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Have any of you seen anything in the press about the extent of Sherman's injury? Have any of you considered that he may have been faking it? Is it difficult to imagine that snake laying in the weeds tempting the Packers to go after him?Also not mentioned is the fact that idiot McCarthy does exactly what Pete Carroll knows he will do after what could have been a game winning interception. He runs the ball straight into the middle of the line using mere seconds off the clock in a 3 and out. This guy has Aaron Rodgers for his quarterback and instead of picking up a first down or two and running out the Seattle timeouts and then the clock, he runs directly into the teeth of their stacked defense and loses yardage. We had the same problem for years in Denver where that fool Dan Reeves squandered most of Elway's career. John Fox turned out to be the reincarnation of Reeves, so I was delighted to see him go.And finally, I made no mention of deliberately maiming anyone. Just watch the way Marshawn Lynch attacks a would be tackler and explain to me why a punt returner shouldn't take on the last defender, the kicker, in the same way instead of just running out of bounds. Or let's say you are J.J. Watt, you just intercepted a pass and Peyton Manning is coming up to tackle you. I think it would be your duty to show ole Peyton why that's not a good idea instead of trying to outrun him.
In spite of a basketful of egregious Seahawk offensive failures and turnovers which should have allowed them to run up the score early, Green Bay only managed 22 points, well under their 30 pt. average. That's a huge tribute to the Seattle defense. Normally 22 points doesn't beat the Seahawks. Carping about Green Bay's offensive play misses the point they were playing an elite defense that kept Seattle in it until breaks and execution turned around.
Help me out here. I don't have a clue what the pressure in the ball is supposed to do. Does it provide an advantage of some kind? Does only one team benefit? Or is the same for both teams like the terrible playing surface in Chicago or the winds in many stadiums or the altitude in Denver? I think this is a billion dollar business and that the numbers involved are sufficient to tempt every team into trying to tilt the scales in their favor. Seems like the reaction to this bit of gossip is a mite disprportionate to the actual outcome. The Colts were unable to do anything at all. Was that caused by the football air pressure?
Each team uses their own game balls on offense.No one in the Colts world, myself included, believes this had anything whatsoever to do with the outcome. The Colts were beaten senseless by a far better team that has owned them for years. So all this does is give the sports press something to yammer about for 2 entire weeks. Regardless, this should be a terrific game between 2 very worthy teams and I'm looking forward to it.
Thanks, TomS.Still doesn't tell me why this ball inflation/deflation thing matters.BTW - Yammer? I love it. Great display of vocabulary.
It's not a question of whether NE got a significant advantage. It's the mindset of it being ok to break league rules if a club thinks they benefit. The rules state a pressure range for the footballs. NE know this and intentionally decided to not follow league rules.
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