# NFL Playoffs: Divisional Round **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 8, 2014, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-divisional-round/678267 "2014-01-08T12:29:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-divisional-round/678267/21 "2014-01-12T00:52:41Z")
That was a player panicking. I assume he lost track of the clock and didn’t think he could step out. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-divisional-round/678267/22 "2014-01-12T00:56:15Z")
> [@Carl\_Corey](#): > > What the hell was that? What a play to lose on. All he had to do was step OB and they had a legitimate (but long) shot to tie. Throwing it at all was dumb; throwing it forward was truly boneheaded. And to solidify the idea that these guys have no clue about the rules, the guy he threw it tried to run with it after it bounced off the ground to him. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-divisional-round/678267/23 "2014-01-12T01:17:48Z")
I just switched the Colts-Pats game into Spanish. It seems much more exciting that way. And much nicer than listening to Greg Gumbel and Dan Dierdorf. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-divisional-round/678267/24 "2014-01-12T01:22:40Z")
> [@obfusciatrist](#): > > That was a player panicking. I assume he lost track of the clock and didn’t think he could step out. It looked to me like it was designed that way, a caught pass and then a long, cross-field lateral, but very poorly executed to wind up throwing the ball forward. ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-divisional-round/678267/25 "2014-01-12T01:36:30Z")
Well, if so then that was even stupider than I assumed. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-divisional-round/678267/26 "2014-01-12T02:00:16Z")
> [@Carl\_Corey](#): > > What the hell was that? What a play to lose on. It was completely bizarre, but as a life-long Seahawks fan, I’ll take it. Ugly game for the most psrt though, Seahawks are going to have to do better than that next week. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-divisional-round/678267/27 "2014-01-12T02:18:06Z")
> [@Mr\_Quatro](#): > > I think all of those point spreads are wrong, except for the Seattle game I suspect they will win by more than 8 points. It could very well be a blow out in Seattle. My info shows that the line closed at -9, so anyone who put money down before the close ended up with a push, but Seattle failed to cover the closing line, by one point. > [@obfusciatrist](#): > > That was a player panicking. I assume he lost track of the clock and didn’t think he could step out. There was a CB on his right shoulder, he very well might have been trapped inbounds. 2 seconds is a pretty long time, but just a mis-step and it is gone like that. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-divisional-round/678267/28 "2014-01-12T02:27:26Z")
Seems like the punter got lucky that they forced the fumble/safety, otherwise a TD was the likely outcome. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-divisional-round/678267/29 "2014-01-12T02:28:16Z")
Is it wrong to be happy that Dierdorf is retiring? Seriously, why would you want to give the Colts the ball on the 2 instead of taking the safety and the free kick. Stupid stupid analyst. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-divisional-round/678267/30 "2014-01-12T02:28:42Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > Seems like the punter got lucky that they forced the fumble/safety, otherwise a TD was the likely outcome. Completely agree. Oh, and: Dierdorf is an idiot. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-divisional-round/678267/31 "2014-01-12T02:33:30Z")
He led with his head a lot when he played. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-divisional-round/678267/32 "2014-01-12T02:52:42Z")
> [@For You](#): > > There was a CB on his right shoulder … oh, my mistake, when I look at video of it the CB was several yards downfield – man, those guys move fast > [@Helena330](#): > > It was completely bizarre, but as a life-long Seahawks fan, I’ll take it. Ugly game for the most psrt though, Seahawks are going to have to do better than that next week. Every January, around the second or third week, Seattle gets a tease of summer for a few days – looks like maybe next Sunday will be shirt-sleeve weather (at least, for non-sun-belter-types), so the Seahawks will probably not have a slop-weather-edge. Whomever they play, they had best get their act together, they will not be facing Miss Patsy. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-divisional-round/678267/33 "2014-01-12T03:14:18Z")
I don’t know how this announcing team is employed, let alone got a playoff game. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-divisional-round/678267/34 "2014-01-12T03:19:39Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > Football question: > > It just happened in the Saints game and I remember occasionally seeing this in other games, including some last week. The Saints were on offense but the play clock was running down, at 5 seconds, the announcers said they were going to run out of time and sure enough, they had to call a time out. > > What I don’t get is why don’t they just go on the play? At 2 seconds, why don’t the Saints or any team have some special call where the QB yells “Gimme the ball right now!” and the play starts? Plenty of shots in the NBA go down to the last second, why doesn’t football do that? In this instance, it’s partly because we’re a L O U D bunch! No one would be able to hear him. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-divisional-round/678267/35 "2014-01-12T03:41:10Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > It looked to me like it was designed that way, a caught pass and then a long, cross-field lateral, but very poorly executed to wind up throwing the ball forward. I think the fault was with Stills, who ran downfield too far, so Colston could not throw a lateral. ---
**Author:** ![Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/do_not_taunt/32/2968_2.png) [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Do_Not_Taunt)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-divisional-round/678267/36 "2014-01-12T04:10:25Z")
I can’t believe the Colts punted down three touchdowns in the 4th quarter on a 4th and 1. Guess I don’t need to bother with the rest of this game. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-divisional-round/678267/37 "2014-01-12T04:11:48Z")
Dierdorf said it was because he had so much confidence in his offense that he thought they could have 3 more scoring drives even with less time left. Just not confident enough in them that they could get 4th and 1. ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-divisional-round/678267/38 "2014-01-12T18:00:17Z")
> [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](#): > > I can’t believe the Colts punted down three touchdowns in the 4th quarter on a 4th and 1. Guess I don’t need to bother with the rest of this game. That really was insanely bad. I’m sure Greg Easterbrook would say that the Patriots, thanks to the fraidy-cat punt, were emboldened to go on their very effective clock-killing drive right after. And, in this case, I don’t know that I’d disagree with him. That was a preposterous give-up call. Christ, optimally speaking, the Colts should have gone been going for it even if the game was tied. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-divisional-round/678267/39 "2014-01-12T18:14:52Z")
Well that sucks. Both teams with key players going down. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-divisional-round/678267/40 "2014-01-12T18:18:17Z")
Regarding the end of the Saints/Seahawks game, am I right in assuming that the issue was because the pass was going forward? If the guy threw it to a guy laterally or behind him, they could have kept the ball and remained in play? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-divisional-round/678267.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-divisional-round/678267.md?page=3)