Honestly, it's the small intracacies the fact that games come down to these (every inch matters and so on) that makes the sport of football so good. If we didn't have such close calls then the game would be less exciting. I think it's great everyone is so into this call because it shows how tough and how hard earned everything is in the NFL. Now if I was a Steelers fan, I may not see it that way.
Yeah. This is a sport where we have cameras slowing things down to a millionth of a second but first downs are still measured by two schmoes holding onto a chain. Completely logical.
I haven’t checked this thread in 2 days, but did anyone discuss Rogers being interfered with/held on that last play?
When James’ knee hit the ground he still had possession. The lunge to the end zone was a separate football move and technically he recovered his own fumble in the end zone. Any takers on that one?
The Steelers are being ripped for being situationally stupid (rightly so) but the Patriots weren’t exactly perfect in crunch time either. Terrible tackling on that long catch and run and then James was left completely uncovered. But yeah, the coaches and Ben stood around with their thumbs up their asses during the review instead of planning plays, so deserved to lose from that point on.
Their tallest and fastest receiver was not on the field for the biggest play of the year
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Cowherd has always said it best, an emotion-driven coach is no match for the analytical Belichick style. Tomlin FELT IN HIS GUT like it was a good idea. Of course if the fake spike play had been successful, everyone would be lauding the guts and bravery of the play - that’s why Monday morning quarterbacking is such an easy job: criticize what didn’t work after the fact, with benefit of hindsight and not the pressure of the moment.
Anyway, time to move on and try to preserve the 2nd seed and get Brown back healthy.