# NFL Week 14 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 8, 2011, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-14/605465 "2011-12-08T03:30:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Jules\_Andre](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jules_andre/32/9334_2.png) [@Jules\_Andre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jules_Andre)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2011, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-14/605465/61 "2011-12-11T22:08:49Z")
What’s the actual rule on not hitting a QB in the knee? Is it illegal to hit the knees or to hit anything below the knees? I ask because Trent Cole had a sack today where, as he was falling down, he grabbed at the QB’s ankle and brought him down. As the QB was falling, Cole brought his other hand around and wrapped up his knee. He got flagged for making contact with the QB’s knee. Is it like the head where any contact, no matter how slight and incidental, is a penalty? ---
**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:** [December 11, 2011, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-14/605465/62 "2011-12-11T22:14:20Z")
I said it last week and I’ll say it again. In 10 years, Rodgers will be regarded as the best QB of all time. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2011, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-14/605465/63 "2011-12-11T22:19:44Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > I said it last week and I’ll say it again. In 10 years, Rodgers will be regarded as the best QB of all time. If he stays healthy very well could be, but I think we are watching the greatest season by a quarterback ever. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2011, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-14/605465/64 "2011-12-11T22:20:37Z")
With the Packers looking so good, I turned on the Bears/Broncos game. After 5 minutes, my brain strangled itself and I passed out. I think it’s a survival mechanism to protect me from such offensive ineptitude. ---
**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:** [December 11, 2011, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-14/605465/65 "2011-12-11T22:22:12Z")
Nonsense. All true football fans hate offense. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2011, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-14/605465/66 "2011-12-11T22:23:06Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > With the Packers looking so good, I turned on the Bears/Broncos game. After 5 minutes, my brain strangled itself and I passed out. I think it’s a survival mechanism to protect me from such offensive ineptitude. Yeah, this is bad. At least if there were two shitty defenses out there we’d see a score on accident. Just hoping Hester does something. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2011, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-14/605465/67 "2011-12-11T22:31:23Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > Nonsense. All true football fans hate offense. I appreciate little more than a great defense beating a great offense (unless it’s the Packers getting beat). But that’s not what is happening in the Bears/Broncos game. That is two very good defenses stopping really, really bad offenses. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2011, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-14/605465/68 "2011-12-11T22:50:23Z")
Hanie, you’ve been sacked like 8 times already, how much time do you think you have? ---
**Author:** ![Jules\_Andre](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jules_andre/32/9334_2.png) [@Jules\_Andre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jules_Andre)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2011, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-14/605465/69 "2011-12-11T23:16:06Z")
Aaaaand officiating in the NFL just became a joke, courtesy of the Oak/GB game. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2011, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-14/605465/70 "2011-12-11T23:17:14Z")
> [@Jules\_Andre](#): > > Aaaaand officiating in the NFL just became a joke, courtesy of the Oak/GB game. What happened? ---
**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:** [December 11, 2011, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-14/605465/71 "2011-12-11T23:17:23Z")
Could you elaborate? ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2011, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-14/605465/72 "2011-12-11T23:17:59Z")
Tebow is 3-16. How appropriate. > **[TFL Group Homepage](https://tflgroup.com)** > > Creating lifelong memories is a passion of ours. That’s why we’re dedicated to connecting people to the live events they love. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2011, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-14/605465/73 "2011-12-11T23:19:04Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > Tebow is 3-16. How appropriate. > > [https://www.ticketsolutions.com/blogs/intentional-foul/images/tebow316.jpg](https://www.ticketsolutions.com/blogs/intentional-foul/images/tebow316.jpg) Hah! His receivers aren’t doing him any favors though. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2011, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-14/605465/74 "2011-12-11T23:19:49Z")
A great 56 yard field goal from Robbie Gould, a new personal and franchise record. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2011, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-14/605465/75 "2011-12-11T23:20:57Z")
Robbie Gould kicked the shit out of that FG. Bears franchise record at 57 yards, would have been good from 67. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2011, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-14/605465/76 "2011-12-11T23:31:33Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > Could you elaborate? The replay system is broken so no more reviews. Its unfortunate, but shit happens, hardly makes it a joke. ---
**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:** [December 11, 2011, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-14/605465/77 "2011-12-11T23:49:05Z")
Tebow doesn’t bother to play well until he needs to. He’s trying to build a mystique. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2011, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-14/605465/78 "2011-12-11T23:51:33Z")
Hey Lovie, usually it’s a good idea to have your backs cover the WRs. ---
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2011, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-14/605465/79 "2011-12-11T23:53:13Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > Hey Lovie, usually it’s a good idea to have your backs cover the WRs. It’s usually a better idea to have _someone_ cover the WRs. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2011, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-14/605465/80 "2011-12-11T23:55:04Z")
> [@Mince](#): > > It’s usually a better idea to have _someone_ cover the WRs. The Jets did the same thing, I don’t get it. Your defense makes Denver look silly all game, but then you change it up in the 4th. Oh Barber… You’re not very intelligent. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-14/605465.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-14/605465.md?page=5)