Have you looked at the historical record?
https://www.footballdb.com/teams/nfl/san-francisco-49ers/teamvsteam?opp=28
SF has lost 17 of the last 20 matchups. How good they are, and how bad the Hawks may be, has nothing to do with it. SF loses to Seattle. Period. Your logic has no power here.
Went for two and failed. Harbaugh said it was because the Ravens were so depleted at the cornerback position that it was very likely the Steelers offense would have marched downfield on them in overtime and scored, so Baltimore might as well just try to win it in regulation.
The call wasn’t bad, it was just a badly thrown pass and the receiver not hauling it in.
Reminds me of the recent Eagles-Giants rivalry, I believe Philadelphia is something like 26-5 against the Giants of late.
Just for those who didn’t watch, a corner blitz forced him to lob it awkwardly around the defender coming up on him, so some credit to the defense on that one.
Some interesting controversy about the end of the Lions game and the fact they didn’t have to attempt the PAT. While a successful 1- or 2-point conversion wouldn’t have affected the game, an unsuccessful attempt with the Vikings returning it for 2 points would have resulted in a tie score. Obviously the Lions would have taken a knee if they had been forced to attempt the PAT, but still - these are the Lions, taking a knee is not a sure thing.
The NFL says the officials were correct to not require the PAT because the rule says a Try attempt is not required if “a successful Try would not affect the outcome of the game.” Which is pedantically correct: a successful try wouldn’t have affected the outcome. An unsuccessful try could have, but the rule doesn’t says “successful or unsuccessful.”
I seem to recall that this is a pretty new rule change, as well.
Yeah, I’d prefer the old rule where you must do the extra point regardless of score and whether time has expired.
Great point! I obviously wasn’t aware of the recent history between these two teams.
Quite frankly, my logic has little power anywhere.
Are they changing owners?
The Pats are running every single play and somehow the Bills can’t stop them.
I wonder what the record is for consecutive running plays to start the game by one team….
On December 3, 1950, the Cleveland Browns defeated the Philadelphia Eagles 13-7.
Cleveland did not throw a pass in the game. They ran the ball 41 times.
Bill Belichick will not go gentle into that good night. After being so maligned after last year, it’s fun to see him still being able to coach a good team into greatness. Shutting down the Bills offense is no easy feat. Well done.
Thank you!
That 1950 Browns game was the last time that an NFL team did not attempt a pass during a game.
ESPN reports that the Patriots’ three pass attempts tonight was the fewest by an NFL team since the Bills attempted only two passes in a 1973 game against the Jets.
It’s probably no accident that the one game this season Tom Brady didn’t throw a single TD was the one in Foxborough.
What a game plan. Just keep running and smashing and running and smashing. Has to be a hugely demoralizing loss for the Bills at home.
I know I’m late to the game and others have already commented, but Musbegrer is 100% correct and nothing about that contradicts the point that Gruden is both guilty and a sack of shit. The fact that he’s the only one to get any punishment so far from this Washington investigation is all the evidence you need. Who exactly was he conversing with in these emails? Why did Goddell insist on keeping the investigation closed from the public? If anything it feel like Gruden was the sacrificial lamb.
Gruden isn’t a fucking “sacrificial lamb”. He’s a sacrificial lying, racist, women-hating, privileged piece of shit. He’s only bitching now because it’s his ass that got gored.
Sacrificial goat then?