vike daddy Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 (edited) a thread to discuss the progress (and demise) of the 2022 Playoff teams and games. i caught most of the last half of the Bills' slaughter of the Patriots yesterday (7 offensive drives for the Bills, resulting in 7 touchdowns...) but never saw Diggs on the field. was he injured? Edited January 31, 2022 by vike daddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vike daddy Posted January 16, 2022 Author Share Posted January 16, 2022 how did Cincy look? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingsrule Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 1 minute ago, vike daddy said: how did Cincy look? They looked okay. But I think the refs stole the show in that game, not in a good way. The nfl has a ref problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nozizaki Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 (edited) Edited January 16, 2022 by Nozizaki made tweet embed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vike daddy Posted January 16, 2022 Author Share Posted January 16, 2022 21 minutes ago, vikingsrule said: They looked okay. But I think the refs stole the show in that game, not in a good way. details? i don't know anything about it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meixdaddy_10 Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 1 hour ago, vike daddy said: details? i don't know anything about it... There was an inadvertent whistle while the ball was still in the air on a TD pass from Burrow (who was going out of bounds but got the throw off before coming down). They almost said at first he was out of bounds but replay showed he was still good. The whistle should have caused the play to be blown dead and not stand by the letter of the rules, but the officials just ignored that and basically said the whistle didnt happen/have anny effect on the play. Some defenders let up once they heard the whistle, even though it likely wouldnt have changed the outcome. The nearest defender likely wouldnt have been able to make a play on the ball and cause an incompletion. Either way someone was going to get screwed by it, but that doesnt mean Cincy wouldnt have scored on the next play. It's just a shame things like that are allowed to happen and change the entire scope of the game. Cincy went up by 14 after that stood, instead of possibly being only up by 10. Vegas scored on the the next possession just before half to keep it to a 7 pt deficit, but being down by only 3 changes things immensely. Especially on the final drive of the game where they were forced to go for a TD instead of kicking a FG to tie and send to OT. Bengals won 26-19 on an interception just short of the goal line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingsrule Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 1 hour ago, meixdaddy_10 said: There was an inadvertent whistle while the ball was still in the air on a TD pass from Burrow (who was going out of bounds but got the throw off before coming down). They almost said at first he was out of bounds but replay showed he was still good. The whistle should have caused the play to be blown dead and not stand by the letter of the rules, but the officials just ignored that and basically said the whistle didnt happen/have anny effect on the play. Some defenders let up once they heard the whistle, even though it likely wouldnt have changed the outcome. The nearest defender likely wouldnt have been able to make a play on the ball and cause an incompletion. Either way someone was going to get screwed by it, but that doesnt mean Cincy wouldnt have scored on the next play. It's just a shame things like that are allowed to happen and change the entire scope of the game. Cincy went up by 14 after that stood, instead of possibly being only up by 10. Vegas scored on the the next possession just before half to keep it to a 7 pt deficit, but being down by only 3 changes things immensely. Especially on the final drive of the game where they were forced to go for a TD instead of kicking a FG to tie and send to OT. Bengals won 26-19 on an interception just short of the goal line. There were a number of other instances too. Believe there was a play that was clearly a catch that NY had to step in an override an incompletion. I hate going the conspiracy theory angle with sports betting but if the nfl doesn’t improve its officiating crews, perhaps by having more full timers who are young who can lead crews, there is going to questions in regards to integrity. Just tired of watching all of these 60 year old part time officials trying to keep pace with 20-30 year old athletes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcticNorseman Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 The Bills totally crushed the Patriots. It was totally evident the Bills defense played upto their statistical ranking. The Bills offense put a whooping on the Patriots. Yes, Diggs played, but he was quiet. The Bengals look to be a dangerous team. Almost a week removed from Zimmer's firing, I'm glad the Vikes aren't in it. I think they'd have been demolished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrplChilPill Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Tampa looking very legit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingsrule Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 10 minutes ago, PrplChilPill said: Tampa looking very legit. Or that the 7th seed maybe shouldn’t exist. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gopherwrestler Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 1 minute ago, vikingsrule said: Or that the 7th seed maybe shouldn’t exist. I don’t mind the 7th seed. Some years it will be fun. The Eagles just aren’t that good. Vikings obviously would have ended up making this a game and either winning by a possession or losing by one. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelKing728 Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 59 minutes ago, PrplChilPill said: Tampa looking very legit. They are probably the only team that has a chance to beat Green Bay this playoff season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nozizaki Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 I feel bad for the Cowboys. They had a great season and are a legitimate Super Bowl contender. But their run defense is a liability and they play the one team that most eager to run the ball. 57 minutes ago, SteelKing728 said: They are probably the only team that has a chance to beat Green Bay this playoff season. I think the winner of the Rams/Cardinals game has a good shot to knock off Green Bay. Also Kansas City/Buffalo would be no slouch in the Super Bowl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SemperFeist Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 The 49ers, with their physicality and their run game can beat Green Bay. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc_vikingfan Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 49ers is making wonder how scary Hunter, Wonnum and Jones would be in a wide 9 scheme. I know it probably wouldn't work but their speed and the angle is interesting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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