Week 4 Discussion Thread - Page 8

MetSox17 · 09-27-2012, 12:48 PM

Why are you guys still wasting your time watching ESPN trash?

BeerBaron · 09-27-2012, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by MetSox17

Why are you guys still wasting your time watching ESPN trash?

I didn't see or hear of it until it was posted just a few posts ago, yanno, in this exact thread. Then you kind of want to look at it in the same way you'd stare at a car crash.

Ness · 09-27-2012, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by BuckeyeDan17

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=8431403

As an African American and an artist myself, a cartoonist I should say, I don't have a problem with it.

MetSox17 · 09-27-2012, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by BeerBaron

I didn't see or hear of it until it was posted just a few posts ago, yanno, in this exact thread. Then you kind of want to look at it in the same way you'd stare at a car crash.

Yeah, and at the end of the day, they get what they want. A rise out of you. I swear i'd take a tire iron to Stephen A Smith's enormous forehead if i ever got the chance.

SolidGold · 09-27-2012, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by BuckeyeDan17

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=8431403

That's just funny. Nothing offensive at all. I hate Stephen A. Smith...him and Jemele Hill are the two biggest race baiters employed at ESPN

BuckeyeDan17 · 09-27-2012, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by MetSox17

Why are you guys still wasting your time watching ESPN trash?

I was bored as hell flipping through channels and stopped for a second on the segment. I was just curious to know what people thought, wasn't trying to start a fire or anything.

J-Spot · 09-27-2012, 12:57 PM

I don't think that the Ravens defense is that good this year. I could see Weeden throwing for 2+ TDs and Richardson running for a buck-fifty or somewhere close to it.

The Ravens will still probably win it in the end, but I would be shocked if they cover that massive point spread.

Pick the Browns ATS in this one for sure.

vidae · 09-27-2012, 01:04 PM

Here you go Stephen A. Smith:

BigBanger · 09-27-2012, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by BuckeyeDan17

I can't believe this Cam Newton opinion/editorial is being so heavily discussed on ESPN first take.

Have you guys seen it? And if so, do YOU see any racial motive behind it? Personally, I don't see it. I didn't think it was thread worthy so I just thought I'd bring it up here.

What is hello kitty?

BuckeyeDan17 · 09-27-2012, 01:11 PM

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What is hello kitty?

If you're serious,

per wikipedia: fictional character produced by the Japanese company Sanrio, first designed by Yuko Shimizu. She is portrayed as a female white Japanese bobtail cat with a red bow.[1] The character's first appearance on an item, a vinyl coin purse, was introduced in Japan in 1974 and brought to the United States in 1976.

ShutDwn · 09-27-2012, 01:30 PM

They're just jealous of Cams dinosaur-ish good looks. Old men can't help but hate on the young go hards.

Babylon · 09-27-2012, 01:31 PM

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Would this be the dame Eagles team that so many were touting as the next Great Team?

J

They look ordinary to me. They easily could be 0-3.

Scotty D · 09-27-2012, 01:38 PM

I think the Browns could put up a fight in this one. I can see the levees breaking at some point and the Ravens run away with it though. I've just seen highlights of Richardson so I'm excited for the game.

SuperPacker · 09-27-2012, 01:40 PM

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...he-right-call/

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Lance Easley, the replacement side judge who ruled that Seahawks receiver Golden Tate and Packers defensive back M.D. Jennings simultaneously possessed the final pass of the game on Monday night — handing Seattle an undeserved win — stands by his call.

“It was the correct call,” Easley told TMZ. “I didn’t do anything wrong.”

Unfortunately, in defending the call, Easley seemed to indicate that he still doesn’t understand the NFL’s rules on simultaneous possession.

“You have to not only have the ball but have either two feet or a body part on the ground, and that never happened,” Easley said.

But that’s not what the rules of the NFL say. The rules say, “It is not a simultaneous catch if a player gains control first and an opponent subsequently gains joint control.” So Jennings didn’t need to have possession with either two feet or a body part on the ground. He just needed to have control of the ball first and then possession.

Easley also said he isn’t pleased that he has become the focal point of all the complaints about the officiating in the NFL.

“I don’t appreciate the negative stuff,” he said.

Babylon · 09-27-2012, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by SuperPacker

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...he-right-call/

I like the part where he said i don't appreciate the negative stuff. Then go sell ####ing shoes cause you're terrible as a referee.

SuperPacker · 09-27-2012, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Babylon

I like the part where he said i don't appreciate the negative stuff. Then go sell ####ing shoes cause you're terrible as a referee.

I also love that in saying he was right, he is saying the ref standing next to him was wrong. The poor guy gets the call right and then gets put under a bus by his own team.

Raiderz4Life · 09-27-2012, 02:07 PM

I love how he says Cam is discolored and has a pink shirt.

I was so dumbfounded. Like...************....WHERE IS THE ******* PINK? hahahaha

We're still cryin about the MNF game??? Thought that was over.

Babylon · 09-27-2012, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by raiderz4life

I love how he says Cam is discolored and has a pink shirt.

I was so dumbfounded. Like...************....WHERE IS THE ******* PINK? hahahaha

We're still cryin about the MNF game??? Thought that was over.

As far as i'm concerned it's better than talking Cam Newton and Hello Kitty.

SuperPacker · 09-27-2012, 02:13 PM

No, i'm still crying.

Docta · 09-27-2012, 02:14 PM

If you should be mad at anyone, it should be at Goodell and the owners. Again, if he was a good ref, he wouldn't be a replacement.

And if the Packers don't end up ahead of the Bears and Lions over 1 loss, then they don't deserve it. The Lions have regressed, and they've already shown that they're better than the Bears.

XxXdragonXxX · 09-27-2012, 02:18 PM

http://lifexinxrewind.wordpress.com/...-referee-crew/

Hehe...

Raiderz4Life · 09-27-2012, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Docta

If you should be mad at anyone, it should be at Goodell and the owners. Again, if he was a good ref, he wouldn't be a replacement.

And if the Packers don't end up ahead of the Bears and Lions over 1 loss, then they don't deserve it. The Lions have regressed, and they've already shown that they're better than the Bears.

I like this Docta character. Makes good points and a killer sig.

ImBrotherCain · 09-27-2012, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by XxXdragonXxX

http://lifexinxrewind.wordpress.com/...-referee-crew/

Hehe...

The problem with this argument is that it really only shows the behind angle which is pretty much garbage.

http://deadspin.com/5946917/seahawks...that-touchdown

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What don't either of these angles show, taken as they were from behind the end zone? The ball. A screengrab of nearly the exact moment captured in the photo shows Jennings, though his feet aren't on the ground, with both hands on the ball, squeezing it to his chest. Tate has both feet down, yes—but he has one hand tangled up with Jennings's arms, his other hand flailing in the air. In other words, the screengrab shows you exactly what's been replayed on TV 10,000 times, and led everyone to comfortably state the refs blew the call.

It's pointless to argue, of course. That's how truthers work. Their "evidence" is only intriguing if you ignore all the other evidence to the contrary.

Rosebud · 09-27-2012, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Docta

If you should be mad at anyone, it should be at Goodell and the owners. Again, if he was a good ref, he wouldn't be a replacement.

And if the Packers don't end up ahead of the Bears and Lions over 1 loss, then they don't deserve it. The Lions have regressed, and they've already shown that they're better than the Bears.

Or the regular refs for having ridiculous expectations from a part-time job.

XxXdragonXxX · 09-27-2012, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by ImBrotherCain

The problem with this argument is that it really only shows the behind angle which is pretty much garbage.

http://deadspin.com/5946917/seahawks...that-touchdown

The only part of the argument I find intriguing is that Tate has a hand between the ball and Jennings body, and that hand was in there at the same time Jennings gained control. I guess you could argue that 1 hand is enough control to constitute simultaneous possession.

Either way I think that at full speed without multiple angles, I could definitely see a regular ref making the same call on the field.