1 hour ago, LeanMeanGM said:

@Iggles_Phan

Thoughts on this uniform combo?

Clown show.   Better question... why not have a Kelly green practice jersey?

2 hours ago, Aerolithe_Lion said:

Hot take: NFL officiating isn’t getting worse, it’s possibly better than it’s ever been. 
 
We just didn’t have social media to hyperbolize all of the blown calls they were making in the 90’s. If a ref missed 6 blatant holds in a row, no one really cared because the broadcast didn’t have 12 cameras in the stadium with a shot on every player.

I think the execution and consistency of the officiating is good.  The emphasis on avoiding big hits, IMO, has gone too far.

There is an invisible, subjective, debatable line on player safety.  Everyone might draw it at a different point.  Football is not good for long term health.  If you really care about player safety, don’t play and don’t market the sport.  That’s one extreme that no one wants.  But it’s true.  The physicality, the danger, the hits…that’s what makes it exciting.  

And I think they’ve gone too far in taking that out of the game.  But that’s not on the officials.

1 hour ago, ManuManu said:

Thanks for the clarification. 

But the Eagles had alternate helmets for their throwbacks in the Kevin Curtis game…?  That was ages ago.

2 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

But the Eagles had alternate helmets for their throwbacks in the Kevin Curtis game…?  That was ages ago.

Yes... then in the interest of 'player safety' the NFL instituted a 'one helmet' rule (in 2013) for some reason.   Then they repealed it in 2020, I think, to start in 2021 (maybe '22), but the Eagles were late with paperwork or whatever to get the Kelly Greens last year, so instead we got the full black version... which was a stupid look.

3 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

I think the execution and consistency of the officiating is good.  The emphasis on avoiding big hits, IMO, has gone too far.

There is an invisible, subjective, debatable line on player safety.  Everyone might draw it at a different point.  Football is not good for long term health.  If you really care about player safety, don’t play and don’t market the sport.  That’s one extreme that no one wants.  But it’s true.  The physicality, the danger, the hits…that’s what makes it exciting.  

And I think they’ve gone too far in taking that out of the game.  But that’s not on the officials.

I think the officials err on the side of caution, and I assume the league instructs them to do so. I'm totally fine with that. I think the league can still be physical, but also safer at the same time. We don't need helmet to helmet hits and Monsters of the Midway style throwing QBs to the ground. Or facemask tackles. I don't find football any less fun to watch now than I did when 30 years ago. 

On the flip side, I do wish there was some way to correct an overzealous official calling a personal foul. I like how the NBA has officials watching the game in NYC. If an official makes calls a roughing the QB penalty or if there's a personal foul on a helmet to helmet that's really a shoulder to shoulder, I'd invite a quick fix from some official booth in the sky. 

When I look at how football has changed over the last 30 years, I think it has more to do with how rules have changed to favor the offense than than anything to do with the physicality of the game. 

31 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Clown show.   Better question... why not have a Kelly green practice jersey?

Still waiting to be shipped

Just now, LeanMeanGM said:

Still waiting to be shipped

Beat me to it.

I don't like the power officials have. The saying "letting them play" is something you'll hear broadcasters say when the refs aren't strict with the rules. It's like they can allow the game to be played a certain way if they choose

Also I've noticed this season that teams will allow a coach to throw the challenge flag just when the ball is snapped

 

Not on the refs but the league... I absolutely hate the amount of commercials they've been adding over the years. They'll even split screen some commercials. A lot of times they'll go to a commercial when a flag is thrown and wont come back to the game until after the ref announced it. The broadcasters will then tell us what happened. We've also missed plays because of it

 

/rant over

1 hour ago, vikas83 said:

 

Probably just got a little chilly.

1 hour ago, FranklinFldEBUpper said:

I'm probably the only fan who thinks NFL officiating is very good.

I think it’s good, but it’s definitely not consistent.
 

The commanders game where Brian Robinson fumbles the ball forward into the end zone and McLaurin recovers it in the end zone was instantly ruled a TD and there was no debate. Against the Jets, the Hurts TD was initially ruled a fumble recovered by the Eagles and they declared it not a TD because you can’t fumble forward. Yes it was overturned on review, but a good example pointing out the lack of consistency on a pretty black and white rule.

8 hours ago, EaglePhan1986 said:

I don’t agree with this. Flag football is not football football. That’s kinda like saying 3v3 half court in the Olympics could have made the NBA global, or slow pitch softball could have made the MLB global. 

Ultimately, I think the NFL may just end up being flag football 30-40 years down the road but they’re two very different sports. 

Owners will very much care if their star tears an ACL, and they should. 

It’s a gateway. People watch flag football at the Olympics, see a bunch of crazy plays by our world class athletes, and get interested.

The NFL is doing everything they can to take the NFL global. It’s basically the only avenue for significant growth they have left. If you think they care about a player’s ACL getting in the way of billions of dollars, I don’t know what to tell you.

 

6 minutes ago, wussbasket said:

I think it’s good, but it’s definitely not consistent.
 

The commanders game where Brian Robinson fumbles the ball forward into the end zone and McLaurin recovers it in the end zone was instantly ruled a TD and there was no debate. Against the Jets, the Hurts TD was initially ruled a fumble recovered by the Eagles and they declared it not a TD because you can’t fumble forward. Yes it was overturned on review, but a good example pointing out the lack of consistency on a pretty black and white rule.

The problem here is you not understanding the rules and realizing how those two situations differ. A teammate is allowed to score a touchdown on a fumble recovered in the endzone unless it’s on fourth down. On fourth down, like the Hurts play, a fumble can only be recovered by the player who fumbled. The officials were 100% correct on the Washington play. On the Jets play, they knew the rule but misinterpreted what they saw. And it was ultimately corrected. In the end both plays were adjudicated fairly.

If we really do have a sizable fan % at the game tonight, I'm going to be VERY disappointed if they don't start singing A-O-K when Stot walks up.

3 hours ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Orchids of Asia sponsorship 

This was my fantasy football team name for a few years.  With this as my avatar  🤣

10 minutes ago, Captain F said:

This is dumb.  Don't be this guy.

If they don't sell out their own stadium for the NLCS, then that's a big black eye for their organization.  All you're doing is help to boost attendance (and, by the way, the 'paid admission' likely will include this guys 20 seats, too...)

 

 

 

27 minutes ago, wussbasket said:

I think it’s good, but it’s definitely not consistent.
 

The commanders game where Brian Robinson fumbles the ball forward into the end zone and McLaurin recovers it in the end zone was instantly ruled a TD and there was no debate. Against the Jets, the Hurts TD was initially ruled a fumble recovered by the Eagles and they declared it not a TD because you can’t fumble forward. Yes it was overturned on review, but a good example pointing out the lack of consistency on a pretty black and white rule.

You can't recover a fumble that goes forward in the end zone on 4th down. I don't think the WSH one was 4th down.

EDIT: @FranklinFldEBUpper covered it

2 minutes ago, EricAllenPick6 said:

This is dumb.  Don't be this guy.

If they don't sell out their own stadium for the NLCS, then that's a big black eye for their organization.  All you're doing is help to boost attendance (and, by the way, the 'paid admission' likely will include this guys 20 seats, too...)

 

 

 

Those tickets were already sold and he bought them in the secondary market at a large discount. But they were going to be in "paid" attendance either way.

 

33 minutes ago, paco said:

Probably just got a little chilly.

I think that's probably the leg with the hamstring issue.

https://x.com/infante54/status/1714984760420831654?s=46&t=CkXFethQbtlUuxxnf9eOIA

 

 

2 hours ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Phillies drop stand against bullying meanwhile Phillies fans trying to bully Arizona fans on Twitter. And did so last week to the Braves fans. Lol 

 

Bully the nerds all you want though 🙂

 

7 minutes ago, TEW said:

https://x.com/infante54/status/1714984760420831654?s=46&t=CkXFethQbtlUuxxnf9eOIA

 

 

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