I am so glad I didnt play the over in the 2nd half... What the Jags did on their last possession had me speechless... thats like kicking all their fans in the ass...
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Because this jags football program does things backwards... Runs the ball when they are supposed to throw... and then calls time outs when the games already over... :mj07:
I wonder if CJ was dancing like that while getting his ass stuffed against Pittsburgh a few weeks back? I bet Tennessee tonight and obviously not worried but that is ridiculous for him to be in the game and trust me other teams notice that kind of thing.
I agree 100% with you they arent expected to take a knee but no reason to leave Johnson in.
Is this pro wrestling?
Is this pro wrestling?
Olympic offered a strange bet with approx 4:30 left in game after Tenn stuffed Jax. Under/over 26.5. Most logical people would assume Tenn runs out the clock or punts or whatever. How COINCIDENTAL, that after Del Rio mysteriously calls timeouts for no apparent reason, and after the last three runs have been stopped without drama, on 4TH AND 5, CJ miraculously breaks it for a TD.
Unbelievable. I really am believing the conspiracy theorists. And by the way, I guess the squares were right. :mj07:
Is this pro wrestling?
Olympic offered a strange bet with approx 4:30 left in game after Tenn stuffed Jax. Under/over 26.5. Most logical people would assume Tenn runs out the clock or punts or whatever. How COINCIDENTAL, that after Del Rio mysteriously calls timeouts for no apparent reason, and after the last three runs have been stopped without drama, on 4TH AND 5, CJ miraculously breaks it for a TD.
Unbelievable. I really am believing the conspiracy theorists. And by the way, I guess the squares were right. :mj07:
For one, you don't risk a blocked FG there. You could also say kicking the FG was "running it up".
11 guys on defense knew a running play was coming and couldn't stop the guy from running for a long TD.
Really pisses me off too, b/c my division leader in fantasy wins b/c of that last sack by the Titans.
Amazes me that Jax down to their only healthy QB and Del Rio lets the guy take 2-3 unnecessary hits. I hope he gets fired tonight.
11 guys on defense knew a running play was coming and couldn't stop the guy from running for a long TD.
Really pisses me off too, b/c my division leader in fantasy wins b/c of that last sack by the Titans.
Amazes me that Jax down to their only healthy QB and Del Rio lets the guy take 2-3 unnecessary hits. I hope he gets fired tonight.
I know you wanted to win your bet but no one kicks a field goal there. Unfortunatley Jeff Fisher does not care about your prop bet:mj07:
I can also agree about not having CJ in game. Not so much from a sportsmanship, just so he doesn't take hits or risk injury in garbage time.
Really just wish they had gotten first down and run clock.
As for my fantasy, the guy had Vince Young and Titan D, other guy had Britt (who he started over Greg Jennings for some reason) and somehow he pulled out the win. Jags couldn't get in the end zone inside the 5 and that last INT was huge too. Dammit.
Really just wish they had gotten first down and run clock.
As for my fantasy, the guy had Vince Young and Titan D, other guy had Britt (who he started over Greg Jennings for some reason) and somehow he pulled out the win. Jags couldn't get in the end zone inside the 5 and that last INT was huge too. Dammit.
Anybody else see this!?
Anybody else see this!?
I'm not the smartest guy in the room especially in terms of my capping, but check out this story that just cleared one hour ago. Of all places "The Hollywood Reporter"...
Check my post from last night. It's nice being right once in awhile. Conspiracy theorists unite! :mj07:
Coach accused of calling timeouts during ESPN's Jaguars-Titans game to allow for more commercial time.The NFL said Tuesday that it is investigating allegations that coaches during Monday Night Football were asked to call timeouts so that ESPN could squeeze in some TV commercials.
The situation had NFL purists and fantasy football players outraged that the outcome of a game could be influenced by concerns related to TV broadcasting.
In the situation Monday, the Jacksonville Jaguars were losing 23-3, and the Tennessee Titans had the ball with less than two minutes left. Quarterback Kerry Collins handed the ball to Chris Johnson, who scampered 35 yards for a touchdown that the Titans clearly did not need to win.
Here's video of the Chris Johnson touchdown run.
During a postgame news conference, Titans coach Jeff Fisher was asked why he would risk injury to his star running back instead of having his quarterback simply kneel and chew up time on the clock. Fisher insinuated that it was ESPN's fault.
Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio called some timeouts for the benefit of the TV broadcast, so Fisher made decisions he might otherwise not have made, he said.
"Jack used his timeouts, so it does me no good [to take a knee]," Fisher said.
"Plus, you know, my understanding was that we needed some network timeouts, so I think that's why Jack used his timeouts ... because they came over and asked me to do it, and I said, 'Well, I was hoping to get a first down and kneel on it. ' "
Fisher also said "it's the first time" he has heard of coaches being asked to call timeouts for broadcast considerations, but that comment was not part of the video highlights of the news conference that the NFL made available Tuesday.
[Click here for video of the press conference.]
"ESPN did not directly or indirectly ask the coaches to take a timeout during the game," the Disney-owned sports network said.
NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said the league and all of its broadcast partners leave it up to coaches to determine when to use their timeouts.
Del Rio has not commented on why he called the late timeouts.
There are supposed to be 20 commercial breaks during a football telecast, and if ESPN sold commercials that did not air, refunds could be owed to the advertisers. Neither ESPN nor the NFL would say Tuesday who might be responsible for paying such refunds, nor did they say whether all of the ads planned for Monday's game aired.
"We're looking into it," McCarthy said.
Meanwhile, Fisher was busy Tuesday attempting to clarify his remarks and absolve ESPN.
"What happens at [the] two-minute warning, the NFL gives you the status of TV, and with commercials they said we're two behind," Fisher said during a radio interview. "ESPN never came to me and said to call a timeout."
The blogosphere was abuzz with folks complaining or cheering the fact that Johnson's run affected their fantasy game's outcome, and others theorized that Fisher is using TV broadcast as a scapegoat because wanted to use Johnson one more time to give him a chance to beef up his stats.
Johnson's last-minute run gave him his only touchdown of the game and put him past the key fantasy barometer of 100 yards rushing.
Anybody else see this!?
I'm not the smartest guy in the room especially in terms of my capping, but check out this story that just cleared one hour ago. Of all places "The Hollywood Reporter"...
Check my post from last night. It's nice being right once in awhile. Conspiracy theorists unite! :mj07:
Coach accused of calling timeouts during ESPN's Jaguars-Titans game to allow for more commercial time.The NFL said Tuesday that it is investigating allegations that coaches during Monday Night Football were asked to call timeouts so that ESPN could squeeze in some TV commercials.
The situation had NFL purists and fantasy football players outraged that the outcome of a game could be influenced by concerns related to TV broadcasting.
In the situation Monday, the Jacksonville Jaguars were losing 23-3, and the Tennessee Titans had the ball with less than two minutes left. Quarterback Kerry Collins handed the ball to Chris Johnson, who scampered 35 yards for a touchdown that the Titans clearly did not need to win.
Here's video of the Chris Johnson touchdown run.
During a postgame news conference, Titans coach Jeff Fisher was asked why he would risk injury to his star running back instead of having his quarterback simply kneel and chew up time on the clock. Fisher insinuated that it was ESPN's fault.
Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio called some timeouts for the benefit of the TV broadcast, so Fisher made decisions he might otherwise not have made, he said.
"Jack used his timeouts, so it does me no good [to take a knee]," Fisher said.
"Plus, you know, my understanding was that we needed some network timeouts, so I think that's why Jack used his timeouts ... because they came over and asked me to do it, and I said, 'Well, I was hoping to get a first down and kneel on it. ' "
Fisher also said "it's the first time" he has heard of coaches being asked to call timeouts for broadcast considerations, but that comment was not part of the video highlights of the news conference that the NFL made available Tuesday.
[Click here for video of the press conference.]
"ESPN did not directly or indirectly ask the coaches to take a timeout during the game," the Disney-owned sports network said.
NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said the league and all of its broadcast partners leave it up to coaches to determine when to use their timeouts.
Del Rio has not commented on why he called the late timeouts.
There are supposed to be 20 commercial breaks during a football telecast, and if ESPN sold commercials that did not air, refunds could be owed to the advertisers. Neither ESPN nor the NFL would say Tuesday who might be responsible for paying such refunds, nor did they say whether all of the ads planned for Monday's game aired.
"We're looking into it," McCarthy said.
Meanwhile, Fisher was busy Tuesday attempting to clarify his remarks and absolve ESPN.
"What happens at [the] two-minute warning, the NFL gives you the status of TV, and with commercials they said we're two behind," Fisher said during a radio interview. "ESPN never came to me and said to call a timeout."
The blogosphere was abuzz with folks complaining or cheering the fact that Johnson's run affected their fantasy game's outcome, and others theorized that Fisher is using TV broadcast as a scapegoat because wanted to use Johnson one more time to give him a chance to beef up his stats.
Johnson's last-minute run gave him his only touchdown of the game and put him past the key fantasy barometer of 100 yards rushing.
