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We had two guys with 900 yards this year. We have the playmakers but not that alpha dog.Bigwehrm wrote:Think about this. Terrell Pryor has 1000 receiving yards this year. For the Browns for the freeking Browns! And we can't get one guy in 7 years. Wow our offense needs an infusion of playmakers or something.
TSonn wrote:Think Rashod Hill gets a higher PFF grade today than Clemmings had all season? I do!
Last I heard, he was going to "take some time", but I suspect he will.PurpleMustReign wrote:Did Greenway retire?
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We got away with that one, it should have been a penalty as a loose ball can not be batted:J. Kapp 11 wrote:Holy crap, that was a wild play! Did you guys see Barr bat it forward? That was sweet!
I don't think you would be saying that if they had called it a penalty like it should have. As I pointed out already, it is illegal to bat a loose ball. If they had called it then the Bears would have retained possession since the Bears were last to have possession when the penalty occurred. If that had happened (as it should have according to the rules) people would be calling it a bone-head play.Pondering Her Percy wrote:Just re-watched the game on game-pass.
Couple takeaways:
-Eric Kendricks might be the most underrated player on this defense. That kid is an absolute beast and as good as any MLB can come IMO.
-One of the best plays all day: the heady play Barr made to spring Everson for a TD.
-Hill looked pretty solid. Much better than Clemmings ever has. He does a good job of squaring up to the rusher and keeping good balance. Seems to have a fairly quick kick-slide to get out on the faster guys. Definitely promising to see.
Considering how the referees were letting both teams get away with just about anything they wanted to do, I'm not surprised it wasn't called. I guess that's what happens in meaningless Week 17 games. Give those refs truth serum, and I'm pretty sure they'd be saying, "Well, they don't pay us by the hour."Purple Reign wrote: We got away with that one, it should have been a penalty as a loose ball can not be batted:
It is an illegal bat if:
— a. any player bats or punches a loose ball in the field of play toward his opponent's goal line
Note that it doesn't say that it has to be intentional. By definition, it should have been a penalty.
I guess it just bugs me when people praise a player for doing something that is illegal (and I'm not talking about something like holding a receiver to prevent a td which could be considered a smart play). Just because it wasn't called a penalty doesn't make it a 'smart' play. Either Barr doesn't know the rule, or if he does, he did it anyway which makes it a bone-headed play. It worked out since it wasn't called, but it wasn't a 'smart' play on Barr's part.J. Kapp 11 wrote: Considering how the referees were letting both teams get away with just about anything they wanted to do, I'm not surprised it wasn't called. I guess that's what happens in meaningless Week 17 games. Give those refs truth serum, and I'm pretty sure they'd be saying, "Well, they don't pay us by the hour."