Ya, I didn't remember what started it, but know Brady at times does talk shit, like his famous SB quote of the Giants are only going to allow us 14 points or something and he laughs.
Oh yeah, I forgot about that. But, wasn't Brady also talking smack to Sherman? He is known for saying some things, especially when losing. IIRC, he told Sherman "I'll see you after the game." And once the Seahawks came back (in part to Sherman's INT), he made sure Brady didn't skip out on his promise.
The one call I thought was botched was the missed pass the play before Wilson's final INT. I thought the receiver was pretty clearly mugged by the Dallas defender. That one was iffy. Outside of that, I thought the refs let them play pretty physical. Dez vs that Seattle secondary was a treat to watch. I think both sides liked being able to fight for it.
There were a number of others. A couple plays before the defender was facing the Seattle receiver with his hand on his chest before the ball got there and then face masked the receiver. On Percy's last KO return he was brought down by a nasty face mask. I am not going to complain about the refs but Dallas DBs had a LOT of contact down field. If the refs are going to go lax on the new emphasis then Seattle needs to adjust as they have been playing pretty true to the spirit of the emphasis rules and have been rarely flagged for PI or contact/holding. So much for the LOB rule.
But yeah, hearing Aikman says, "Well, that may have been a face mask, but good no call." Really? I know Aikman is a Cowboy homer but in the final minutes of a game if a defender is mirroring in coverage and puts their hand on your face mask and another on your chest before the ball gets there that is classic PI. Doesn't matter though--Seattle needed to learn from the Pittsburg SB that you have to play above and beyond so the refs don't impact the game. Still frustrating and you get the feeling after games like the Washington game where you have players hold face masks and hair down field--and not being called--that the refs are letting too much go. But then they call the ticky-tackiest stuff like when Bryant fell forward and defensive holding was called (even Aikman questioned that one).
Lynch having so few carries didn't help either, but take away his 32 yard run and he wasn't doing anything. Dallas really showed up, which surprised Seattle, I think.
They should have gotten Lynch involved early game, but he first 5 runs were crap if you removed the 32 yard run. By the time it got late in the game, Seattle had no choice but to throw it and couldn't afford the luxury of having Lynch pound it away. They should have taken to the ground, even if Lynch wasn't doing that well, to at least establish some play action. In the 4th quarter, it was pointless to even do that, as everyone knew they had to score, or Dallas was going to win. They abandoned the run game, and it showed.I think the emphasis is completely on the, "Too few carries" for Lynch. I don't agree he wasn't doing anything.
Lynch: 10 carries, 61 yards. (minus 1x 32 yard carry) 9 carries, 29 yards, 3.2 average.
Murray: 29 carries, 115 yards. (minus 1x 25 yard carry) 28 carries, 90 yards, 3.2 average.
The difference is Dallas, even when behind, ran the ball.
Seattle, even with a 10pt lead in the 1st half, Lynch had 2 carries. There is no excuse for this. If Lynch is going to average 3 yards a carry and bust a long one here or there then that is exactly what you want. Especially at the end of the game after the D is worn down. Instead the Dallas D was barely on the field.
This was a huge strategically error as Dallas has been exploited in the run game this year. Why Seattle failed to force the issue with an early 10-0 lead is mind boggling.
But you can see a pattern forming in the San Diego and Dallas losses: If Seattle doesn't run they cannot protect Wilson leaving the defense on the field too long. In which case the check downs wear them out.
Either way Dallas will have a lot of confidence if, come playoffs, they have to travel to Seattle. Of course at this rate Seattle would be happy to travel to the Big D
They should have gotten Lynch involved early game, but he first 5 runs were crap if you removed the 32 yard run. By the time it got late in the game, Seattle had no choice but to throw it and couldn't afford the luxury of having Lynch pound it away. They should have taken to the ground, even if Lynch wasn't doing that well, to at least establish some play action. In the 4th quarter, it was pointless to even do that, as everyone knew they had to score, or Dallas was going to win. They abandoned the run game, and it showed.
I still don't see Seattle as being out of anything though. I think they are the strongest team in the NFC West and easily in the top 5 (even with 2 loses) in the NFC.
I still have my reserves about Dallas. Can Murray sustain this an entire season? I just hope they can pad in some wins before the the Eagles games and hopefully beat the Colts. That would put them in a good position to advance.
And the call where Dez fell was tripping, not defensive holding. That was a bit bad, but it wasn't that bad.
The final no call before Wilson's last int might have been missed, if the ball was actually catchable. How far behind was it? It didn't look like he could have been able to come back to get it anyway.
Randle showed some speed...he made that first drive for the Cowboys with that 30+ yard rip. Dunbar isn't bad either...would love to see them getting more touches to prevent too much abuse on Murray.
They got in some altercations during the game, due to DeSean grabbing his hair or something. Just general bad manners. But, that shouldn't be surprising. Jackson is pretty much everything personified in why the Eagles are scumbags, even though Kelly cut him.
that was not djax, that was pierre garcon.
No, I am talking about the first half holding call against Maxwell on Bryant, not the make believe tripping penalty on Sherman.
I am talking about the pass to Luke Willson on 3rd down on the right side of the field where the ball was in Willson's hands and was obviously quite catchable. The defender clearly had his hand on his chest before the ball arrive and got his hand on his face mask. That is PI all the way and should have been called. There was a ton of contact on the play on 4th to Kearse and the replay showed a blatant hold on Wilson's #1 target on that play making him move off his primary.
And for fask masks, we will agree to disagree. If the head gets turned due to hand contact to the helmet you don't need to wrap your fingers and grasp.
They should have gotten Lynch involved early game, but he first 5 runs were crap if you removed the 32 yard run.
Yeah, it looks like it. Regardless, Jackson is still a scumbag, gangster. I'm surprised he wasn't friend with Aaron Hernandez.
I feel we watched very different games. He had 3 carries before his 32 yard rumble and was average 4 yards per carry on those 3 carries (a 3, 4 and 5 yard carry).
Quarter: 1st
14:55, 1&10, DAL 0 SEA 0, 5 yards
1:51, 2&10, DAL 7 SEA 10, 3 yards
Quarter: 2nd
No Carries
Quarter: 3rd
9:52, 1&10, DAL 17 SEA 10: 4 yards
9:19, 2&6, DAL 17 SEA 10: 32 yards
Sorry, not trying to beat a dead horse, but what I saw on the field was a lot different from the "talking heads" are talking about today about how Dallas shut down running game. Lynch wasn't running poorly or shut down. He wasn't bottled up and finally had a big run or any other nonsense.
Seattle simply didn't call run plays to Lynch.
But we will agree Seattle's poor play calling is accentuated by the superior gameplan by Dallas who, because the slammed the ball in there, could be effective in play action and wore out the Seattle DLine so Romo had a little more time.
Btw, that hit on Romo by Wagner looked painful and was a split second away from being illegal. "Clean" shot but you never want to see a QB take a shot like that.
Mind sharing why you'd have such a negative view on Jackson? AFAIK he has a pretty clean history - nothing worthy of calling another human being a scumbag gangster and similar to a murderer.
Showboating hardly seems worthy of the above comment.
<edit>I assume it was based on rumors, unsubstantiated accusations about his "gang" ties?
Sorry but the rule states: Article 5 No player shall twist, turn, or pull the facemask of an opponent in any direction.
Penalty: For twisting, turning, or pulling the mask: Loss of 15 yards. A personal foul. The player may
be disqualified if the action is judged by the official(s) to be of a flagrant nature.
It was not a face mask, period. If he was a QB in the pocket it may, MAY have been roughing the passer by going to the head, but this was in no way shape or form a face mask.
If you want to explore the "turn" part of the wording up there, then pretty much on any tackle when a helmet hits a pad and "turns" welp that's a face mask!$#%!!
I don't even know how to respond to this.So if his hand was on his chest or "brushing" Wilson's face mask before the ball got there, isn't that some kind of penalty?
I don't even know how to respond to this.
Are you trying to ask if Wilson (their QB mind you) was fielding a kick and this happened, would there be a penalty? Or are you trying to completely change the situation by saying when Percy was getting tackled the ball wasn't there yet?
Oh, can't comment on that, didn't see it.
Raiders need to build the team around Carr, he's their future and if they don't they will continue to be bad forever.
I believe he was referring to a situation where a Seattle receiver had his facemask touched while a Dallas defender was attempting to defense a pass.
Also, why nobody talk about the Raiders? They nearly won that game. I was impressed. I wonder how much of that is due to the new coach?