame presser, Matt Patricia just gave a non-answer. There has to be much more than this. The guy played 17 out of 18 regular season games and is a pretty good corner. Patricia throws out the "we wanted to put the best personnel out on the field according to matchups" bs? Butler not playing may have been the difference in the game.

Hats off to Doug Pederson. Looked like he outcoached the Hoodie and was super aggressive.

So much for the "defense wins championships" bullshit.

Laley what was up with the Madden 04 pictures of the players? 

posted by BR1986FB

This is a huge monkey in the room. Have to think he would've done a better job covering Jeffrey on that bomb he caught for a TD. When asked about it in the postgame presser, Matt Patricia just gave a non-answer. There has to be much more than this. The guy played 17 out of 18 regular season games and is a pretty good corner. Patricia throws out the "we wanted to put the best personnel out on the field according to matchups" bs? Butler not playing may have been the difference in the game.

Hats off to Doug Pederson. Looked like he outcoached the Hoodie and was super aggressive.

So much for the "defense wins championships" bullshit.

Good point....even with the huge offensive numbers I was very impressed many many times the defenses just blew up the play or defended it perfectly. Great offenses and playcalling ....what maybe but NE the most was their first two drives after flying down the field in a hurry up and mostly passing....they get down deep and run on 2nd and 3rd down in a short distance conversion attempt....other than those two drives the great playcalling makes it very tough on top defenses to get stops. Those teams were both top 5 I believe in defense.

Great game and I'm happy with the outcome. Loved seeing Brady get crunched and fumble to pretty much seal it.

Also, my gf hit the final of the SB board at the party we attended. She's foreign, clueless about the NFL, gambling, etc. I had to convince her to throw in $10 for two squares and she walks out with $250 cash.

wat

posted by justincredible

wat

 

No no no 

Great game to watch. Awesome seeing Brady choke in the clutch for once.

posted by Heretic

Great game to watch. Awesome seeing Brady choke in the clutch for once.

Don’t know if I’d say he choked. The strip fumble was a great defensive play and there’s not much he could do from his own 10 yard line with no timeouts needing a td in 50 seconds. 

That being said, fuck brady and fuck the pats. 

Also snubbed Foles after the game.

https://www.express.co.uk/sport/othersport/914490/Tom-Brady-Nick-Foles-handshake-Super-Bowl-52-sportgalleries

posted by Heretic

Great game to watch. Awesome seeing Brady choke in the clutch for once.

It's hard to say he choked when he threw for 505 yards and 3 TDs. 

posted by Automatik

Also snubbed Foles after the game.

https://www.express.co.uk/sport/othersport/914490/Tom-Brady-Nick-Foles-handshake-Super-Bowl-52-sportgalleries

Maybe it is just me, but I typically don't GAF about shit like this. 
 

Doesn't really bother me either and not surprised Brady would skip out after losing to a backup QB.

Look, maybe Brady got victimized by a great defensive play in a situation where it would have taken a miracle to pull off a win and maybe he had a really great game beforehand, but I was good and drunk last night and my drunk self says he choked in the clutch and I'M STICKING TO THAT!!!

the lack of defense lost them the game, not Brady 

Criticizing Brady here is similar to someone criticizing LeBron for scoring 50 in a game 7 loss....or Tiger shooting a 63 in the Final Round only to lose to a guy that shot a 62.

posted by superman

Laley what was up with the Madden 04 pictures of the players? 

God those were terrible. Nobody onsite wanted to use them, but NBC paid a lot of money for Ross Virtual (the vendor who provides those graphics), so they had to use them. Fred Gaudelli, the Producer, didn’t like them much at all so he cut off of them pretty quickly each time.

posted by MontyBrunswick

i've seen that penalty called a lot in college football so it stuck out when they lined up. i saw that pic on twitter shortly afterward. 

there were a bunch of replies from people saying the formation was legal because the receiver at the top checked with the official pre-snap. i don't know what the exact rules are in NFL, but the outcome of that "check" is irrelevant -- the receiver is clearly not on the LOS. if the ref OK'd his alignment, he was mistaken. 

 

I was thinking about that today. ....the WR can signal to the ref to ask if he on the LOS.  If he says yes then it's a moot point but yeah as they Stand be was not on the LOS.   In all honestly unless the alignment mislead the defense to whom was eligible....and they thought Foles was not eligible then that woulda been a problem but how they were aligned Foles woild be an eligible receiver 

posted by BR1986FB

This is a huge monkey in the room. Have to think he would've done a better job covering Jeffrey on that bomb he caught for a TD. When asked about it in the postgame presser, Matt Patricia just gave a non-answer. There has to be much more than this. The guy played 17 out of 18 regular season games and is a pretty good corner. Patricia throws out the "we wanted to put the best personnel out on the field according to matchups" bs? Butler not playing may have been the difference in the game.

Hats off to Doug Pederson. Looked like he outcoached the Hoodie and was super aggressive.

So much for the "defense wins championships" bullshit.

Think I read he played over 95 percent of the snaps this year......   coaching erroron their part as the defense lost this game.   They say it wasn't punishment but I dont believe kt,    wanna punish a guy the  sit him a bit but to put the SB in jeopardy?   

posted by Heretic

Look, maybe Brady got victimized by a great defensive play in a situation where it would have taken a miracle to pull off a win and maybe he had a really great game beforehand, but I was good and drunk last night and my drunk self says he choked in the clutch and I'M STICKING TO THAT!!!

Nah, the defense lost it,    the retarded reverse on the KO really put him in an almost impossible spot

He showed up a day late to Minnesota, was sick and missed a practice or so and was late to a practice.

He played 98% of the snaps this season