Fumble returned for a TD decided the game, or punt return decided the game, or.... The penalty call didn't decide the game.
You can point to 100 things that happened that helped decide the game. And as I told Philly fan in another thread, KC won legitimately. Philly didn’t make enough plays.
I feel that there will be a lot of folks that have this comment fly over their heads.
You can point to the last drive where they let them drive right down the field. The call sucked, but I had no issue with it.
I think that type of play should be called as it is in hockey, soccer and basketball. I also hated the call but I understood it. But it shouldn’t be called unless it prevented Juju from getting to the ball or creating separation. I didn’t see the grab if the shirt accomplishing that.
You’re listing important plays during the game, not a play that literally decided the game.
So did the others. No single play decides any game.
1) If it's right "by the letter of the law", personally I want it called every time, and yes, even if it means that the game is decided by the refs. IMO that's better than NHL-style "let the players decide" as the refs swallow their whistles" and the goons from Ontario and Manitoba smash the crap out of the GOOD PLAYERS like Mario and Sid.
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This is the wrong attitude, that the game must have some fantastical, dramatic climax, when it's just as valid to end it on ticky tacky call, as long as it's by the letter of the law.
The ref who was closest to the “penalty” didn’t make the call. It came from the ref in the end zone a few seconds later. That’s the issue. If he caught it, would he have still thrown the flag? It was thrown late.
Even if they don't throw that flag, they kick the FG anyways and there's no guarantee Philly scores again in a minute.
I think those other sports should call all legit fouls no matter the situation, like if it's 3-3 with 3:00 left in the Stanley Cup Final Game 7 and Crosby or Ovie are tripped and it's a legit penalty, power play should be awarded as if it was game 7 of the season in October.
But that chance was removed. If the flag isn’t thrown, the Chiefs kick a FG and the Eagles get a chance to score a TD or kick a FG and go to OT.
By the way, what were the Eagles doing on that last play? The pass was thrown to no one. They would have been better off trying the lateral play on the kickoff.
But if it's a legit penalty by the letter of the law, then Philly shouldn't get a chance so we can have more dramatic TV endings.
These days, it's more important to have a powerful offense. Steelers need to move into the 21st century.
NFL QB’s can usually have no trouble throwing the ball forty yards or so with no blitz.
You can score all the points you want but if your defense can’t get a stop or two you’ll lose those games.
But if you get a stop or two and win 38-35, it's more about the offense getting the 38 points, than the defense getting a stop or two to "hold them to 35". Maybe the Steelers could hold KC to 28, but lose 28-13, because the offense is too impotent because they think defense matters more.
The Steelers have nothing to do with this. You can score all the points you want but you have to get stops. KC did get stops. Eagles scored 10 points in the second half and gave up 24. KC won because the Eagles couldn’t play defense.
BUT YOU HAVE TO A SCORE A TON OF POINTS to win with "just a couple of stops", in a 38-35 game SCORING is more important than stops, unless you can pile up TDs making 2 stops in 10 drives won't matter.
But you still need to score THIRTY OR MORE yourself, it's so ridiculous to downplay the importance of OFFENSE and SCORING. If the rules are made to score 30 or more, then that makes offense even more important, you can't be one of the teams scoring 17 or 20 and expect to go far, the margin of error for the defense is too much if your offense isn't potent.
You do know that if that penalty wasn't called the Chiefs were kicking a field goal anyway don't you? Why do people have to manufacture controversy about everything. The Eagles got beat in the second half, period.
College is the same way now. Saban adjusted. Got to open up offense and throw morevthan run and put up a 30+ number. But your defense still needs to make some key stops. Philly did not.
Bingo. Except for the Sanders fumble. It was the right call but he was very lucky.
