Saturday, January 24, 2015

By The Pigskin Of Our Teeth: The Big Letdown

OK, now the NFL's just being a baby with this threat to ban Lynch for wearing gold cleats. I mean, fining him 100 G's for not talking to the media is as dumb as him not actually talking to the media, but this just reeks of pettiness. Reeks.



All right, let's get this party started. The Seahawks are committing a bunch of avoidable penalties. Did we ever find out what happened to Maxwell last week? That's... that's about how that was gonna end.




Now it's the Seahawks turn. To turn it over as well, apparently. And that's a moronic penalty by someone who wasn't even involved in the play. That's a good stop. That's another one. They're kicking a field goal? That seems like a bad move. I mean they made it but still.



Is this a fumble on the kickoff? It is! Lacy with some good carries here. Rodgers JUST missed Nelson in the end zone on 2nd and goal. Stopped again! The Packers are getting punked in the red zone right now.


Meanwhile, the Seahawks can't do anything on offense. They haven't even run enough plays for two three-and-outs. Well at least the rain's stopped. Buck: "We've had every season in the last hour here in Seattle." Hey, a successful short-yardage pickup. Another offsides? Touchdown! Did no one on the Seahawks see Cobb in the end zone all by himself? Did they not realize it was a free play? I don't know how that happens. This is not going well for the Seahawks at all. How did Rodgers miss Cobb? Avril and Bennett have been peppered with flags. Crosby out to kick a real field goal. What was that, Russ? It's raining again. I don't understand this game anymore. Did Nelson fall down on the route? Maxwell caught it, too — it didn't hit the ground. Finally, Lynch gets free. Wide receiver screen? Lynch barely got that first down. Isn't that supposed to be a penalty? Bad pass by Wilson and great interception by Shields.


There was nothing there. The Packers are just gonna chill until halftime, right?


The Seahawks are going to need Lynch to turn it up in the second half to have any shot at this. That won't help. Wilson had no chance on that sack. That Baldwin catch was the same as the Cobb touchdown — everyone else just stopped. He just knocked it out of Lynch's hands after waving his arms in front of him to mess up his vision.


FAKE FIELD GOAL PUNTER THROWS A TOUCHDOWN PASS TO A LINEMAN. Hey, you do what you gotta do at this point. The Seahawks blew up that screen with the rush. Did Rodgers grab his leg? It seems important that Lacy's having a better game than Lynch, too. Starks! Had he even carried the ball yet today? This game honestly hasn't been very exciting. That field goal actually feels daggerish. Lynch did all he could to get that one. Punting here probably isn't the right decision either. That one's not Wilson's fault.


The Seahawks are about to run out of time here. Touchdown Seahawks! Did  Lynch stay inbounds? There's about three spots here where he might not have.


They put him out at the 9. Do you want to score before or after the two-minute warning here?


Well, they scored before, so let's see what happens. They recovered it?!?!?! Wow, 86 on the Packers had the ball hit him in the head as he reached for it.


Hey, they let Wilson run the ball again. HOLY CHRIST. And then a tip goes the Seahawks' way as Willson catches the two-point conversion — on the same bad, across-the-field, across-his-body throw that Sherman picked Rodgers on in the first quarter. And by the way, how bad does that and kicking the field goal on 4th and goal from the 1 look now? Not to mention this thing that I completely missed:


And yet the Packers still have plenty of time (and all three time outs). Rodgers just hit two quick passes, then gimped a run out of bounds for another first down.




Then he misses twice. Sherman's still in pain. Why call time out so early, Packers? The coaching in this game has been mostly abysmal. That's the first really good throw Wilson's made today. KEARSE FOR THE WIN!! All of that was amazing.






If he didn't have a Super Bowl ring he'd be fired. MICHAEL BENNETT'S DOING A VICTORY LAP ON A BIKE.




(Seahawks 28, Packers 22, OT)



I legit haven't seen Shane Vereen in three months. That's not gonna help the cause, Colts. Seriously, Cribbs? Again? Didn't you learn anything after you nearly died last week? The Colts didn't hit that dude hard enough. That looks like a touchdown. Oh, wait, no it doesn't. That one does. Some pretty bad drops on this drive by the Colts' receivers. Holy crap. I don't think I've ever seen Viniatieri miss that badly.



Blount is just running through these dudes. Bad decision, Brady. That saved this game from getting out of hand. That's how you flip the field. I don't know what to make of Jamie Collins. Every game he seems to do two great things and two terrible things. Fleener's down. It's close, but he's down. And the Colts punch it in for a much-needed touchdown. This may be a game yet. Blount making moves? Really? This is ridiculous. That wasn't worth the risk, Brady. Belichick, unlike McCarthy, will go for it here. I think he got it. Man, the Colts have bottled up Gronk. Good work to hold the Patriots to three there. They brought out the wrong balls? How do you even do that?


Clearly "tackling LeGarrette Blount" was not discussed in the Colts' locker room at halftime. Nor, apparently, was "signing LeGarrette Blount" discussed at any point after he left the Steelers... he'd be their best back right now.  Solder? The LEFT TACKLE?!? And he ran 10 yards to get to the end zone!






The beauty of this is that you still don't expect it from anywhere other than the goal line. But at the same time, how do the Colts not see what's coming after last week? The Colts didn't help their cause with that sequence, either. This really isn't a good roster when you look at it. I mean, if you lined up the Colts, Pats, Packers and Seahawks starters 1 through 22, would any of the other three teams take anyone off the Colts? Have the Colts even had the ball in the second half? The Patriots have guys just running free now — Edelman scores if he's not falling backwards to the turf. Gronk again. This one's over. Hey, Revis is back. Now it's REALLY over. Studebaker didn't have to die, man. We're still in the third quarter? Good Lord.


Is LaFell getting in on the act now? That's Blount's third, I believe. Not good, Luck.


Where's Jimmy Garoppolo? (Patriots 45, Colts 7)

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