NFL 2012 Week 1: The Day The Refereeing Died

[CountDeMoney]

LOL, Pitta's wide open all night, and Dickson's the TE getting whaled.

GOTTA BE A BLACK THING

[Neil]

Ray Rice is fucking tough.

[Neil]

LOL, Pitta's wide open all night, and Dickson's the TE getting whaled.

GOTTA BE A BLACK THING

Tightending while black?

[Neil]

And Reed will make no mistake.

[derspiess]

WTF, Dalton.  There's trying to force something, and there's being all over the map.  That was a Palmeresque pick 6. 

Bring on the Browns

[katmai]

LOL, Pitta's wide open all night, and Dickson's the TE getting whaled.

GOTTA BE A BLACK THING

Tightending while black?

Flacco hates blacks, why Ed getting no love.

[Neil]

And then Ray forces a fumble.

[katmai]

Dammit spicey i'm tempted to start calling them the Bungles again.

[CountDeMoney]

It's a feeding frenzy now.

I expected much better play from the Bengals corners, that was a just a silly PI to commit.

Loved the little love tap from Ngata.  Just a little nudge.

[Neil]

It's hard not to get excited, even though it's only the first game.  So many things that give the Ravens trouble (the Bengals, Monday Night games, offence) are just no trouble at all tonight.

[Neil]

So, is hitting a quarterback a penalty now?

[CountDeMoney]

Now that was a bullshit flag.  Gruden's right, though;  Bengals have no business hanging Dalton out to dry like that with a notorious CB blitzer like Webb.

[CountDeMoney]

It's hard not to get excited, even though it's only the first game.  So many things that give the Ravens trouble (the Bengals, Monday Night games, offence) are just no trouble at all tonight.

But man...the Cincy OL is having real issues in pass protection.  They're supporting the run just fine, but that was out the window 21 points ago.

[CountDeMoney]

Jesus Christ, I thought for a moment Dalton was going to have himself a Tomczak Moment(tm).

NEVER TURN BACK INTO THE RUSH WHEN YOURE FLUSHED OUT OF THE POCKET

[derspiess]

Now that was a bullshit flag.  Gruden's right, though;  Bengals have no business hanging Dalton out to dry like that with a notorious CB blitzer like Webb.

How was it a bullshit flag?  Even if it weren't, I'm sick of seeing guys lead with their head, use the helmet as a weapon, and relying on nothing but kinetic energy to bring a guy down.  The right way to play is to keep your head up, wrap with your arms and drive the guy into the ground.  They need to start doing a lot more to discourage this kind of play.