Eagles vs Bears - NFC Wild Card - Henceforth Known as the Double Doink Game (1 Viewer)

[Long Ball Larry]

I'm willing to believe that the refs got confused and used bad wording there... what I'm waiting for after the game is the refs' official ruling on the play. If they say that wasn't a catch then that flies in the face of the new rule changes. Also, why did teh refs move everyone up the field?

Probably explained it to Doug as unclearly as he did over the pa

 

[OrtonToOlsen]

We stopped in Bako today for breakfast. There's one on Union Ave, swear to God (we didn't eat there).

That is the only Crap in a Bag there is.

Where did you have breakfast?

 

[Insein]

Apparently youtube TV is stuck in Spanish for the game (verified on Twitter that everyone is having this issue).  Their recomendation is to download the NBC sports app and watch the game there. Great business model.

 

[Long Ball Larry]

They just showed a local commercial for a Cajun/NOLA type restaurant called Crab in a Bag.

Every time the VO guy says the name it sounds like Crap in a Bag.  Somebody didn’t think it through.

Let me tell you about this place called sofa kings 

 

[The General]

Apparently yourube TV is stuck in Spanish for the game. Their recomendation is to download the NBC sports app and watch the game there. Great business model.

indeed

 

[Pigskin Fanatic]

Bears up 0 stupid mistakes to 2 for the eagles. Let's flip that in the second half. 

 

[Long Ball Larry]

Apparently yourube TV is stuck in Spanish for the game. Their recomendation is to download the NBC sports app and watch the game there. Great business model.

I assure you that you are not really missing anything.  And you might learn something!

 

[modogg]

Smallwood giving up on that catch turning it into an INT was the worst Philly play of the 1st half. 

 

[The Frankman]

Like... I hope that's not the official position by the refs. You can't call it not a catch because it wasn't possessed after the catch/whistle blew. Dude just made a joke about that. That's the most obvious rule change in the offseason by the Competition Committee.

 

[Insein]

indeed

Ugh. Damn phone typing sucks. Now I have to watch the game on my phone. Better go plug it in.

 

[OrtonToOlsen]

Bears up 0 stupid mistakes to 2 for the eagles. Let's flip that in the second half. 

2 stupid mistakes for the Eagles to 0 for the Bears.  There.

 

[The General]

"minus the 2 picks, he had a good 1st half" 

 

[Cowboysfan8]

yeah, leaning this way. outside of Jenkins, most of the secondary has only played a handful of NFL games. they should have had the instinct to grab the ball just in case

NFL experience? They should've learned that in middle School

 

[dickey moe]

RAZZLE DAZZLE!

 

[The Frankman]

I think trick plays are the Bears only hope to win, because Trubisky sure isn't.

 

[GoBirds]

Feels like we are going to lose to a few trick plays like that since we can’t get offense going. Mitch isn’t impressive so far. 

 

[modogg]

2 stupid mistakes for the Eagles to 0 for the Bears.  There.

ehh Bears had 1. just got lucky a sideline was there

 

[flapgreen]

"minus the 2 picks, he had a good 1st half" 

They so desperately want him to succeed 

 

[dickey moe]

That is the only Crap in a Bag there is.

Where did you have breakfast?

Donna Kaye's on Oak St

 

[FreeBaGeL]

The official rulebook disagrees. 

I don't have access to that casebook referenced in that tweet but if they do in fact have a specific case picked out for that scenario it makes little sense to do it there and not in so many others.

There is no inherent difference between an incomplete pass being changed to a fumble with no clear recovery on a sack than an incomplete pass being changed to a fumble with no clear recovery on the WR's end.  So why do they allow one but not the other?

 

[The General]

Feed the Hoosier.

 

[flapgreen]

I think trick plays are the Bears only hope to win, because Trubisky sure isn't.

What's the Eagles only hope? 

 

[modogg]

big difference in the game is Bears playing disciplined. No penalties that i can think of

 

[Epic Problem]

I can’t take this

Being north of 100, there’s not a lot that you can take 

 

[The Frankman]

See, Bears need to have Trubisky game manage this thing. Run quick outs, trick plays, runs... don't require Mitch to do complex things because he can't so far. Get a WR pass going or something.

 

[GoBirds]

What's the Eagles only hope? 

Mitch and ducks like that. 

 

[The General]

Trubisky has a little Romo look thing going on.

 

[OrtonToOlsen]

Donna Kaye's on Oak St

You’re making that up

 

[Epic Problem]

Who wants to listen to Cheap Trick? Stop this crap 

 

[GoBirds]

See, Bears need to have Trubisky game manage this thing. Run quick outs, trick plays, runs... don't require Mitch to do complex things because he can't so far. Get a WR pass g9oing or something.

If they get out of this round they are toast, Mitch could be good down the road but not ready. 

 

[unckeyherb]

Nice

 

[OrtonToOlsen]

CHEAP TRICK!

Thats a sign!

 

[OrtonToOlsen]

Who wants to listen to Cheap Trick? Stop this crap 

This is why people talk about you behind your back

 

[The Frankman]

What's the Eagles only hope? 

Grind the Bears down and avoid 3rd and Long. Bears are moving the ball pretty well, they just had a couple of bad mistakes. Let's be real: if the Iggles scored a TD here, does anyone think the Bears and Trubisky can drive down the field and get a TD?

 

[[scooter]]

Who wants to listen to Cheap Trick? Stop this crap 

They're the only band from Chicago who has had a hit in the past 30 years.

 

[Mr.Pack]

@MikePereira: Instant replay was correct in staying with incomplete pass. In order to go from incomplete to catch and fumble is if there is a clear recovery by either team or if the ball goes out of bounds. Case book plays 15.114 and 15.115.

It does happen.  Most commonly on plays where a QB gets hit as he throws and it is ruled incomplete, but is determined to be a fumble on replay.  In those scenarios  (when the ball is often just left sitting on the field) it is considered a sack and the play is dead where the QB lost the ball.  They don't just arbitrarily rule it incomplete even though replay determined it was a fumble.

Same thing with a player lunging into the endzone.  If replay determined he actually fumbled the ball before breaking the plane but no one picked it up (or the recovery wasn't clear) they don't just arbitrarily leave it as a TD even when replay shows it clearly wasn't.  Instead they go back and spot the ball where the runner fumbled it.

This was the same.

I'm willing to believe that the refs got confused and used bad wording there... what I'm waiting for after the game is the refs' official ruling on the play. If they say that wasn't a catch then that flies in the face of the new rule changes. Also, why did the refs move everyone up the field?

EDIT: Wait ARE THEY SAYING WIPE OUT A CATCH BECAUSE THERE WAS NO CLEAR RECOVERY AFTER THEY THEMSELVES BLEW THE WHISTLE DEAD? WTF?

 

[Thunderlips]

Foles works his magic right here.

 

[Billy Bats]

big difference in the game is Bears playing disciplined. No penalties that i can think of

Six points on two eagles third down penalties that would’ve been punts. 

 

[OrtonToOlsen]

They're the only band from Chicago who has had a hit in the past 30 years.

Fall Out Boy would like a word

 

[The General]

I don't want to eat any fruit of the Andy Reid tree.

 

[unckeyherb]

Come on Big Richard!!!!

 

[OrtonToOlsen]

Collinsworth looks like a middle school counselor

 

[Thunderlips]

Good call.  Defenseless WR.  Illegal hit. 

 

[GoBirds]

Targeting good call. 

 

[Deamon]

I don't want to eat any fruit of the Andy Reid tree.

They're probably Candy Apples

 

[OrtonToOlsen]

OH BS

 

[The General]

Dumb hit on Ertz. Late and cheap.

 

[OrtonToOlsen]

PUT A DRESS ON HIM

 

[The General]

They're probably Candy Apples

Has to be ham involved somehow.

 

[ProstheticRGK]

Get yer head out of yer Amos