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It really sucks that such a great game basically got decided in the end by the OT coin toss.

I was at the game in New Orleans when the Saints beat the Vikings in OT of the NFC Championship Game (the game that the Saints Bounty gate revolved around). The Saints winning the OT coin toss and wining with a first possession FG caused the NFL to change the rule to a first possession TD. Still a horrible rule. It burned the Vikings, the Falcons and now the Bills.

If KC kicks a FG BUF still gets a possession. KC running 2 plays from their own 25 with 13 seconds left and somehow getting into FG range was the major Buffalo fail, not whether they squibed it or not. All the second guessing gets ridiculous.

If KC fields a kick that has touched the ground, the clock runs & KC has 10 seconds rather than 13. Just saying kicking it out of the end zone made no sense when KC had 3 timeouts

And the ball is a live on a KO so you put it where it can’t be fair caught and it also doesn’t go out of bounds.

THAT art has all about disappeared. I don’t even recall last time I saw a coffin corner punt.

The young Padawan is learning the ways of the Board!

Catches on quickly, doesn’t he?

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It really sucks that such a great game basically got decided in the end by the OT coin toss.

I was at the game in New Orleans when the Saints beat the Vikings in OT of the NFC Championship Game (the game that the Saints Bounty gate revolved around). The Saints winning the OT coin toss and wining with a first possession FG caused the NFL to change the rule to a first possession TD. Still a horrible rule. It burned the Vikings, the Falcons and now the Bills.

If KC kicks a FG BUF still gets a possession. KC running 2 plays from their own 25 with 13 seconds left and somehow getting into FG range was the major Buffalo fail, not whether they squibed it or not. All the second guessing gets ridiculous.

If KC fields a kick that has touched the ground, the clock runs & KC has 10 seconds rather than 13. Just saying kicking it out of the end zone made no sense when KC had 3 timeouts

If they pick up the ball and kneel it immediately no time runs off the clock. And they’d likely be getting better field position on a squib kick than a touchback.

Plus they run the risk of the ball taking a weird bounce and going out of bounds and giving up 15 more yards.

IIRC the Vikings lost a key game doing the squib kick instead of kicking it deep a couple years ago and Zimmer raged about how he told the special teams to kick it out of the endzone. Special teams coordinator decided to squib it and the other team went down and scored because they only had to go about 30 yards.

When it came to special teams…if Zimmer raged against it…then it had to be the correct play…lmao…but what you are referring to …..on a short field following a 15 yard penalty, I recall the Viking kicker trying to pouch it, but instead kicking it into the end zone 😂

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It really sucks that such a great game basically got decided in the end by the OT coin toss.

I was at the game in New Orleans when the Saints beat the Vikings in OT of the NFC Championship Game (the game that the Saints Bounty gate revolved around). The Saints winning the OT coin toss and wining with a first possession FG caused the NFL to change the rule to a first possession TD. Still a horrible rule. It burned the Vikings, the Falcons and now the Bills.

If KC kicks a FG BUF still gets a possession. KC running 2 plays from their own 25 with 13 seconds left and somehow getting into FG range was the major Buffalo fail, not whether they squibed it or not. All the second guessing gets ridiculous.

If KC fields a kick that has touched the ground, the clock runs & KC has 10 seconds rather than 13. Just saying kicking it out of the end zone made no sense when KC had 3 timeouts

If they pick up the ball and kneel it immediately no time runs off the clock. And they’d likely be getting better field position on a squib kick than a touchback.

Plus they run the risk of the ball taking a weird bounce and going out of bounds and giving up 15 more yards.

IIRC the Vikings lost a key game doing the squib kick instead of kicking it deep a couple years ago and Zimmer raged about how he told the special teams to kick it out of the endzone. Special teams coordinator decided to squib it and the other team went down and scored because they only had to go about 30 yards.

When it came to special teams…if Zimmer raged against it…then it had to be the correct play…lmao…but what you are referring to …..on a short field following a 15 yard penalty, I recall the Viking kicker trying to pouch it, but instead kicking it into the end zone 😂

Bearpaw is correct. I don’t recall who the kicker was, but he put the ball out of the end zone, which gave Stafford and the Lions the ball at the 20 with something like 33 seconds and two timeouts to go down and kick a game winning field goal. The kicker was gone before the next game.

Why does an NFL overtime need to be sudden death? Give each team a couple of timeouts, and play another 15 minute quarter.

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It really sucks that such a great game basically got decided in the end by the OT coin toss.

I was at the game in New Orleans when the Saints beat the Vikings in OT of the NFC Championship Game (the game that the Saints Bounty gate revolved around). The Saints winning the OT coin toss and wining with a first possession FG caused the NFL to change the rule to a first possession TD. Still a horrible rule. It burned the Vikings, the Falcons and now the Bills.

If KC kicks a FG BUF still gets a possession. KC running 2 plays from their own 25 with 13 seconds left and somehow getting into FG range was the major Buffalo fail, not whether they squibed it or not. All the second guessing gets ridiculous.

If KC fields a kick that has touched the ground, the clock runs & KC has 10 seconds rather than 13. Just saying kicking it out of the end zone made no sense when KC had 3 timeouts

If they pick up the ball and kneel it immediately no time runs off the clock. And they’d likely be getting better field position on a squib kick than a touchback.

Plus they run the risk of the ball taking a weird bounce and going out of bounds and giving up 15 more yards.

IIRC the Vikings lost a key game doing the squib kick instead of kicking it deep a couple years ago and Zimmer raged about how he told the special teams to kick it out of the endzone. Special teams coordinator decided to squib it and the other team went down and scored because they only had to go about 30 yards.

When it came to special teams…if Zimmer raged against it…then it had to be the correct play…lmao…but what you are referring to …..on a short field following a 15 yard penalty, I recall the Viking kicker trying to pouch it, but instead kicking it into the end zone 😂

It was this year against Arizona right before half that I was thinking of. The Vikings had just scored before half to take a 23-21 lead. We squib kicked it, Arizona picked it up and got it out to the 35, ran two plays for 20 yards and kicked a long FG as time expired. Instead of a 2 point lead at half we were down by one en route to losing by one.

I would say this weekend has been just a bit of an upgrade over last weekend.

I think all 4 games were decided on the last play…?…snooze

Just like the NBA, really only need to watch the last 5 minutes

Souhan’s Sunday Strib column about Leslie Frazier being the best choice, even though a “rerun” , as the next Viking coach certainly hasn’t aged well.

It sounds like Sean Payton is considering leaving the Saints. Would he be interested in coaching the Vikings? If so is he the right person for the job?

https://twitter.com/carlfugate/status/1485443010817105921?s=21

Mike Curtis did it better. :club: :blackeye:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEozFiDFNJY

Oops.

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I mean I assume the reason he took it in BTC was because he doesn’t need the money immediately. If he holds onto that BTC for another year or two (or longer) it still could turn out to be a great deal for him.

Crypto prices are like the weather in MN, if you don’t like it, just wait 5 minutes lol

It sounds like Sean Payton is considering leaving the Saints. Would he be interested in coaching the Vikings? If so is he the right person for the job?

He shouldn’t get a job anyplace.

Souhan’s Sunday Strib column about Leslie Frazier being the best choice, even though a “rerun” , as the next Viking coach certainly hasn’t aged well.

He’s more likely to go to the Giants. Their new GM is Joe Schoen (formerly Assistant GM for the Bills), and they have interviewed both Frasier and Brian Daboll.

P.S. Souhan is an idiot

I think the Bears interviewed both also

Think about this.

Josh Allen in the 2021 playoffs

48-of-62 (77.4%), 637 yards, 9 TD, 0 INT, 149.0 rating (10.3 YPA).

17 carries, 139 yards (7.9 YPC).

His 106.6 passer rating in the postseason is 2nd in #NFL history (only Patrick Mahomes is higher at 107.2).

And the Bills are knocked out of the playoffs. KC/Bills….this is gonna be a long time battle….

If TB retires why wouldn’t Rodgers just go take the reins in sunny Florida?

As a neutral (but leaning Bills) fan that was one hell of a game.

Gut wrenching for those on the wrong end. 😞

I’ve lived through all 4 of the Vikings’ Super Bowl losses, but 2009 and New Orleans was the worst for me. I was so positive they were going to the Super Bowl, right up until that field goal went through the uprights. I was totally wiped after that one and sincerely felt ill from lack of sleep for a couple days. My condolences to The Rube. It’s like “Uggghhhhhhhh…”

It was setup perfectly this year for the Bills’ Vengeance Tour 2022:

NE: obvious reasons

KC: last year’s AFC Title game

TN (Memphis Miracle) or CIN (1988 AFC Championship)

And then possibly beating Brady in the SB.

That would have been a dream come true…

It would be fun for NE to keep improving with Mac/BillyB and have a real battle year in year out for the AFC East. Kind of like what we saw in the AFC North with Steelers, Ravens, and to a lesser extent Cincy in the last decade or in the NFC West. Those Bills with Allen are super fun to watch.

Sounds like the rumors are true.

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How many bitcoin billionaires (in dollars) are there out there? That have actually cashed out. I don’t delve into crypto because I don’t trust it but seems the cash out process is not too hard nowadays.

If he took the contract in bitcoin what does that actually mean? Just $750k in bitcoin? The same as if he got the money and bought bitcoin himself?

Good god Payton is just yammering on endlessly in his farewell press conference. NFL Network finally just gave up and went to commercial when he finally stopped talking for 3 seconds. I’m sure he’ll be apologizing to Favre for bountygate at some point…..

Kudos to Chiefs fans:

https://www.wkbw.com/news/local-news/buffalo-strong/chiefs-fans-take-a-page-from-bills-mafia-playbook-begin-donating-to-oishei-childrens-hospital

Seems like Leftwich will became the new Jaguars coach.

To my knowledge he is the first person have lived in the same apartment building as me and also become an NFL head coach.

Now I need Gilles Meloche to get a head coaching job and I’ll have two former neighbors as head coaches!

The plot thickens. After everyone spends all day telling their best Brady stories, nothing is official. (yet)

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This is really awesome:

Oishei Children’s Hospital

@OCHBuffalo

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#ChiefsKingdom Giants fans are joining in supporting the kids & families we care for here in WNY! This morning the total raise has surpassed $442,000 with over 19,600 donations Red heartGreen heart Thank you all for making an incredible impact in kids health here in WNY!

Peyton Manning kills it SNL

Not seeing CIN even keeping this competitive

Audio fail during this halftime blab session.

Audio fail during this halftime blab session.

Not ideal when the huge music speakers are directly behind the set. :lol: But, Applebees got some free publicity.

They must be supremely confident that Cincinnati simply can’t keep up on the scoreboard…which HAS been the case so far.

Welp…

Not seeing CIN even keeping this competitive

…unless KC totally lets down and CIN remembers how good Chase is.

Bengals “D” is really stepping up and locking down the Chiefs offense

Cincy wins!!!

The Bengals 100% earned that one. Totally shut down KC in the second half. Their defense was magnificent after getting bounced around the first half. Good for them!

Good riddance to the tomahawk chop.

Well, the Rams and 49ers have a lot to live up to tonight.

Kansas City’s last eight possessions.

end of half – clock runs out with the ball at the one

punt

punt

interception

punt

punt

field goal

interception

Who would have predicted this after Kansas City scored TDs on their first three possessions to go up 21-3?

A 21-3 lead is a really nice lead but it’s not that safe when you only score 3 points the rest of game.