Skins/49ers post game

[MTK]

Looks like a legit play to me, refs need to chill, back in the day this is called finishing your block

https://streamable.com/nz6rv

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by MTK

Looks like a legit play to me, refs need to chill, back in the day this is called finishing your block

https://streamable.com/nz6rv

The refs completely shit the bed this week...terrible flag

Just lovely:

NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reports Redskins K Dustin Hopkins (hip) is week to week.
He's out for Week 7 against the Eagles on Monday Night Football, so the Redskins will be signing a kicker.

Fuck. Seriously banged up team

[mooby]

Originally Posted by MTK

Looks like a legit play to me, refs need to chill, back in the day this is called finishing your block

https://streamable.com/nz6rv

I loved the block, that's the best block I've seen by Redskins o-lineman in years. TBH, I thought the flag was for ramming the linebacker in the back with his helmet, which I don't have a problem with. If the flag really was for the block, it was a shit call.

[J. Falcon]

Is it me or do the injuries seem to get worse each year? It's making the sport much less enjoyable IMO. I remember when you could expect to watch your favorite players play the entire season. Not anymore it seems.

[FrenchSkin]

Originally Posted by over the mountain

The leading-with-the-crown-of-your-helmet rule is a much more controversial new rule. Both offensive and defensive players who lead with the top of the helmet will be flagged 15 yards in certain, specific circumstances. Should both players be flagged, the penalties will offset and the teams will replay the down.
"It is a foul if a runner or tackler initiates forcible contact by delivering a blow with the top/crown of his helmet against an opponent when both players are clearly outside the tackle box (an area extending from tackle to tackle and from three yards beyond the line of scrimmage to the offensive team's end line)," the new rule -- Rule 12, Section 2, Article 8 -- reads. "Incidental contact by the helmet of a runner or tackler against an opponent shall not be a foul."

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/t...-made-illegal/

I dont think garcon really lead with the crown of his helmet. Seems like Nicholson came in with his head lower.

Really hard to watch. A couple plays a game it makes me feel uncomfortable.

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Cut blocks down field. I thought they eliminated low/cut blocks outside the box and down field but I looked up the rule and didnt see anything. That fucking Niner O lineman just pussy blocked Breeland's knees for no reason.

Secondary is spread way to thin w injuries, D needs to play soft and off.

- I'm pretty sure the rule is outside the box, a low block is only legal if made clearly in front of the defender (not from the side) , and in the direction of the play.

At least that is the way we're told to apply the rule in France, where we play with NCAA rules.

Both conditions are met on the play Breeland gets injured on. So to me it's cheap but legal.



- On the other hand, the fact that Nicholson was allowed back into the game amazes me... Makes you wonder about the quality of the concussion protocol...

"Are you concussed? -No Auntie I'm fine. I like puppies. -Ok he's fine send him back there"...

[punch it in]

If they had lost this game I do not think I could ever have believed in Gruden again. I still cannot get over the fact that we had a 17-0 lead at home against an 0-5 team with a rook at qb, and somehow i was biting my nails with 45 seconds left.
I feel lot worse about this coming game than i did before that supposed victory.

[TheMalcolmConnection]

I'll say, the rookie QB issue goes back long before Gruden. With no tape on a certain player, it feels like they all typically have a great game against us. Let's also remember that we were down to like our fifth string corner.

[rocnrik]

Originally Posted by J. Falcon

Is it me or do the injuries seem to get worse each year? It's making the sport much less enjoyable IMO. I remember when you could expect to watch your favorite players play the entire season. Not anymore it seems.

The NFL is on a decline with the concussion issues,political protest,Former players saying they would not let there children play the game ..also factor in other factors like name changes (political) ..the fact that teams can relocate. it all starts to add up. I am a lifelong Redskin fan however Im not sure I am a NFL fan anymore..If not for the Redskins I would not follow this sport .

[J. Falcon]

Originally Posted by rocnrik

The NFL is on a decline with the concussion issues,political protest,Former players saying they would not let there children play the game ..also factor in other factors like name changes (political) ..the fact that teams can relocate. it all starts to add up. I am a lifelong Redskin fan however Im not sure I am a NFL fan anymore..If not for the Redskins I would not follow this sport .

Let's hope we can squeeze out a SB title before it really goes to shit (maybe closer than we think with this high potential lockout / strike soon)

[mooby]

Originally Posted by TheMalcolmConnection

I'll say, the rookie QB issue goes back long before Gruden. With no tape on a certain player, it feels like they all typically have a great game against us. Let's also remember that we were down to like our fifth string corner.

Yeah that's why I'm not too mad about our disappointing play on d. We were down both starting corners and Allen, plus others were going in and out all day. Somehow we survived.

[mooby]

Originally Posted by rocnrik

The NFL is on a decline with the concussion issues,political protest,Former players saying they would not let there children play the game ..also factor in other factors like name changes (political) ..the fact that teams can relocate. it all starts to add up. I am a lifelong Redskin fan however Im not sure I am a NFL fan anymore..If not for the Redskins I would not follow this sport .

Idk, we bitch a lot about all the issues but when the game starts I forget all that shit. Die hards are still gonna watch. Maybe if your team is on a lifetime losing streak like the Browns you might reconsider, but anybody who loves the game is going to keep watching.

[irish]

Originally Posted by rocnrik

The NFL is on a decline with the concussion issues,political protest,Former players saying they would not let there children play the game ..also factor in other factors like name changes (political) ..the fact that teams can relocate. it all starts to add up. I am a lifelong Redskin fan however Im not sure I am a NFL fan anymore..If not for the Redskins I would not follow this sport .

I agree with your points and would add that another reason that football is on a decline is that the product just isn't that good anymore. The constant injuries (mentioned above) stopping the game, the constant reviews that stop the game are two more more examples of why football just isn't that enjoyable to watch anymore. The NFL isn't going anywhere but the notion that everything stops when the NFL comes on TV doesn't ring true anymore.

[MTK]

There are ups and downs to the popularity of anything... but this notion that the NFL is in a “nosedive” or in any real trouble is a huge exaggeration.

[irish]

Originally Posted by MTK

There are ups and downs to the popularity of anything... but this notion that the NFL is in a “nosedive” or in any real trouble is a huge exaggeration.

It will be interesting to see where football is in 50 years. Boxing and horse racing were once wildly popular, now not so much. The NFL isn't nosediving such that its going to crash is a couple of years but it is on a downward trend that they need to find a way to reverse.

First and foremost the NFL is entertainment and right now its not very entertaining.

[Chico23231]

The biggest issue the NFL faces is the loss of kids playing little league which has been in a decline for several years due to brain injuries worries. That's a real issue.