Jalen keeps stealing it from Barkley!

 

 

 

11 hours ago, BDawk_ASamuel said:

He’s not wrong. It reminds me of the second half of 2021 offense when they went more run-centric. It can win you games and get you to the playoffs, but you can only hide your quarterback for so long until you play a powerhouse team. Hurts made one good throw last week and was pretty much stashed the rest of the way since the ground game was dominant. That won’t happen every game and not against elite defenses. They need 2022 Hurts and it seems like he’s been straying further from that for a year now. 

Exactly. Can't hide him forever, eventually he's going to have to win them a game and he won't be able to

5 hours ago, HazletonEagle said:

This is why the trade rumors concerning their players never made any sense.

But resident football expert RTK let us know that not even the wildcard was in play despite them having 10 more weeks to catch up 

14 hours ago, just relax said:

Chilean sea bass is neither Chilean nor bass. Good though.

Grape nuts.   No grapes.  No nuts.   Go figure.

Love this. Saquon is so likeable.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkmi-UOSaXE

7 hours ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Remember when they missed this one?

I was there and saw it easily from the nosebleeds.

That’s incidental. Players look behind them to see where defenders are all the time. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

7 hours ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Remember when they missed this one?

I was there and saw it easily from the nosebleeds.

8 hours ago, HazletonEagle said:

biggest play of the game? It was a 2 score game with less than 2 minutes left and the Vikings were backed up almost on their goal line (the play resulted in a safety).

The facemask was an incidental facemask which isnt really meant to be called once the rule changed to get rid of the 5 yard variety of facemask calls.

The refs didnt sell this game. The Vikings did when they couldnt score a TD since their 2nd drive of the game. And when they let the rams, who were already up by 1, go score another TD and get up by 8.  And when they let their QB get sacked in the end zone on their final attempt. 

Incidental? What are you watching....

9 minutes ago, RLC said:

Incidental? What are you watching....

the facemask that barely got touched. 

Its fairly likely he had his hand inside the helmet. Its nowhere near where you typically see facemasks being grabbed. 2nd view shows it best. His arm also first wraps the QBs shoulder area. It looks purely incidental. If he even touched the facemask at all. He has mostly shoulder pad, and I think this actually could have been a horse collar instead. 

4 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

Its fairly likely he had his hand inside the helmet. Its nowhere near where you typically see facemasks being grabbed. 2nd view shows it best. His arm also first wraps the QBs shoulder area. It looks purely incidental. If he even touched the facemask at all.

What about this one

 

6 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

Its fairly likely he had his hand inside the helmet. Its nowhere near where you typically see facemasks being grabbed. 2nd view shows it best. His arm also first wraps the QBs shoulder area. It looks purely incidental. If he even touched the facemask at all. He has mostly shoulder pad, and I think this actually could have been a horse collar instead. 

Just now, B3 said:

You gotta upgrade to high def.

3 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

You gotta upgrade to high def.

9 hours ago, jsb235 said:

Aged like milk at a barbecue. 

You probably drink that with your steak, don’t you Limp Harbaugh?  

1 minute ago, B3 said:

take a look at how the shoulder pad is pulled back there. He had a lot of shoulder pad in that hand. not a whole lot of head twist. incidental facemask contact.

1 minute ago, HazletonEagle said:

take a look at how the shoulder pad is pulled back there. He had a lot of shoulder pad in that hand. not a whole lot of head twist. incidental facemask contact.

I really just see two fingers firmly wrapped around part of his facemask.  

It was clearly a facemask penalty. Anyone who says otherwise doesn't understand the rules. 

That being said, they were down by two scores at that point so I wouldn't go so far as to say that no call decided the game. But that's definitely called 10 times out of 10 if it happens in clear view of the refs.

1 minute ago, HazletonEagle said:

take a look at how the shoulder pad is pulled back there. He had a lot of shoulder pad in that hand. not a whole lot of head twist. incidental facemask contact.

Darnolds entire head was spun when tackled. You even see Byron Young worried that he got the facemask call as he runs by.

Look at the one I posted that you skipped over.

Go watch the video too - https://www.espn.com/video/clip/_/id/41990388

Its not incidental, and you're just going to be an idiot and die on this hill for no reason.

8 minutes ago, B3 said:

I really just see two fingers firmly wrapped around part of his facemask.  

 

8 minutes ago, B3 said:

I really just see two fingers firmly wrapped around part of his facemask.  

do you see the white above Young's arm? thats the side of his shoulder pad/jersey which is torqued backwards. He definitely pulled that shoulder back, which doesnt happen just by grabbing the facemask. He has a big handful of shoulder and maybe 2 fingers of facemask. 

2 hours ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Grape nuts.   No grapes.  No nuts.   Go figure.

 

11 minutes ago, wussbasket said:

Darnolds entire head was spun when tackled. You even see Byron Young worried that he got the facemask call as he runs by.

Look at the one I posted that you skipped over.

Go watch the video too - https://www.espn.com/video/clip/_/id/41990388

Its not incidental, and you're just going to be an idiot and die on this hill for no reason.

It could have been contact to the head of the QB. 

Ive also never seen a facemask called when grabbed in that area. He really has jaw area of the helmet there. That never happens. Still, his arm and the bottom of his hand are torquing the shoulder area. It was incidental facemask contact. That kind used to be a 5 yarder but that was removed from the game quite a long time ago.

Obvious Facemask. There was a less obvious hold in the endzone, though. Right after #55 does his spin, he is momentarily held. At best, there should have been offsetting penalties. The hold in the endzone by itself would have been a safety if called. 

The facemask certainly helped Young bring down the QB, just look at his reaction following the sack… he knew what he did.

1 minute ago, Waiting4Someday said:

The facemask certainly helped Young bring down the QB, just look at his reaction following the sack… he knew what he did.

i just saw him celebrate his sack and do the safety dance.