NFL Sunday open thread: stretch drive edition

Submitted by Hotel Putingrad on December 6th, 2020 at 1:47 PM

Okay, Cleveland just scored a Fat Guy Touchdown and are up 10 early on the Titans.

Loins are looking spey on offense today. Unfortunately the defense is still the same.

Jets are actually winning, curiously.

The late afternoon window doesn't offer much, unless you have a NFC Least fetish.

But this is the time of year when the games start getting interesting, especially with the extra wildcard.

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fatpete

December 6th, 2020 at 4:13 PM ^

I'm happy for Darryl Bevel winning his first game.  I admit I rooted for dickhead Matty Patty to lose.  But Bevel, at least seems like a nice guy. 

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Solecismic

December 6th, 2020 at 4:17 PM ^

Poor Jets.

Nice 1:00 set - five games going down to the wire, and thanks to the NFL, tied to the late game on one channel, so pre-game festivities, and this endless Cleveland blowout on the other.

Have to feel for the Bears as well. Finally thought they were getting their guy in Trubisky and he shows flashes of brilliance, but then makes these critical errors you'd think would be coached out by the end of college ball. Of course, if Bears fans had Peyton Manning to cheer, they would have hated him - hating the quarterback is part of their football DNA.

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carolina blue

December 6th, 2020 at 4:20 PM ^

What the fuck kind of rule is this? Atlanta throws a Hail Mary and time appears to run out. The booth reviews and discovers that there is 1 second left. One problem: the rules say you can’t add one second to the clock. You can only add two or more.

What the hell?! So this game was officially 59:59 long and is over. The last second is not played. It just ends. That is an incredibly insane rule. Who comes up with this shit?

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Solecismic

December 6th, 2020 at 4:28 PM ^

 

I didn't know that one... crazy indeed. I suppose the idea is that it's assumed there could be a second between an official signalling the end of a play and the time-keeper actually pulling the switch. They don't want challenges based on that delay alone. But in practice, time-keepers do not wait for referee signals in many obvious situations.

 

Item 1. Game Clock. The game clock is reviewable for purposes of restoring time to the clock but not for purposes of taking time off the clock.

Notes:

  1. Time can be restored to the game clock if the clock operator incorrectly starts the game clock when it should remain stopped, provided that the correction occurs before the next legal snap or kick.
  2. An on-field ruling that time expired during or after the last play of any half, or of an overtime period in the preseason or regular season, or of an overtime half in the postseason, is reviewable by the Replay Official only when the visual evidence demonstrates that the clock should have stopped with two or more seconds remaining. In the first half, time shall be restored only if the additional play will be a snap from scrimmage. In the second half, time shall be restored only if the next play will be a snap from scrimmage by a team that is trailing by eight points or less, or by either team if the score is tied.

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UMProud

December 6th, 2020 at 4:24 PM ^

Someone please splain how Michigan had an NFL caliber receiver in DPJ and we didn't throw at him 24/7?  Do I remember Urban Meyer the color commentator being puzzled by this too?  why yes...yes I do

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