That is known as drowning sorrows. :p

Loving the look back on the C4 coverage at the weekend ... 1982 seems such a long time ago now!

From the start? Animals, absolute animals. No way the eagles fans are the worst fans in the league.

I think Pete can testify to that after an experience a couple of years back.

I'd still rather go into Giant Stadium wearing a Pats shirt and winding the Jets up than doing the same in Philly.

No brainer.

Besides, it was only a pint or two of beer they poured on me :D

So, Calvin Johnson's "catch".

Was it or wasn't it? I've read and watched a few opinions on a few websites but what do BBSers think? Is there enough in the rule to cause such confusion? I can see the argument for both giving the TD and not giving it. Should the rule be amended slightly or is this just not required?

CJ clearly has control of the ball throughout the entire catch and it is just when he pushes himself up to celebrate it comes free. He had both feet, a knee, a hand all down before the ball. Comparing the situation to a RB making a stretch for crossing the plane - if his knee goes down before he crosses the play is dead when his knee touches. Why isn't this the same for a WR who clearly had full control of the football?

I'm still not sure which way I'd have made the call, even having read the rule and seen the play and heard others analyse it. Like the offside rule which is supposed to give the benefit of tight calls to the attacking side, should NFL have something similar and allow the refs to also apply some common sense?

:angel: :moo: ;)

Interesting. As my thought was that when a player breaks the end zone line it's a TD and as you said CJ had control in the catch so I thought it was a TD.

I've thought more about the Cowboys game ending TD that wasn't against the Skins. Do officials take into account whether a held player would get to the QB and effect the play? My view is that Orakpo would have probably got to Romo before he threw to the end zone so it's a duff argument but just wondered if it was deemed that the play would not have been effected, would they have let it go ....

First off, I think that the rule is poorly written.

Second, I think Megatron should have got up with the ball in his hands anyway to prove the point. It even looked like he done it as part of his celebration.

I think the refs need to use their own intuition at times with plays like this.

Does he have the ball securely (in one or 2 hands)? Was it knocked out? Did he drop it or did it fall out after he made the clear catch?

As one analyst said: "If 9 out of 10 men in a bar see that and think it's a Touchdown, then it's a Touchdown". Everywhere i've looked, people think it's a TD.

It's a shame, because the Lions could be a 8-8 team this year with a bit of luck. Stafford getting hurt and that TD catch could cost them 3 or 4 games.

Nervous about this weekend.

I'm excited about Palace on Saturday and watching the Jets game on Sunday.

But I know both have the potential to make next week the most miserable one ever for me should both lose.

I'm on a high after the Bengals and Portsmouth games. Made the week go really quick.

I don't mind losing to the Phins in a few weeks if we slaughter the Jets on Sunday.

For once, I think there are a decent amount of fans rooting for the Patriots against the Green Jackasses.

Holding is holding wherever it happens, I believe. Is there a case for making it like offside in football where you can be "not involved in the play"? I'm not sure it would work though as often the play called breaks down and changes direction meaning that a hold straight off the line might not look to be important but then if the QB steps up into the pocket and scrambles a few yards then all of a sudden a hold might become key.

I'm going for wins for the two Ps - Palace and Patriots.

One will be 2-0 and the other will be 21-10. I'm not telling you who I think will score the 21 goals for Palace though ;)

Brandon Spikes Safety to win the game :lux:

Managed to snaffle 2 free lower level tickets to Panthers - Bucs today. Hardly two behemoths of the NFL, but hoping for some fun and games.

I think it was 05-06 the Bucs (against the Redskins) didn't make the playoffs with about 1 minute to spare in regulation because Joey Galloway didn't come up with the ball. Clean catch, few paces, went down, didn't come up with it. It seemed ludicrous at the time. I was very surprised nothing more was made of that!

Field goals = 2 points.... punts... no punts on 4th down = improvement.

Hoping to take my brother to see the Raiders play the Texans in a few weeks. He nor I have been to a game before, and we're aiming to go with a work colleague. He's a Texans fan, so it could be interesting :D

I watched some high school football this evening - my mother-in-law's school lost heavily to their local rivals who had a great running game - t'was fun to see a bit of football though :p

Can't agree with this. Don't think scoring needs to be fixed at all (unlike Rugby Union where a try has gone from 3 to 5 points over my lifetime and still England rely on kicking to win).

No punters? :eek:

What would retired has-been Australian Rules Football players do with their time?

I think I would like to see a TD having to be scored to win in overtime rather than a field goal.