Dude: It sucks getting that far and losing in the finale. Just imagine right now how it must have felt for Bills fans to lose in FOUR STRAIGHT Super Bowls. Holy shiat ...
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E-A-G-L-E-S EAGLES!!! Birds - Chiefs Super Bowl LVII game thread
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I thought the exact same thing today. Really, it’s not fair for Buffalo fans, it’s just cruel. Wow, body blow after body blow. @rudedude I hope you attain your moment in the sun, a great feeling.
They feel the NFL is rigged because: 1. refs ALWAYS get blamed by a large portion of fans for every outcome, 2. conspiratorial stuff is an easy, mindless way to approach outcomes, 3. TV, and TV replay give fans a better view of everything than officials often have, and 4. There are so many questionable actions by players on just about every play that it's easy to pick out instances where you "got robbed" because refs have to make judgement calls all the time about what actions are REALLY penalties. If they were able to see and willing to call, all the actual penalties that happened on a play, you'd never complete a down.You mean like Smith's catch being called incomplete even thought video evidence showed differently, the holding call at the end, the missed endless holding calls by their oline which is a holding machine. My hunch is you have to ask the masses why they feel the nfl is rigged.
Not much different than hoops, where they allowed carries, travels and physical contact to the extent where, now, to call something, 20%+ of fans are going to think each call is wrong (either because they think it's not a foul, or because they think some previous action should have also been a foul if that one was).
But no one would like the product if they called all these fouls/penalties ... so we have this endless spiral of "we was robbed!"
Again, the Sanders catch & fumble/incompletion was a more significant play with at least as much murkiness as any other particular play that happened, and that went in Philly's favor (after review, of course).
Were there zero holds called because there were zero plays as questionable as the one that was called? If JuJu was actually held on that one play, should one blown call necessitate you blow all the others? There's a difference between a pattern of no calls/calls, and an outlier blown call.
The Sanders “catch and fumble” was as close a call as you can possibly create on the field. “Conclusive evidence is needed to overturn,” Philadelphia got lucky. I’m satisfied that the correct call was ultimately made but if could easily gone the other way and boom.
To be fair, Hurts’s fumble was as bizarrely unlucky a break as there can be. What the hell happened there? He makes one mistake and it’s as significant as can be. Sucks. He had a great game otherwise but the fumble will be remembered.
I missed it and I was watching the game (with some friends so we were chatting). I have to believe he might've had more important stuff going on pre-game than watching the talking heads closely enough to get him that fired up. He also was spewing the same kinda stuff after the AFC championship game. I've always liked him but I never realized what a tool he is until the past few weeks.
Dog chasing its tail... back to the original post about being consistent in calls. C'est la vie.... Off for my evening surf session need some good cardio workout.
It was a bullsh*t call that never should have been made....now, off to the golf simulator. You will not convince me otherwise...
May have been a good call, but I wish it was also a CONSISTENT call. Same issue as in college. Just seems like a much more subjective penalty than something like a reception. Just the fact that it seems to so often influence the outcome of so many late games would seem to be an indication that they need to review the rule and how it's applied. All imho of course.
Looked like he was trying to switch the ball from one hand to the other while trying to avoid a sack. Not sure what his intent was, presumably he wanted to run right and wanted the ball in his right arm.
So if they miss one call early in the game, they shouldn’t call it the rest of the game…yeah, that makes sense.
I’ve seen a lot of really bad calls over the years and that wasn’t one of them.
At least you're reasonable and open-minded about your fave team losing a game.
Where did I say the Eagles were my favorite team? For the record I am a Steeler fan…
Then your irrationality is perplexing. And you're not going to change my mind!
So, what do you think the first person who uttered that phrase was thinking? I mean, it means "I don't care." But is giving someone a piece of **** a sign of caring? Was it ever? Or should we not give a sh*t what that person was thinking?
Tom… you should post Michael Barkann’s rant on NBC Sports Philadelphia after the game. Jaworski was sitting next to him. Classic!
A lot of people out there are yelling. Julian Edelman. I get it, but what’s the point? The game’s in the books, the trophy has been handed over. The topic has been exhausted here, nothing more to add.
I have to wonder if Mahomes limping off did a mental number on the Eagles going into halftime. “PM’s hurt, we can play more conservatively.” (I missed the second half.)
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Best thing you can do. That dude is the epitome of a sad life internet troll. He needs drama in his life. Don’t give it to him.
So 5.7 million more viewers tuned in just for the halftime show?
The fumble and TD definitely hurt, but I don't think it cost the Eagles the game. Assuming Hurts does not get the first down (at worst he would have been tackled for a loss) the Eagles would have punted and Mahomes would have had another possession. Even if the Chiefs did not score another TD in the first half there would not be enough time left for the Eagles' FG at the end. So the score most likely would have been 21-7 at best and 21-14 at worst. The 2nd half defensive collapse was a much bigger problem.
So do you not recognize the Steelers’ rigged SB win? That one was much worse than this one.
I like the cut of his jib. 
www.wsj.com
Philadelphia’s Jalen Hurts: In Defeat, an Appreciation
Win or learn, says the Eagles quarterback. A prediction: he’ll be back on this stage.
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Me too.I like the cut of his jib.
Philadelphia’s Jalen Hurts: In Defeat, an Appreciation
Win or learn, says the Eagles quarterback. A prediction: he’ll be back on this stage.
nothing to see here, ball was uncatchable, they threw it to Quez!!! I am sure Moogy can explain why it is not a penalty! lol
This is why I’m trying REALLY hard (unsuccessfully) to not let the Bradberry call chap my a$$. LEGIT Stuff like this and the earlier Bradberry PI didn’t get called but the tickytack one at the end did??? If you’re gonna let them play for the first 58 minutes, let them play for the last 2
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