NFL Playoffs?, Playoffs?!?!(that's not a catch, that's a catch)

[Alcibiades]

I didn't know that.  Thanks.

Just, you know, usually the ball goes out of bounds on a missed FG

But other times: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdWsp8WAzgM

Was just going to post that video.   

[Admiral Yi]

Football topic to help kill time until the Super Duper Bowl:

Which rules changes in the last, say, 10 years are you happy with and which don't you like?

A while back I mentioned how good I thought the new leg whip rule is.

[Valmy]

Football topic to help kill time until the Super Duper Bowl:

Which rules changes in the last, say, 10 years are you happy with and which don't you like?

A while back I mentioned how good I thought the new leg whip rule is.

Getting rid of the Tuck Rule

[dps]

I understand the need to protect players' safety, especially in light of what we now know about concussions, but I hate it when a defender gets penalized for hitting someone in the head, when the only reason the offensive player got hit in the head was that he himself lowered it half a second before the contact.

[Barrister]

I didn't know that.  Thanks.

Just, you know, usually the ball goes out of bounds on a missed FG

But other times: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdWsp8WAzgM

Ah.  I guess that in the CFL with the goalposts at the front of the endzone, plus the endzone being 20 yards deep, means missed fieldgoals are live a lot more often than in the NFL.

[katmai]

And you have pansy ass kickers.

[Alcibiades]

And you have pansy ass kickers.

[MadBurgerMaker]

Heh.  That new spring football league is apparently having their draft right now.  http://www.mlfbmedia.com/

They don't seem to have teams in any cities yet, but are planning to start their first season this year.

[PDH]

The Laramie Icicles!

[MadBurgerMaker]

   Solid name.

[Eddie Teach]

They should make a team in St Louis.

[MadBurgerMaker]

The Pro Bowl is on btw.  I remembered and turned it on with 20 seconds left in the half.

[Syt]

Does the Pro Bowl still make sense? I mean it's an additional game in a physically demanding, injury prone sport, so the athletes are likely to take it VERY easy to avoid exhaustion/injury which in turn probably makes for a really crap game.

[Eddie Teach]

I guess it's the same as the other all-star games, just a chance to see all the top players in the same place. The NBA All-Star Game is notorious for no defense being played.

[Admiral Yi]

It's painfully pointless.