Bill Johanesen
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Lets face it, the reason so many of us are so down on Cousins is because we held out hope that he would be better than what he has showed his entire career. If we want to relieve some of the stress, we just need to understand that even though he's being paid a lot of dough, he's just an average QB and not expect anything different. I have seen enough of his body of work to understand that he is best if there isn't pressure on him to perform and our current offense should be able to minimize the need for these types of situations. We came back on GB yesterday, running the ball, not passing it. So, if we can get the head coach to have his team prepared right out of the gate, maybe we won't be so far behind and not need Cousins to feel the pressure.
I hope they keep Dakota right where he's at, this offensive line can be special with time. Elf makes a better swing guy/backup.
I feel the same way Phil about Diggs play yesterday, I even mentioned it to my brother. With Cousins not playing at his best, we don't need Diggs being a dumbass out there, we needed leadership and he certainly didn't show that. That is one of the huge differences between Diggs and AT.
I am wondering about the booth review after the TD Diggs scored on the drag across the middle. They called Cook for blocking in the end zone, even though no flag was thrown. Does that mean they are now going to scour every scoring play to look for a penalty that didn't get called. The hit in the end zone was five yards away from the play, Diggs wasn't going to get stopped by they guy that had contact with Cook. I don't know if I've ever seen a review of a TD and had a penalty called from the booth when there wasn't a penalty called on the field. That was very strange and sets a very bad president.
Didn't it get reviewed because it was in the last 2 minutes?
I don't think every scoring play will get reviewed. Only if team throws flag, or in last 2 minutes NY takes a look at it.
I believe I heard him say that it was being reviewed because every scoring play gets reviewed, not sure. But if they just reviewed it because it was in the last two minutes of the half, that is just another thing that is terrible about the review process. I am with Doc, you can take instant replay and throw it away as far as I'm concerned. The NFL reached the place of unwatchable for me a couple of years ago. Now I just watch the condensed games, no commercials, penalties go by in an instant and I only have to listen to a minimum of blabber from announcers calling Garrett Bradbury, "Garrett Bradley", I mean really, the whole product is certainly not what it was 20 years ago, much less 40 years ago. They have dummied the game down to draw interest from the ladies, lets face it, they (the girls) usually control the money and the remote. (Please understand I am not saying that ladies are dumb, just that the NFL have gone to an extraordinary effort to explain every play in huge detail, that isn't meant for guys who already understand the game) They want to sell the product and teamwear it is a huge profit for them, girls buy much more then men.
It's just a changed form of entertainment that is loosing it's appeal. Collage Football is better, but they will find a way to screw that up too, then it's just the Friday night games of the local High School. Oh well, everybody needs to please the stakeholders I guess, that's just too bad!
Wowzers. You and I have differing views on women for sure.
You think women are dumb?
That's what you took from that?
Dana: I am not saying that ladies are dumb
You: You and I have differing views on women for sure.
I do apologize if my comments were taken as a slight to the ladies, let me explain. About 15 years ago I read a very solid article, I believe it was in Sports Illustrated, maybe not, but the article talked about how the NFL was trying to sell the game to the ladies, get them more involved, sell more stuff. In that article they made the observation that most women control the checkbook and spend more money on clothes and team-wear. In their efforts to sell the game to the ladies, the NFL was purposely changing the guys in the booth that call the games, how they detail the play calling to help people less familiar with the game to understand it better. It was a long article and I wont try to explain it all here, but ever since I read it I understand better why the game has changed so much and the way the NFL has marketed the game. Good for their pockets, bad for guys like me.
I'm a dinosaur in this discussion, as I am old school and certainly against the direction the NFL has taken in the past 20 years. Slowing the game down, replay, announcers talking relentlessly about details that mean noting to the average/knowledgeable fan of the game. It's just the changes that the game has gone through, no huge deal, I'm just not crazy about it and have lost my passion for the NFL. I still love the game and I am hoping to get back into coaching high school kids when I return to the states, but really, it's not enjoyable to watch any longer, that's all.
I do not think ladies are stupid, 
If anything, the game has gotten more complicated. I think the tuck rule ushered in a new era of "we are going to cover every contingency with a rule and sub-rules that nobody understands."
Far less of a fan than I used to be. NFL-wise, it's due to the game stoppages and endless new rules that are very subjective.
Hell, if just one ref would have called that blatant PI in LA vs. NO, we likely would not even have these silly ass reviews in NY, more OFI calls, etc! So rather than admit the game is officiated poorly (due to subjective rules... caused by poor referee decisions... which add more bogus rules... never-ending cycle), the NFL totes on.
The root cause for the missed call in that game is greed, because the NFL won't pay for full-time refs. So we get ineptness. And new rules, and NY reviews, more commercials, etc.
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