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YOLOsubmarine posted:There was a talent disparity, for sure, but I put it mostly down to the coaching really holding him back, both in the game plans and just in teaching him how to do things correctly mentally and mechanically. He was basically getting by on raw talent at Oregon. Working with Pep really sanded off his rough edges. If he’d played for a guy like Lincoln Riley or Ryan Day he’d have won a Heisman. I'm just glad he's ours
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Codependent Poster posted:I was gonna root for the Raiders because of Madden, but they did two things last night that are unforgivable: they avoided a tie and they let the Steelers in the playoffs. The Colts let the Steelers in the playoffs.
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Mega64 posted:The Colts let the Steelers in the playoffs. however the colts also prevented the colts from making the playoffs, which is good
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Play posted:It was funny how basically nothing at all seemed to change in terms of the way the team performed. Maybe the head coach has a lot less to do with overall performance within a season than is sometimes thought??? I would imagine bisaccia had a very light touch during prep and game day and let the coordinators more or less call their games, an effort only former interim head coach Marv Levy could truly appreciate
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:There’s a giant dead cap hit if they cut him right? They could probably eat Wentz’s contract and then do something like pay Winston or eat Cousins’ contract.
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Funny day for the league tbh https://twitter.com/maxmarkhamnfl/status/1480622087551139840?s=21 https://twitter.com/maxmarkhamnfl/status/1480627249015443458?s=21
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Impossibly Perfect Sphere posted:https://twitter.com/thesarahyork/status/1480377415809576962 An amazing thread that made me lol when it got to Ben
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I'm face blind so, you know, but I thought that was a picture of Zac Taylor, instead of Jones.
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Pron on VHS posted:https://twitter.com/lockedoncolts/status/1480391069007114243?s=21 I mean, regarding the meme, extremely  I’m glad Andrew Luck decided he’d had enough and went to live his life with his family, but drat he was fun to watch.
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Andrew Luck was awesome. Is he too banged up or could someone convince him to come back and throw for them?
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Gatts posted:Andrew Luck was awesome. Is he too banged up or could someone convince him to come back and throw for them? He’s never gonna play again. He was pretty clearly done with constantly rehabbing when he retired in the 2019 preseason and by all accounts was happy to go off with his wife and baby.
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Gatts posted:Andrew Luck was awesome. Is he too banged up or could someone convince him to come back and throw for them? He got beat up a lot, though I think it wasn’t JUST the fault of bad o-lines, and it sensibly caused him to just not want to play this death sport anymore. He’s moved on.
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Geno Smith was boozin and crusin https://twitter.com/AshleyLolaRyan/status/1480624789702123521?t=b2LUfBB_3Ix3KXtsXwJe5Q&s=19
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Mega64 posted:The Colts let the Steelers in the playoffs. No, the Colts opened the door for a magical moment in which if two teams that played each other came to a tie, they would both get in. One of these teams had the chance to let that happen, but chose not to. Gatts posted:Andrew Luck was awesome. Is he too banged up or could someone convince him to come back and throw for them? I'm pretty sure he's happy with life as is and has no desire to return to football. But if he did, the Colts have his contract so he would have to play for them, or a team would have to trade for him. Obviously the Colts would take him back in a heartbeat.
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:He got beat up a lot, though I think it wasn’t JUST the fault of bad o-lines, and it sensibly caused him to just not want to play this death sport anymore. He’s moved on. I honestly feel like this wouldn't have happened if he came out of college like 5 to 7 years later than he did, after they really started protecting qbs from getting leveled in the pocket. Yeah they had a bad O line but he was also getting assaulted back there by pass rushers because they could
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andrew weighed 172 pounds when he retired. i doubt he could throw the football further than 8 yards with the zip that an nfl quarterback requires. it was very sad to see him villainized for that.
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Chris James 2 posted:Funny day for the league tbh That's actually a really good answer.
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Cavauro posted:did george really say "And we left it at that."? power move if so
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Codependent Poster posted:No, the Colts opened the door for a magical moment in which if two teams that played each other came to a tie, they would both get in. One of these teams had the chance to let that happen, but chose not to. One team seemed pretty loving content just running clock until the other team called a timeout which violated the trust clause so their hand was forced. Calling a timeout in that situation makes you seem sketchy so they brought that poo poo on themselves. You're mad at the wrong team.
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Andrew Luck is a skeleton now. Any rumors of him coming back can be dug up, tossed into an incinerator and reburied https://twitter.com/RealQuintonMayo/status/1480688358225551363?t=J4ERb5pHaeajz4kUPmVZmA&s=19
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Ches Neckbeard posted:Andrew Luck is a skeleton now. Any rumors of him coming back can be dug up, tossed into an incinerator and reburied He looks 45 years old
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Black Sunshine posted:One team seemed pretty loving content just running clock until the other team called a timeout which violated the trust clause so their hand was forced. calling a TO when staley did makes it less likely that he's trying to get the ball back, if he actually was he woulda called it 30 seconds earlier or held it for his offense and even if the trust clause was broken or whatever dumb concept you're applying here the raiders still called a timeout with 2 seconds left and sent their kicker out with instructions to make the kick. they absolutely coulda just let the clock run out, they didn't want to tie so they didn't wyoak fucked around with this message at 01:10 on Jan 11, 2022 |
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wyoak posted:Raiders opened that drive with passes on 3 of 4 plays, were advancing the ball in big chunks, and were lining up in a 3wr shotgun set when the timeout was called (it was gonna be a run but they were spreading the field to do it), they were always trying to score. I don't think they could legitimately NOT take that kick after they got set up with the Jacobs run. That would risk punishment from the league for anti-competitive practices. Everything about their affect seemed to suggest that they were relatively comfortable to let the time run out before that timeout/Jacobs run. Whether it was just the run itself or whether the timeout had something to do with it no one's gonna say at this point. And the Raiders did have a small reason to want to win and get the Bengals rather than the Chiefs (although whether that's a huge difference who knows). Personally I'm a little mad at both teams. It takes two to purposefully tie a game and there was no trust in this prisoner's dilemma. Tut tut
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I mean…couldn’t have the kicker have a comedic slip and fall and dribbled the ball forward on the ground as time ran out?
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Play posted:I don't think they could legitimately NOT take that kick after they got set up with the Jacobs run. That would risk punishment from the league for anti-competitive practices. after the timeout: line up under center, run the ball (gained 10 yards) They coulda lined up in victory formation or pulled a joe judge special before the timeout (or after, or three plays earlier) if they really wanted to run the clock out. Teams have accepted ties in OT games before and those didn't even have a playoff berth at stake! It didn't change the Raiders overall strategy of "hey we're running the ball and then we're gonna kick a FG" at all. Taking the timeout with under 40 seconds is an absolute sign that the Chargers are playing for the tie, since Staley uses it 30 seconds earlier if he actually wants the ball back (or holds it for his offense). The Raiders have been blown out by the Chiefs twice this year and would have zero chance of a home playoff game if they tie vs a small chance of a home playoff game if they win (plus knocking out a division rival), setting up for a last second kick makes total sense from their perspective. I do get it, i was rooting hard for the tie, but putting the raiders win on the timeout is flat wrong wyoak fucked around with this message at 01:36 on Jan 11, 2022 |
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Play posted:I don't think they could legitimately NOT take that kick after they got set up with the Jacobs run. That would risk punishment from the league for anti-competitive practices. You could easily say you were trying to avoid a kick-6 situation.
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Gatts posted:I mean…couldn’t have the kicker have a comedic slip and fall and dribbled the ball forward on the ground as time ran out?
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bows1 posted:Really good thread. Especially liked Stafford, Kyler, Lamar and Tannehill I like this one https://twitter.com/thesarahyork/status/1480383558636253191
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To me you can't go into the playoffs worried about playing this team or that team. You're going to have to beat multiple good teams consecutively so you might as well suck it up and get in and face whoever even if that's the Chiefs the first game. Then you win and you're the team to be feared.
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