Monday vs. the Skins. Ravens are Tuesday vs. the Cowboys. Kind of shitty for the Steelers that Ravens are the ones with all the damn problems, but they are the ones stuck with so little time between games.
Monday vs. the Skins. Ravens are Tuesday vs. the Cowboys. Kind of shitty for the Steelers that Ravens are the ones with all the damn problems, but they are the ones stuck with so little time between games.
Steelers do have 4 guys on the COVID list too and I think the postponement from Tues to Wed was due to them, not the Ravens (may be wrong there). Steelers on Covid list:
Why isn't this game on Wed night? I assume to give the teams more time to be ready for their next games on Monday and Tuesday?
The game is early because it's on NBC which is hosting its annual tree lighting at Rock center this evening. It probably also helps that they have some additional recovery time for next week. Once this game was moved off its Thanksgiving time slot, things like primetime and whether or not it's ideal for people out west (given it's an east coast matchup) were totally secondary.
As long as they can fit a clean football game within a schedule that somehow works is all they're trying to do to maintain a competitive balance that doesn't become a joke with things like forfeits.
they had a Strength/Conditioning Coach who had symptoms and never reported them and then went around the players and at times did not wear a mask.
In this day and age that has to go down as brutal stupidity. Link - ( New Window )
If this is true, why do the Broncos have to play with a receiver at quarterback and the Ravens get to postpone until they're ready? You have blatant disregard of protocol in each case.
I hate that call. Take the points and slowly kill this team.
they had a Strength/Conditioning Coach who had symptoms and never reported them and then went around the players and at times did not wear a mask.
In this day and age that has to go down as brutal stupidity. Link - ( New Window )
If this is true, why do the Broncos have to play with a receiver at quarterback and the Ravens get to postpone until they're ready? You have blatant disregard of protocol in each case.
Because the Ravens are buddy buddy with the league office. Was almost kind of suprised that they didn't postpone it because of that, but the NFL knows its toast with 5 weeks left if they use that bullet. Conceivable could add two extra weeks, but then the competive balance for playoffs is all a mess and you could essentially be punishing teams for being successful, both during the season and with protocol.
They had to play because it was their own players disregarding the rules. While equally poor a decision, the Ravens was a coach
I don't think they've tracked who the player got it from for every case this year that a player has tested positive and had to sit out. Sounds like an excuse that benefits the Ravens.
If you run on 3rd and don't get in, the clock probably runs out on you -- the Steelers would have lollygagged it after the play, and these officials clearly don't care about calling them out on it.
The real mistake was taking the timeout after 1st down. Even if the sequence of events stayed exactly the same, taking the TO after the 2nd down run gives you enough time to kick a FG after the incomplete on 3rd.
referees should have stopped the clock since the Steelers were clearly laying on players. But the Ravens nonetheless should have anticipated that would happen, and thrown twice to preserve the FG. Nice play by Fitzpatrick.
If you run on 3rd and don't get in, the clock probably runs out on you -- the Steelers would have lollygagged it after the play, and these officials clearly don't care about calling them out on it.
The real mistake was taking the timeout after 1st down. Even if the sequence of events stayed exactly the same, taking the TO after the 2nd down run gives you enough time to kick a FG after the incomplete on 3rd.
Yes to all that. But they could have kicked the FG on 3rd down too if not enough time to run a play.
Yes, the TO was stupid. The 2nd down run was dumb. The refs should have stopped the clock. And the TE should have caught the ball.
In this day and age that has to go down as brutal stupidity.
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Steelers do have 4 guys on the COVID list too and I think the postponement from Tues to Wed was due to them, not the Ravens (may be wrong there). Steelers on Covid list:
Pouncey
Conner
Tuitt
Jerald Hawkins
Why isn't this game on Wed night? I assume to give the teams more time to be ready for their next games on Monday and Tuesday?
Why isn't this game on Wed night? I assume to give the teams more time to be ready for their next games on Monday and Tuesday?
The game is early because it's on NBC which is hosting its annual tree lighting at Rock center this evening. It probably also helps that they have some additional recovery time for next week. Once this game was moved off its Thanksgiving time slot, things like primetime and whether or not it's ideal for people out west (given it's an east coast matchup) were totally secondary.
As long as they can fit a clean football game within a schedule that somehow works is all they're trying to do to maintain a competitive balance that doesn't become a joke with things like forfeits.
We'll see what happens. It's not perfect, but it's the best they could do.
In this day and age that has to go down as brutal stupidity. Link - ( New Window )
If this is true, why do the Broncos have to play with a receiver at quarterback and the Ravens get to postpone until they're ready? You have blatant disregard of protocol in each case.
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they had a Strength/Conditioning Coach who had symptoms and never reported them and then went around the players and at times did not wear a mask.
In this day and age that has to go down as brutal stupidity. Link - ( New Window )
If this is true, why do the Broncos have to play with a receiver at quarterback and the Ravens get to postpone until they're ready? You have blatant disregard of protocol in each case.
Because the Ravens are buddy buddy with the league office. Was almost kind of suprised that they didn't postpone it because of that, but the NFL knows its toast with 5 weeks left if they use that bullet. Conceivable could add two extra weeks, but then the competive balance for playoffs is all a mess and you could essentially be punishing teams for being successful, both during the season and with protocol.
I don't think they've tracked who the player got it from for every case this year that a player has tested positive and had to sit out. Sounds like an excuse that benefits the Ravens.
yup. fitting end to absolute shit show of a game.
Moronic raven coaches
Absolutely ridiculous officiating
Moronic raven coaches
If you run on 3rd and don't get in, the clock probably runs out on you -- the Steelers would have lollygagged it after the play, and these officials clearly don't care about calling them out on it.
The real mistake was taking the timeout after 1st down. Even if the sequence of events stayed exactly the same, taking the TO after the 2nd down run gives you enough time to kick a FG after the incomplete on 3rd.
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and run on third?
Moronic raven coaches
If you run on 3rd and don't get in, the clock probably runs out on you -- the Steelers would have lollygagged it after the play, and these officials clearly don't care about calling them out on it.
The real mistake was taking the timeout after 1st down. Even if the sequence of events stayed exactly the same, taking the TO after the 2nd down run gives you enough time to kick a FG after the incomplete on 3rd.
Yes to all that. But they could have kicked the FG on 3rd down too if not enough time to run a play.
Yes, the TO was stupid. The 2nd down run was dumb. The refs should have stopped the clock. And the TE should have caught the ball.
Everything in favor of Steelers.
The Ravens had a great chance to get the ball back, but let the Steelers complete that third down pass to effectively end the game.
I don’t remember there being an incomplete pass when they used their timeouts