NFL Playoffs (Page 12)

RG3 didn't "change his style"... he was hobbled, plain and simple.

Kap is just very very fast for such a tall guy. Usually 2nd year guys have trouble because there is plenty of film on them. Kap had his problems too... he still has work to do to become a good passer. But you can see him trying. You can see him working at it. Good stuff. And he does have a good arm.. .no doubt about that.

Russel Wilson... I think he just makes really good decisions. He has a great arm, and he is VERY "mobile"... if Kap wasn't around, he would be the best QB at running. That guy has a lot of room for growth... if he can stay smart, and know when and where... wow. VERY talented guy.

But yes, you get my point... you don't need a Vick, or a RG3... you need a Russel, a Rothlensburger, a Romo... guys that can keep plays alive and move the chains when it's crunch time.... but a QB is and always will be a passer... and in this day and age sending it down the field with big huge physical receivers with the rules on their side is not going away. A QB still has to have an arm... feet are just icing.

It's just with all the Manning talk lately... several different people have said the same thing about how the league is turning to mobile QBs... really Einstein... they truly have nothing to talk about.

Wilson, Kap, Newton, RG3, Romo, Rodgers, Fowles, Cutler, Brees-ALL good arms, very mobile.  ALL NFC teams

AFC=Luck, Big Ben, Smith (just decent arm) and???.....drawing a blank.

NFC defenses are practicing every week against QBs who are threats with arms AND legs.  I think that's why the NFC defenses are so good.  And will continue to be better than AFC competition.

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You must not understand parity in todays NFL. The only consistent team in the last decade that stands head and shoulders above everyone else are the Pats... AFC. NFC didn't invent fast defenses and mobile QBs... they have been around for a long time.And teams do not stay stacked with talent for long.

Nobody stays dominate in todays league. You have short windows till it falls apart.... which again... makes Brady/Belichick even more amazing.

You must not understand parity in todays NFL. The only consistent team in the last decade that stands head and shoulders above everyone else are the Pats... AFC. NFC didn't invent fast defenses and mobile QBs... they have been around for a long time.And teams do not stay stacked with talent for long.

Nobody stays dominate in todays league. You have short windows till it falls apart.... which again... makes Brady/Belichick even more amazing.

(edited badly to make quotes more clear)

Parity in the NFL?...really!!  Can you say "SALARY CAP"?.  There's suppossed to be 'parity'!  (shakes head)

We're talking about the impact of the 'modern-era' QBs in today's football.  What's Parity? got to do with anything we're talking about? 

AFC v NFC are tied at 5 each for last 10 SB wins.  But NFC has won 5 of last 7 SBs.

(Pats haven't won since '04.  And Brady likely won't get another shot!  You may want to get over the man-crush and find another date to prom. )

Uh... why do you say what I said and than act like it was your idea?

Parity has to do with the fact that there are no free lunches, and there is no such thing as cookie cutter blueprints to SB wins. You actually need a good football team to do it, and in todays league, it is very hard to put a really good one together and keep it together.

Everyone wants speed on defense... in fact Mannings SB win had a very fast defense... small but fast... not the normal huge bruisers. How do you think Patriots beat the Greatest show on Turf?  This is not news. And neither are mobile QBs. And after Wilson has been in the league 10-15 years, we'll see how mobile he still is.... when everyone will be talking about how great the rookies are.... oh and they will all be 7 feet tall and the new "prototype" QB... as if nobody ever thought having a tall QB Mobil QB with a great arm would be a good thing to have.

lol.  You are QUITE the stat guru, aint cha?

Josh and others, can you watch this and tell me there wasn't something wrong with the NFC championship game.  Honestly?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEp4r2q9tTA#t=691

Also Josh and other Seahawks fans, congrats on the Super Bowl win.  That was domination.

I agree Kaep can't turn the ball over, but one shouldn't have happened due to rigging the clock.  The clock issues blow me away.  Didn't know that during the game.  But giving 34 (or was it 36) seconds to one team and 70+ to the other?  Huh?  How does that even work?  Weird stuff I tell you. 

And yeah, I got pissed off all over again after watching that...dang it!  Spring training couldn't come sooner.  Go Giants!

Yeah not sure about my Giants this year.  Hopefully this odd even odd even World Series win thing continues and we win it all again in 2014 

That's the thing I love about baseball, it is almost never up to the umps on a game.  NFL seems to be almost any game now a days, well maybe except this superbowl.  I think we can get the birds a clear win on that one.  Maybe 

At least at the end of the season power rankings they have the 49ers ahead of Denver.

I just think #1 and #2 should be swapped.  

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/powerrankings

Don't the refs keep their own clock?... or at least I've seen situations where they told the timekeeper to reset the game clock to a certain time.

This site tracks penalty stats, so if you guys want to get into the details, here's the play-by-play.  It shows that delay of game with10:38 left, and the previous play ending with 11:18 remaining.

http://www.nflpenalties.com/game/san-francisco-49ers-at-seattle-seahawks-01-19-2014

As a side note, 49ers with only 1 delay of game and 1 false start playing AT Seattle is pretty amazing, whatever else you think about the game.

Btw, I know this is probably adding fuel to the fire, but click really slowly over that video during the running into the kicker penalty.  It's a subtle rule and I hadn't read it in detail until just now.

If his plant foot is down and the Seattle player hits it, it's roughing (1a).  But if his foot comes down on the Seattle player (in this case, Maragos's left hand), it means the defender slid under him and it's running into the kicker (2b).  From the 2nd video angle at 7:02, looks like the latter.

The rule also says when in doubt, it's roughing.  But maybe the ref had a better view.

Official rulebook:

Item 1: Roughing the kicker
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It is a foul for roughing the kicker if a defensive player:
(a) contacts the plant leg of the kicker while his kicking leg is still in the air; or
(b) slides into or contacts the kicker when both of the kicker’s feet are on the ground.
It is not a foul if the contact is not severe, or if the kicker returns both feet to the ground prior to the contact and falls over a defender who is on the ground.
Note: When in doubt, it is a foul for roughing the kicker.

Item 2: Running into the Kicker
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It is a foul for running into the kicker if a defensive player:
(a) contacts the kicking foot of the kicker, even if the kicker is airborne when the contact occurs; or
(b) slides under the kicker, preventing him from returning both feet to the ground.

I keep seeing people trying to justify running into the kicker, except there is none.  It's very clear he runs into and rolls the ankle on the plant foot.  Zero question it is a 15 yard penalty that was agreed it was incorrect by all the experts.