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Meanwhile Kansas City comes as hauntingly close as possible to getting a TD pass to a wide receiver without actually getting it, as Bowe fumbles at the goal line and the tight end Kelce recovers in the end zone.

Speaking of the NFL working in its signature spots...

It's like two indie guys deciding to take turns hitting their signature convoluted spots, no matter how contrived.

I can't even feign surprise. Look, when I talk about how Aldon Smith reminds me of Charles Haley in every way, I'm not exaggerating. Well, he hasn't peed on a reporter's car yet, but a new offseason just waiting to be filled with knucklehead moments is just around the corner...

Goodell (nee Tagliabue): "GIve me your public money to build a new football stadium, or I'll take your beloved football team.... [Mr. McMahonVoice] ... TO LOS ANGELES~! " Yeah, that's been one of my pet conspiracy theories for a while

Grossman can be pickier than Thigpen because Grossman made more money in their respective careers. I imagine that is what this outcome means. Granted they both stole virtually every penny, but still...

I don't know about going far but the last time an under .500 team made the playoffs (it was either Seattle or Arizona, I'm blanking on which), I do recall they won their Wild Card game so I expect the South winner to win one for pride. Like Marcellus Wallace told Butchy, pride is a tricky thing. Twas Seattle, and the birth of "Beast Mode" as meme/nickname for Marshawn Lynch, no less.

I am thoroughly convinced the NFC South Champion will somehow defeat their superior Wild Card Opponent. The Lions regress, the Cardinals turn back into a pumpkin, Sanchez Butt Fumble Bonanza for Philly, something. This is completely devoid of all logic or sense and yet I feel it.

It's okay, Drew Brees just decided you didn't need nice things to see your team benefit, anyway.

And either possibility seems totally plausible.

Staley held.

Crusader Kings II and all its DLC/expansion packs are 75% off this week. I mention this because I actually bought it last week. For full price. What's more hilarious, is you can buy the game and all it's DLC in one big ol bundle. The current price for that bundle is, with the ongoing sale, literally the exact same price I paid for just the bare bones base game a week ago. I feel quite foolish.

Was he the 9er that slapped a pregnant woman at a party with other players present mere days after Rice got off the ho-- was suspended for two games? He was the one that committed some domestic violence virtually immediately after Sheriff Goodell announced "Okay okay domestic violence will be a 6 game suspension for the first offense from now on [sTOP YELLING AT ME IT'S UPSETTING MY PAYMASTERS!]" after people complained loud enough about Rice only getting 2 games, yes. You can see me talking about him on page 1 of this very thread. More prominent 49er knucklehead Aldon "Charles Haley" Smith had already been suspended 9 games for repeated knuckleheadism so he was at least in the clear on this debacle.

I'm sure it's just coincidence that it lines right up with the team being eliminated from playoff contention.

Football Is A Work.

If this game wasn't over when Gore got hurt, it is now that Hyde's hurt.

It's god awful about the worst kind of fans. Now they cheer for Vikings/Eagles/Bengals/Cowboys/Steelers/Fuck off and die. "I cheer for Team A but the slightest personal appeal will cause me to change my loyalties to Team B C D and/or E. Not even bandwagon jumping or playing fantasy football, I'm just that suggestible."

That's why Raider fans think the rule was implemented solely to punish them/Al Davis, more or less.

Complete with Bill King on commentary

"Only the fumbler can advance the ball" because Stabler fumbled (by modern rules it would probably be an "arm moving forward" incomplete pass) on a 4th down, and as the ball bounced forward Dave Casper kept "accidentally" (i.e. deliberately) batting the ball forward past the first down marker and beyond, eventually falling on the ball in the end zone for a winning TD. In which the ball was advanced [20+ yards] entirely by repeated fumbling.

Because the rule only exists in reaction/retaliation to The Holy Roller to prevent it from being repeated. I assume The Holy Roller occurred with less than 2 minutes left in that game. [it was a regular season game, for the record.] It also, as I learned watching the Bengals last week, applies on 4th downs regardless of time remaining.

Bizarro Greg Roman calling running plays in goal line situations?

I will be sad when Frank Gore retires.

Nah, he kicks his leg at him. That's tripping (of course, we have the benefit of slow motion). Making tripping look "accidental" is totally an NFL tradition. Competitive edge and what not.

Safety by virtue of the Holy Roller Rule, somehow