Around the NFL: Week 3

The officiating is the worst its been in a very very long time. Damn shame the fans and media focus seems to be the ray rice/ap story.

Inconsistent calls, wrong calls, bullshit helmet to helmet/defenseless receiver calls, too many flags, bullshit pass interference calls, etc. its a horrible product goodell has put on the field. garbage

This is becoming an everyday event. What amazes me is the Refs need to use more discretion and should only call the blatant spearing and dangerous play. Not incidental stuff.
The other thing that is unfair is if you are going call defense players for leading with the crown of their helmet, you have to call the offensive player as well. LeSean MCCoy's run that he hurt himself on, he put his head down and he initiated the contact. He was trying to punish the ball carrier.

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ESPN's response to the Ravens press conference. Smoot, any thoughts about this?

I would believe the Ravens if they hadn't done all these PR moves to make Ray look like a nice guy (Janay's apology tweeted by the Ravens, Rice's wedding featured in the Ravens website, etc., etc.). Hard to believe them after doing all of this.

This is becoming an everyday event. What amazes me is the Refs need to use more discretion and should only call the blatant spearing and dangerous play. Not incidental stuff.
The other thing that is unfair is if you are going call defense players for leading with the crown of their helmet, you have to call the offensive player as well. LeSean MCCoy's run that he hurt himself on, he put his head down and he initiated the contact. He was trying to punish the ball carrier.

Joe Buck basically called every tackle on Sunday "helmet to helmet" Man, if that wasn't annoying

Baltimore Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti says ESPN Ray Rice report manufactured by Rice's camp - ESPN (http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/11570685/baltimore-ravens-owner-steve-bisciotti-says-espn-ray-rice-report-manufactured-rice-camp)

ESPN's response to the Ravens press conference. Smoot, any thoughts about this?

I would believe the Ravens if they hadn't done all these PR moves to make Ray look like a nice guy (Janay's apology tweeted by the Ravens, Rice's wedding featured in the Ravens website, etc., etc.). Hard to believe them after doing all of this.

No idea who they talked to, but pretty apparent Bisciotti is just trying to CYA

Ok, first I know power rankings are media fodder.
second, i know that something that rarely meets actual reality, probably sometimes they kinda line up if you look at it more in tier groups then actual placement.

BUT, the NFL site has us at 26, and Philly at 2, and Dallas and the NYG at 20 and 21. I struggle to see us as the 26th worst team in the league. smh

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hey wtf is up with this?

Joe Buck basically called every tackle on Sunday "helmet to helmet" Man, if that wasn't annoying

Yup. I feel like he's trying to endorse the league's effort to make the game safer on every tackle. Defenses are basically screwed nowadays, they'll call anything if it even looks remotely rough. There's basically a personal foul call for every type of big hit out there. Any wideouts/ST returners that get laid out can expect a personal foul for hitting a defenseless receiver. Any running back that initiates h2h contact will get a personal foul call for a defender going h2h. And any qb that gets hit can expect a personal foul for roughing the qb.

Ok, first I know power rankings are media fodder.
second, i know that something that rarely meets actual reality, probably sometimes they kinda line up if you look at it more in tier groups then actual placement.

BUT, the NFL site has us at 26, and Philly at 2, and Dallas and the NYG at 20 and 21. I struggle to see us as the 26th worst team in the league. smh

I think any 1-2 team could basically fall between the high 20's and high teens.

Sean Taylor- a football life this weekend I believe.
Edit: neverwho just saw the thread

horrible product and goodell should resign because that over the handling of any ray rice thing



Nope .