I guarantee you that when they run the tape of that play, it will be obvious that Peterson blew his assignment. He had safety coverage behind and let the receiver get position in front of him. It’s ‘92 Duke Kentucky 101: Put a body in front of the receiver
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My theory is that every ref actually tries not to make the coin flip, and it’s really hard, and that ref was the first to succeed and just won a big secret NFL ref pool.
When the coin didn’t flip, all bets were literally off.
I recall someone (on this site I believe...in a Funbag letter perhaps?) arguing for a format where the coaches/captains come out to midfield and make increasing bids on where their offense could start from and score. “We’ll score from your 20"... “We’ll score from your 30"... “We’ll score from the 40"... “Ok, score on…
I think you'll definitely flip the second time you watch it
As a neutral, wouldn’t you want to see more Aaron Rodgers? Like, why not give the other team a chance to come back? Isn’t that the whole point of each team having a chance to possess the ball?
Not a fan of either team, but I agree. Who wouldn’t want to watch them go back and forth another 13 minutes?
FLIPGHAZI
If this game doesn’t convince people that the NFL overtime rules are stupid, I don’t know what will. Who in their right mind (besides Cardinals fans) wanted the game to end before getting to see Aaron Rodgers with the season on the line in a road playoff game in overtime?
I e had this debate so many times on how this rule makes any sense. Everyone says “It’s fair!” And then proceeds to say it's fair because the defense should do its job, while dismissing that the opposing defense could be equally inept. I just fail to see how a coin toss should dictate a matchup, especially when it…
Remarkable. Just watched it, but I can’t make heads or tails of that wild finish.
I made a Roethlisberger rape joke about Roethlisberger raping someone because Roethlisberger rapes people.
Its as if Roethlisberger is being held down against his will.
No.
Burfict did plenty of stupid things in this game but the hit that injured Roethlisberger was perfectly legal and was in no way a “cheap shot”
As a Steelers fan, this was not a cheap shot.
Cheap shot? He got hurt on a clean sack.