Can't remember a season when there were only 2 unbeatens after 3 weeks. And one of those is Atlanta, who should be 1-2. Lots of inconsistent play so far. Most offenses have been sporadic through the first month. But one has to admit this has been a September unprecedented in the NFL thanks to outside influences. Hurricanes and other things that we shall not mention have been a distraction. And OL struggles are spreading like a virus. It will be interesting to see if the end of the year brings better play & separation. Or if parity is stronger than ever.........
.......I stated Atl should have 2 losses. Chicago dropped 2 game winning TD's at the finish of the opener. Last week @ Detroit, the Lions came up a half yard short. I like replay. I think it should be in the game. But we have to remember why it is in there: To get the call right.
The refs didn't make a mistake in their ruling. Here is where I have a problem. While they were allowed to see if Tate was down by contact, they weren't allowed to "see" the interference from the DB. So they could correct the spot, they couldn't correct the call. Mighty unfair for the Lions to lose the score & the time by rule and the Falcons not have to defend one last play even when the video was clear.
I think they should keep the rules about when you are allowed to use replay. However, when the play they are looking at shows a clear violation, the zebras should be allowed to throw a flag afterward. Colleges already allow a player to be ejected for targeting if a replay shows it, even if a flag wasn't tossed or a review wasn't requested. Again, let's remember why replay is there - To get it right.........
.......What happened to
Billy "White Shoes" Johnson?.......
......Allow me to rant about the Panthers.....Carolina's offensive struggles are due to bad choices. I'll list them in ascending order according to stupidity.
4. Conservative Ron Rivera. Defensive guys as head coaches irritate me. Not all are this way, but too many don't want to win. They want to win, their way. They love pounding the ball & FG's too much. Case in point, last week the worst defense in the league comes to town. Opening week, they made Sam Bradford look like Tom Brady. Then the next week, they made Tom Brady look like Tom Brady. So why were they trying to grind it & wear the Saints out? I'm all for a personal philosophy for winning football games, but adaptability has got to be a component. And did you hear why they punted from the NO35 down 18 in the 4th w/7:00 to go. Because Rivera (I'm not making this up) was concerned about giving the Saints a short field if they missed the conversion or the FG. ?????????
3. Signing Matt Kalil. From this point on this forum, I will be referring to Matt as "Turnstile". The guy offers as much protection as the French military. After his miserable performance in Minnesota, why on earth did they think he could shore up the line & protect Cam's blindside?
2. Keeping Mike Shula as offensive coordinator. I shuddered when the Panthers promoted him to replace Rob Chudzinski back in 2013. I was willing to hope he had grown since his terrible stay in Tampa. Lo & behold!, a Shula offense still gives off the appearance of a unit playing in 3 feet of mud. People gave him waaaayyy too much credit in back in 2015. I still wanted him fired. Nothing has changed my mind since. I constantly remind people Cam Newton threw for over 400 yds his 1st 2 games as a pro. Yet, he continues to have coaches who try to change him into Alex Smith. They've taken a ferrari & tried to turn it into a pickup truck.
1. Cam Newton had his surgery in March. Let's let that soak for a minute.....Season ended January 1st. Why in the world did they wait 2 frikkin' months to operate?????? Cam has yet to have a full week of throwing the ball in practice. Are we @ all shocked the guy is rusty? Where he is at now is where he should have been in July. When training camp starts, not a quarter of the way into the season. I don't know what the reasoning was for the delay.........
End of rant......
........And don't get me started on the secondary. I thought this was supposed to be Bradberry's breakout year? Dude has been toasted more times than a box of Pop Tarts!......And why are they dumping so much salary into the front 7 in order to have RB's invading the secondary & Drew Brees in a clean jersey @ the end of the day?????
Okay, I promise. End of rant...........
........This had to be
Sunday's best moment. Maybe the only thing better than making your dad tear up with pride is having your son make you tear up with pride........