NFL Week 15 Review

[bayala]

Still too early to call at the top! Congratulations to @Skypilot who was our outright winner this week with 14 correct tips. Please PM @First Lady to collect your prize. 

 

Hot Takes

1. Was Jalen Ramsay right?

[Former Jags LB Jeff Kopp] I was fined conduct detrimental by TC after missing a lifting session on Monday after a bye week. That’s a game check. I got stuck in O’Hare due to lightning and cancelled flight. I was fined the same amount as a teammate that was arrested & spent the night in jail.

Coughlin has been fired and now there's 10's of stories in the media about unfair sanctions and fines imposed on the players. Seems like there's an ex explanation now for how they have descended as a franchise since being 1 game away from the Super Bowl. 

 

2. Only the skins

This is just embarrassing: Redskins beat reporter Craig Hoffman (106.7 The Fan) has confirmed that GM Bruce Allen - not the coaching staff - has the authority to call when to throw the challenge flag during games. Dan Snyder has given Allen this authority for several years now.

 

3. Records continue to fall

[ESPN] There have been 649 individual 1,000 rush yard seasons. There have been 124 individual 30 pass TD seasons. Lamar Jackson is the 1st player in NFL history with both in a season.

He continues to rewrite the record books. Will we sit here in 20 years time and see these records fall like we have with Vick's? Many of which people thought couldn't be broken. 

4. Trees

Bill Belichick is 272–126 and 31–11 in the postseason. His former assistants combined have a 180-268-1 record and single playoff win

Is the coaching tree really that important? Analysts and tv hosts spend a lot of time talking about coaching trees etc but is there any merit?

 

5. Have they peaked too early?

[Schefter] Ravens had an NFL record 12 players voted to this season’s Pro Bowl.

Can the ravens keep up their hot form and favorite status. There's still plenty of football to be played this year. 

[El Presidente]

1 hour ago, bayala said:

 

2. Only the skins

This is just embarrassing: Redskins beat reporter Craig Hoffman (106.7 The Fan) has confirmed that GM Bruce Allen - not the coaching staff - has the authority to call when to throw the challenge flag during games. Dan Snyder has given Allen this authority for several years now.

 

 

[FireMedic]

Getting close to the top5 after a few had too many drinks and forgot to make my picks, climbing the ladder. Little chance to get much higher but much enjoyed this season competition. Many thanks!!

[Ken Gargett]

2 hours ago, bayala said:

2. Only the skins

This is just embarrassing: Redskins beat reporter Craig Hoffman (106.7 The Fan) has confirmed that GM Bruce Allen - not the coaching staff - has the authority to call when to throw the challenge flag during games. Dan Snyder has given Allen this authority for several years now.

 

oh please, that is minor league idiocy for the skins.

two words. cal rossi. stupidity does not more monumental than this. 

for those who have forgotten, cal rossi was the skins first pick in 1946 draft (9th overall). woohoo! problem was that he was a junior and not eligible for the draft. skins had apparently failed to check this. way to waste a pick. 

but wait, it gets better. the skins were determined to get rossi so the following year, they used their first pick on him again. woohoo! there was the small issue that no one had asked rossi if he was even remotely interested in playing professional football. he was not. way to waste another first round pick!!

dan s is an amateur compared with our previous gold medal idiots. 

i had not heard that about the challenge flag but it is no surprise. 

the good news is that apparently the bromance is finally over. their hips have been severed. dan no longer is seen with bruce quite as much. and bruce was not invited to the presidential suite for the last game. a first! this was apparently how dan treated his former bestie, vinny C, when that decade of 'so far below mediocre' finally ended (in fairness, at least vinny had some experience - he was actor in kindergarten ninja). 

dan's new bestie is alex smith, the injured QB. there is even talk that he'll be slotted in as the new GM. well why not. he has the experience (of what, we are not sure).