# NFL Week 5 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 3, 2013, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-5/670234 "2013-10-03T00:34:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2013, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-5/670234/61 "2013-10-06T19:29:38Z")
Yeesh, can we cool it with the pink shit? IMO the pink equipment looks silly, and the pink first down line is a little distracting, but the pink penalty flags are just idiotic. The Giants are now leading, against a pretty mediocre Eagles team, and yet I still have almost no hope of victory. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2013, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-5/670234/62 "2013-10-06T19:52:37Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > Watching Seattle/Indy > Let’s see if I understand NFL rules. If you are the wide receiver, you can’t slap away the hand of the defensive back even if his hand is on you BUT if you’re the defensive back you can go through the receiver to get the ball before the ball gets there. Pass Interference is kind of an arbitrary mess. Some of the PI calls in that game were pretty darn questionable. The general rule is that any player in the vicinity of a throw pass has the right to go for the catch and no other player can interfere with another player’s attempt to make the catch if it involves contact. You can try to obstruct the other player’s view, deflect the ball or knock the ball out of the other player’s hands _as he is catching it_. Rather like the soccer rule, that you can “tackle” a player as long as you are going after the ball, not the player. If a pass is touched in flight (“tipped”), PI cannot be called. Right now, what constitutes PI is up to the zebras, and those calls cannot be red-flag challenged. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2013, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-5/670234/63 "2013-10-06T19:56:36Z")
> [@VarlosZ](#): > > The Giants are now leading, against a pretty mediocre Eagles team, and yet I still have almost no hope of victory. Smart man. I hate my Giants. I think I’ll head out to Modell’s and stock up on green jerseys, and use my blue ones for oil rags. ---
**Author:** ![Carl\_Corey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Carl\_Corey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Corey)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2013, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-5/670234/64 "2013-10-06T19:58:26Z")
I’m no Giants fan, but the refs should have penalized the Eagles for the blow to the head. ---
**Author:** ![Carl\_Corey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Carl\_Corey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Corey)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2013, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-5/670234/65 "2013-10-06T20:05:52Z")
On the other hand, that was one hell of an interception by Brandon Boykin. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2013, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-5/670234/66 "2013-10-06T20:18:30Z")
The NFL should penalize the Giants for impersonating a NFL team…and it isn’t even a good impersonation. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2013, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-5/670234/67 "2013-10-06T20:19:27Z")
The Seahawks are breaking my heart! ☹ ---
**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:** [October 6, 2013, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-5/670234/68 "2013-10-06T20:22:31Z")
I am confounded as to how Blaine Gabbert remains a starting QB in the NFL. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2013, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-5/670234/69 "2013-10-06T20:36:11Z")
In the Pick’em league, who picked the Patriots for the “least points” tiebreaker? ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2013, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-5/670234/70 "2013-10-06T20:53:14Z")
Jadeveon Clowney can go get fitted for his Giants Jersey. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2013, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-5/670234/71 "2013-10-06T21:04:41Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > Jadeveon Clowney can go get fitted for his Giants Jersey. Blaine Gabbert and the Jaguars will have a say in that. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2013, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-5/670234/72 "2013-10-06T21:08:08Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > Blaine Gabbert and the Jaguars will have a say in that. With Gabbert’s play, the Jags may be taking Teddy Bridgewater. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2013, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-5/670234/73 "2013-10-06T22:02:11Z")
I know it’s been said before, but these pink flags have to go. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2013, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-5/670234/74 "2013-10-06T22:06:14Z")
Yeah. I’m fine with the pink gear, just not on things whose color matters. Like yellow flags. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2013, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-5/670234/75 "2013-10-06T22:52:33Z")
During the Panthers’ BYE week (after beating the awful Giants) local sports radio was filled with people talking playoffs. They already had four of the next five games marked off as wins. Too funny. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2013, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-5/670234/76 "2013-10-06T22:59:41Z")
> [@Southern\_Yankee](#): > > During the Panthers’ BYE week (after beating the awful Giants) local sports radio was filled with people talking playoffs. They already had four of the next five games marked off as wins. Too funny. There’s at least one guy on our local radio station that scolds anyone, caller or host, when they start marking off upcoming games as “should win” or “should lose.” ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2013, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-5/670234/77 "2013-10-06T23:00:56Z")
Damn, I’m not a Romo fan, but only because he doesn’t normally play like this. Now I’m wondering… why not? They darn sure got a game in D tonite. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2013, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-5/670234/78 "2013-10-06T23:06:31Z")
I haven’t seen too many afternoon games in Jerryworld, but man the lighting in that stadium sucks. There should not be that many patterns of light and shadow. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2013, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-5/670234/79 "2013-10-06T23:08:19Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > They darn sure got a game in D tonite. I’m not sure you can use the letter “D” to describe the game, because neither team is playing it. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2013, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-5/670234/80 "2013-10-06T23:13:31Z")
They’re making a total mockery of the 56 over/under line. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-5/670234.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-5/670234.md?page=5)