If he's being serious, there's just no reasoning with these people.
I honestly can't believe we live in a time where people think the players and coaches and owners are all in on some weird scheme to fix games. Insane.
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I honestly can't believe we live in a time where people think the players and coaches and owners are all in on some weird scheme to fix games. Insane.
They believe it with every fiber of their being. And yet, no one has ever come forward to to reveal this diabolical plot.
But when someone does reveal it, they'll just blame it on CTE, which is really a made-up condition for this scenario.
Potentially costing your team and fans an extra home game in the playoffs because you had a tantrum is next level stupid.
Dumb. The average NFL fan doesn't even remember that the Rams traded Goff for Stafford to win a SB.
That’s not how Detroit operates under this coach.
Seems postgame there were legit questions being asked by the broadcast personnel. And afterall, it is the NFL. Controversial rules interpretations are nothing new to The League. And, unfortunately, with the rise of gambling $$ to the football industry, one will always have reasons to question.
Referees and Replay and now the most important part of each game
McCarthy and Dallas deserved to lose with their absolute garbage handling of time after the 2 minute warning.
The question Doodle has is why did 70 run directly to the official and two other Lions players near each other instead of to the team huddled up 5 yards away?
Why create any additional unnecessary ambiguity in the situation if you have zero intention of doing anything on the play other than the regular job of your position?
If he was doing nothing unusual on that play, he had absolutely no reason to go anywhere near that sidebar. And yet, he sprinted right at them and may have even said something, possibly helping cause confusion that led to the unfortunate outcome.
Doodle's not blaming the victim. The official still has to get the situation and call right. But that was a weird part of the scenario.
I'd like to see a view from the other side of the field to see if 70 unintentionally gave the ref the sign. On another note, Dallas was notified that 70 was eligible. So the defense had no reason to cover 68, but they may have if they thought he was eligible.
Detroit had 2 guys standing by the official (#68 was one of them) as #70 comes off the sideline running at the ref. The ref points at #70 then runs to the Cowboys side.
No reason for #70 to head towards the official there unless he's intending to report as eligible, nor for the other guy besides #68 to be talking with the official.
Lol. Just came here to post that. I mentioned a couple times in those threads how it really sucks being an Iowa and a Lions fans because Ive seen bogus calls literally DIRECTLY cost my teams wins multiple times at both the college and pro level.
These aren't hypothetical situations where points came off the board in the first quarter and may or may not have effected the win-lose outcome. These are literally stolen games.
Again, as pro/college sports have crawled into bed more and more over the years with professional ( and supposedly “legal”) gambling, these questions will always be raised. Poor officiating/ bad
Post game, one of the network announcers..an ex qb...and I am terrible at names... was openly questioning “how” there could be no communication between the players and officials based on what he saw on the tape. This, if nothing else raises more noise...and as an ex plYer, I am sure he is more in tune with what goes on during a game, on the field.
The NFL has brought most of this on themselves. They need to definitely answer the questions being asked...and honestly.
Post game, one of the network announcers..an ex qb...and I am terrible at names... was openly questioning “how” there could be no communication between the players and officials based on what he saw on the tape. This, if nothing else raises more noise...and as an ex plYer, I am sure he is more in tune with what goes on during a game, on the field.
The NFL has brought most of this on themselves. They need to definitely answer the questions being asked...and honestly.
Bad OP. Posts/threads should not assume we are all watching the same thing.
You don't think gambling affects outcomes? Well, bless your heart.
So I guess no one here actually watched the game or they’re just choosing the forget what happened with 2:05 left in the fourth. The Lions never would have been in the position to score if the refs didn’t blow the tripping call. The bad call against Dallas was much worse. Cry me river…go Cowboys!
Honestly, imo the official got confused with multiple guys coming at him (my understanding is lions intended to create confusion by doing so with Dallas), but got too cute and ended up confusing the official as well.
this is a scenario that I’d like to see added as a reviewable play going forward.
It is simpler than that. McCarthy runs the ball on 2nd and 3rd down and the Lions have a 1:00 left vs 1:40. More pressure on the Lions and they likely run out of time before they score.
All they would be able to say is "no play, no penalty" otherwise one team is getting screwed by their screw up.
Sure, but then they get another shot from the 2 instead of the 7. Huge difference.
campbell also screwed up when he lost his cool, should have just kicked tha PAT after the first penalty imo.
You're suggesting the league is fixing outcomes. Of course they don't care about gambling. Lol, get serious.
All of which goes away if people don't believe the results are legitimate.
Maybe….but you’re dealing with an addiction here in America with its football. The game is secondary to the drinking, tailgating and gambling that accompanies it to a large extent….,,.,.
Take away tailgating (limit it to 2 hours before and 1 hour after a gamea) and booze (make it ILLEGAL and ENFORCE the law as currently written) from Iowa home games and see what happens to the crowds…
I have seen stuff in college and pro games that absolutely defies explanation and these decisions always seem to affect game lines……and always it seems, the Leagues (colleges/professional) response is something lame and muddled and mostly allows time to heal all wounds…..
I can’t prove it……but I can believe my eyes. I don’t gamble any more…….havenT for 40 years or so……used to dabble a bit.
I'm not suggesting anything. I'm suggesting human nature leads to dubious outcomes based on greed.
