2019 Super Bowl chat thread

[DemonGeminiX]

[Teh One Who Knocks]

That game sucked.

After the T-mobile "sushi" commercial, I said "here we go" and my wife asked what I meant.

"I promise you, Twitter is ablaze with bitching about the misogyny of that ad" and rolled my eyes.

She grabbed her phone, scrolling, not saying a word.

I said "well?" and she just said "yes" and tossed her phone on the couch.

"I thought it was funny anyway"

Edit: and already in the press. https://www.businessinsider.com/t-mo...owl-ads-2019-2

You'll notice there's no mention of the technology illiterate male ad in the same group.

You know why people were whining about that ad? Because it's the fucking truth And it was funny

[Teh One Who Knocks]

[DemonGeminiX]

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Game was pathetic. The Rams sucked ass, thank you to the refs for putting them there instead of the Saints

Gee, the Patriots are only throwing to one guy, do you think maybe we should cover him better? Nah, they will stop throwing to him eventually.

Most of the corners and safeties were covering the Pats receivers like glue...except Edelman. As Romo was saying the guy was beating any coverage by five yards at times just when he made a cut on his pass routes. It was embarrassing.

We had a smaller guy on one of our teams who was like Edelman. Ran like he was on fire and could catch anything thrown near him. In practice he'd come off the line and you'd be running with him, then one second later he's gone and he's over somewhere else catching the ball

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That game was meh for a casual fan, defense was impressive but I want to see huge plays and TD's

The halftime show was my least favorite in recent memory, just didn't seem anywhere near as much pomp & circumstance as they usually have. Lady Gaga jumping in from the ceiling, Prince playing Purple Rain in the absolute pissing rain, Katy Perry's weird dancing sharks, JJ's tits... tonight did not compare.

I can't believe Lance gets to enjoy another Championship. I've never experienced my city winning a big one (granted we only have hockey now unless you count CFL or MLS). Lucky bastard, I'm happy for him and green with jealousy

San Fransisco is my team and I was a fan in the 80's before they started winning championships. Most of my school friends liked Dallas, Oakland, Miami...one guy was huge NY Giants fan. The year SF beat Dallas in the division finals with The Catch I was in grade 10, all my buds called SF a 'gay' team because of the old reputation SF had as a city...and for the next few years Joe Montana and Jerry Rice, Roger Craig rolled over competition much to the horror of my friends.

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Tom Brady has appeared in 17% of all the Super Bowl games.

You know what I see when the Pats play? A team that's so well coached that when they execute plays it looks like they're at practice.

I have this vision of Belichick running them so hard and making them do so many reps, half of the guys are barfing and crying.

Some of the washouts decide to try Navy SEAL training so they can get a break

[Teh One Who Knocks]

San Fransisco is my team and I was a fan in the 80's before they started winning championships. Most of my school friends liked Dallas, Oakland, Miami...one guy was huge NY Giants fan. The year SF beat Dallas in the division finals with The Catch I was in grade 10, all my buds called SF a 'gay' team because of the old reputation SF had as a city...and for the next few years Joe Montana and Jerry Rice, Roger Craig rolled over competition much to the horror of my friends.

I still maintain that you put those New England Patriots back in the late 70's thru the 80's, there's no way they would have won 6 Super Bowls, let alone go to 9 of them.

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I still maintain that you put those New England Patriots back in the late 70's thru the 80's, there's no way they would have won 6 Super Bowls, let alone go to 9 of them.

Sure. But it's the same argument talking about fighters, hockey players etc. Rule are different, equipment is different, training methods are different. Hell even the way they call time outs now is different.

You know what burns my ass in general about football? The kicking rules. A person should not be able to angle a punt out of bounds where the receiving team has no chance to touch it and the refs mark it where the angle bisected the sideline marker....in the air. It should have to touch the ground in bounds first.

And we have a no yards rule. I notice in the NFL guys can just run down, crowd around a punt and stop the motion of the ball where ever they want. Returning team should have to touch it first at least.

Same thing with a touchback on a kick off when a returner doesn't want to run it out. Don't they auto spot it on the 25 now? That's 25 free yards without any loss because of the decision. Back the kicker up 10 yards and make it a one point penalty if the receiving team elects not to attempt a return.

Simplified - Now, if you feel the returner is a great runner you just keep booting it into the back of the end zone and it goes to the 25. Same thing on the receiving side. You get 25 yards for free anytime that ball drops near the end zone. Should be more of a detriment. Like after a touchback spot the ball on the nine yard line...

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Sure. But it's the same argument talking about fighters, hockey players etc. Rule are different, equipment is different, training methods are different. Hell even the way they call time outs now is different.

You know what burns my ass in general about football? The kicking rules. A person should not be able to angle a punt out of bounds where the receiving team has no chance to touch it and the refs mark it where the angle bisected the sideline marker....in the air. It should have to touch the ground in bounds first.

And we have a no yards rule. I notice in the NFL guys can just run down, crowd around a punt and stop the motion of the ball where ever they want. Returning team should have to touch it first at least.

Same thing with a touchback on a kick off when a returner doesn't want to run it out. Don't they auto spot it on the 25 now? That's 25 free yards without any loss because of the decision. Back the kicker up 10 yards and make it a one point penalty if the receiving team elects not to attempt a return.

Simplified - Now, if you feel the returner is a great runner you just keep booting it into the back of the end zone and it goes to the 25. Same thing on the receiving side. You get 25 yards for free anytime that ball drops near the end zone. Should be more of a detriment. Like after a touchback spot the ball on the nine yard line...

I simply made the statement about putting the Pats back in the late 70's thru the 80's because I am absolutely SICK of the talk of him being GOAT.

As far as the kicking rules, the NFL has basically made it so there are little to know kick-off returns anymore because of injury risk. Personally I think it's stupid, the return game is no more dangerous than other parts of the game. But they let the teams kick-off from the 35 now and with most NFL kickers now, that almost guarantees the ball will either end up deep in the end zone or just be completely kicked out thru the back of the end zone. They used to spot the ball at the 20 for than, but now it's the 25, and that's dumb too, but the NFL wants more offense.

As for crowding around the ball after a punt, the defensive team usually only does that if the punt returner runs away from the ball because he has no shot of catching it or returning it. Like if he thought he was going to be able to return it but then realizes he should have called for a fair catch and he ducks away from the ball. He needs to NOT let it touch him or else it becomes a live football. That's why you only see the defensive players crowd around the ball like that.

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I simply made the statement about putting the Pats back in the late 70's thru the 80's because I am absolutely SICK of the talk of him being GOAT.

As far as the kicking rules, the NFL has basically made it so there are little to know kick-off returns anymore because of injury risk. Personally I think it's stupid, the return game is no more dangerous than other parts of the game. But they let the teams kick-off from the 35 now and with most NFL kickers now, that almost guarantees the ball will either end up deep in the end zone or just be completely kicked out thru the back of the end zone. They used to spot the ball at the 20 for than, but now it's the 25, and that's dumb too, but the NFL wants more offense.

As for crowding around the ball after a punt, the defensive team usually only does that if the punt returner runs away from the ball because he has no shot of catching it or returning it. Like if he thought he was going to be able to return it but then realizes he should have called for a fair catch and he ducks away from the ball. He needs to NOT let it touch him or else it becomes a live football. That's why you only see the defensive players crowd around the ball like that.

Yep I'm up on the whys and hows...don't like them. I think...in our league on a punt the kicking team has to wait until the ball stops moving to down it. That's after the receiving team has elected not to field or touch the ball. We do have the five yard rule on kicks which I like, because otherwise the kicking team can just hire a bunch of track stars and be there at the same moment the ball drops near the kick returner

It's almost an auto-spot on kick-offs and that 25 yards is a lot of gifted real estate. Injury risk...pffft, play flag football then.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Yep I'm up on the whys and hows...don't like them. I think...in our league on a punt the kicking team has to wait until the ball stops moving to down it. That's after the receiving team has elected not to field or touch the ball. We do have the five yard rule on kicks which I like, because otherwise the kicking team can just hire a bunch of track stars and be there at the same moment the ball drops near the kick returner

It's almost an auto-spot on kick-offs and that 25 yards is a lot of gifted real estate. Injury risk...pffft, play flag football then.

In the NFL, the kicking team MUST give the punt returner the opportunity to catch the ball or else it's a penalty. Now, they can try and time it just right and hit him as he catches the ball in hope of knocking it loose, but in doing that, you run the huge risk of an interference call.

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In the NFL, the kicking team MUST give the punt returner the opportunity to catch the ball or else it's a penalty. Now, they can try and time it just right and hit him as he catches the ball in hope of knocking it loose, but in doing that, you run the huge risk of an interference call.

So you can't eviscerate him with a well timed hit as the ball is entering his hands?

It is fun to watch

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Ad I was explaining to RBP

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Not happy with those first two penalty calls. What kinda half assed interference rule is that?

Can someone explain that early interference call on the Rams?

Guy had caught the ball and was tackled. Refs said something about his head and how he hadn't become a receiver yet after the catch.