NFL 2024

[Lorewarn]

Brady is pretty bad. Example:

Commanders have 10 secs on play clock with 4th and 2 from the ~5. 

Brady. “Time out. Time out. Time out. Time out. Time out. Time out.” Penalty is called. Like 10 secs later “Lions had 12 men on the field.”

I didn’t notice they had 12 men on the field so I thought he was commenting on the play clock running out or the fact Washington should take time to talk about the play call. He’s a lot smarter than me at football so he should actually say WTH he’s noticing so I can be enlightened while it’s happening instead of repeating the same 2 words like a cave man. 

Pretty bad is a bito f a stretch for that scenario. Being bad would be being completely clueless as to what's going on and wouldn't have remarked on anything. He's sharp with understanding the game, and unrefined with communicating it, though he's done a pretty good job in year one. 

 

[JJ Husker]

Pretty bad is a bito f a stretch for that scenario. Being bad would be being completely clueless as to what's going on and wouldn't have remarked on anything. He's sharp with understanding the game, and unrefined with communicating it, though he's done a pretty good job in year one. 

I won’t comment if he’s been good or bad in his first year but his primary job now IS communicating it to the TV audience. It doesn’t really matter how much he does or doesn’t understand about the game if he can’t communicate it. So maybe it’s not that much of a stretch for somebody to say he has been bad even if he’s likely to improve with more practice.

 

[Mierin]

I won’t comment if he’s been good or bad in his first year but his primary job now IS communicating it to the TV audience. It doesn’t really matter how much he does or doesn’t understand about the game if he can’t communicate it. So maybe it’s not that much of a stretch for somebody to say he has been bad even if he’s likely to improve with more practice.

It's possible I'm just paying more attention to him because he's Brady and that makes me hypercritical, but I find his commentary makes me sleepy compared to all of the others, and he rarely provides much extra knowledge even though he obviously has it. I even like Collinsworth quite a bit more and I don't like Collinsworth.

 

[Mierin]

Pretty bad is a bito f a stretch for that scenario. Being bad would be being completely clueless as to what's going on and wouldn't have remarked on anything. He's sharp with understanding the game, and unrefined with communicating it, though he's done a pretty good job in year one. 

Any other commentator I've watched would have said why they were saying it if they noticed it. But maybe there are lots worse than Brady wouldn't have noticed at all.

 

[JJ Husker]

It's possible I'm just paying more attention to him because he's Brady and that makes me hypercritical, but I find his commentary makes me sleepy compared to all of the others. I even like Collinsworth quite a bit more and I don't like Collinsworth.

His commentary is sleepy and uninspiring. And that’s okay, being the greatest QB in NFL history doesn’t have to translate to the booth. Gretzky was a great hockey player and his studio commentary also leaves much to be desired.

 

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[Mavric]

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[admo]

This is awesome.  I did not want to say it and jinx it, because most of the Bear podcasts and Boards alluded to Chicago hiring him weeks before the season ended, and just had to wait it out until the Lions season ended.  

Maybe Pete Carroll will take the Raiders HC job.  Both hires would be win-win for Bears and Raiders.   chuckleshuffle

 

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[Mavric]

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[GSG]

The four AFC West coaches have reached 20 conference title games with nine combined Super Bowl appearances, arguably making it the most impressive division of coaches in the NFL.

https://broncoswire.usatoday.com/2025/01/24/nfl-news-afc-west-is-stacked-with-super-bowl-winning-coaches/

 Meanwhile the Cowboys appear set to hire Brian Schottenheimer

 

[Guy Chamberlin]

I have no dog in the NFL Playoffs but I like the level of competition and the players that step up.

There's a pretty cool story about Saquan Barkley going around. On that crucial fourth quarter series on their own 22, with the momentum shifting to the Rams, Barkley apparently asked for a play he thought would work. During the snap count he's standing next Jalen Hurts and in that crucial  moment you see him turn his head and say something to Hurts, something along the "this is going to be great" because he could look out at the defense and see what was about to happen --- his 78 yard touchdown run. I couldn't read the lips, but the anecdote came out afterwords. Looking for the TV close up they showed during the game, but can't find it on the internet.

Great games and good stories this weekend. I may like Saquon, but I wouldn't be surprised or disappointed if this super hot Commanders team takes them out. Good story there, too, as Washington is a lesson in how a terrible owner can doom a team, and getting rid of him can make all the difference in the world. 

It's getting to be a national joke about how the NFL refs protect Mahomes and give bulls#!t calls that benefit the Chiefs. I'm an anti-conspiracy kinda guy, but wondering if even Chief's fans think there's any merit to the claim.

 

[Mavric]

I have no dog in the NFL Playoffs but I like the level of competition and the players that step up.

There's a pretty cool story about Saquan Barkley going around. On that crucial fourth quarter series on their own 22, with the momentum shifting to the Rams, Barkley apparently asked for a play he thought would work. During the snap count he's standing next Jalen Hurts and in that crucial  moment you see him turn his head and say something to Hurts, something along the "this is going to be great" because he could look out at the defense and see what was about to happen --- his 78 yard touchdown run. I couldn't read the lips, but the anecdote came out afterwords. Looking for the TV close up they showed during the game, but can't find it on the internet.

Great games and good stories this weekend. I may like Saquon, but I wouldn't be surprised or disappointed if this super hot Commanders team takes them out. Good story there, too, as Washington is a lesson in how a terrible owner can doom a team, and getting rid of him can make all the difference in the world. 

It's getting to be a national joke about how the NFL refs protect Mahomes and give bulls#!t calls that benefit the Chiefs. I'm an anti-conspiracy kinda guy, but wondering if even Chief's fans think there's any merit to the claim.

I'm a Broncos fan so I don't lose any love to the Chiefs.  

But I think the claims are pretty over-blown.  Mahomes is good at buying time.  The blame is more on the rules and how protective they are of QBs than protecting one QB.

 

[Mierin]

I have no dog in the NFL Playoffs but I like the level of competition and the players that step up.

There's a pretty cool story about Saquan Barkley going around. On that crucial fourth quarter series on their own 22, with the momentum shifting to the Rams, Barkley apparently asked for a play he thought would work. During the snap count he's standing next Jalen Hurts and in that crucial  moment you see him turn his head and say something to Hurts, something along the "this is going to be great" because he could look out at the defense and see what was about to happen --- his 78 yard touchdown run. I couldn't read the lips, but the anecdote came out afterwords. Looking for the TV close up they showed during the game, but can't find it on the internet.

Great games and good stories this weekend. I may like Saquon, but I wouldn't be surprised or disappointed if this super hot Commanders team takes them out. Good story there, too, as Washington is a lesson in how a terrible owner can doom a team, and getting rid of him can make all the difference in the world. 

It's getting to be a national joke about how the NFL refs protect Mahomes and give bulls#!t calls that benefit the Chiefs. I'm an anti-conspiracy kinda guy, but wondering if even Chief's fans think there's any merit to the claim.

I agree with Mavric. And will add that people don't like teams who win a lot for lots of years, so they'll hyperfocus on things to be annoyed by and exaggerate them.

KC is 15th in opponent penalties per game and 17th in opponent penalty yards per game (where #1 is the most opponent penalties/yards). It could still be argued that the penalties aren't earned, but the Chiefs are objectively a great team with great players, so it's more likely that the penalties are actually real because the other team is having more trouble handling the Chiefs players legally. E.g. more trouble handling their DL, especially Chris Jones.

KC is 2nd in penalties per game though (as in the fewest), with 5.4, and 9th in penalty yards per game.

I like all 4 teams left. Hard not to cheer for Washington the underdog. The Bills are always super fun to watch because of Josh Allen and their games against the Chiefs are always exciting, but I also wouldn't mind seeing KC make history. I suppose Philly is the team I want to win it the least, but it would be cool to see Cam Jurgens win a super bowl.


 

 

[Guy Chamberlin]

Yeah, I suppose it's like Husker fans convinced the refs are aligned against them every single game. You'd have to pull back and catalog all calls for both teams throughout a season. Every team has a fanbase convinced the refs are jobbing them, but I don't recall a team with a reputation for favoritism like the Chiefs. Lot of it is fueled on social media. Mahomes did get caught taking a dive trying to draw a late hit call, but he joins plenty of other sports greats willing to throw in a little acting. Refs weren't fooled on that one.

For me it's not so much the late hit calls, it's the running quarterbacks who exploit the rules protecting QBs in the open field. You can see them start to lower their shoulder as if preparing to hook slide, or head out of bounds, then change their mind when the see the defender let up. Sometimes the defender has already launched like they would against a running back, and then hit the QB as he goes into his hook slide. Mahomes is far from alone in doing this, and even ex-Quarterbacks like Troy Aikman think the League needs to address the rules.