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Does it upset anyone else that NFL defenders basically aren't allowed to hit anyone, yet offensive guys peeling back and just blindsiding them is completely okay? What am I missing here?

 
Does it upset anyone else that NFL defenders basically aren't allowed to hit anyone, yet offensive guys peeling back and just blindsiding them is completely okay? What am I missing here?
You're not missing anything. I had the Red Zone channel on for the early games and I saw at least half a dozen hits drawing flags that had me thinking "what the hell is the defender supposed to do?".

 
Does it upset anyone else that NFL defenders basically aren't allowed to hit anyone, yet offensive guys peeling back and just blindsiding them is completely okay? What am I missing here?
You're not missing anything. I had the Red Zone channel on for the early games and I saw at least half a dozen hits drawing flags that had me thinking "what the hell is the defender supposed to do?".
I had the exact same thought.

 
Does it upset anyone else that NFL defenders basically aren't allowed to hit anyone, yet offensive guys peeling back and just blindsiding them is completely okay? What am I missing here?
You're not missing anything. I had the Red Zone channel on for the early games and I saw at least half a dozen hits drawing flags that had me thinking "what the hell is the defender supposed to do?".
I had the exact same thought.
I think theses refs are up to something.
 
Does it upset anyone else that NFL defenders basically aren't allowed to hit anyone, yet offensive guys peeling back and just blindsiding them is completely okay? What am I missing here?
You're not missing anything. I had the Red Zone channel on for the early games and I saw at least half a dozen hits drawing flags that had me thinking "what the hell is the defender supposed to do?".
I had the exact same thought.
I think theses refs are up to something.
The Alex Smith call was awful. It's not just that though - it's the glorifying of the peel back blindside block that really gets me. Steve Smith had one against the Vikes last week and the announcers thought it was the greatest thing ever. The guy with his head turned running to make a tackle is just as defenseless as a receiver with his head turned trying to catch a ball.

/rant

 
Does it upset anyone else that NFL defenders basically aren't allowed to hit anyone, yet offensive guys peeling back and just blindsiding them is completely okay? What am I missing here?
You're not missing anything. I had the Red Zone channel on for the early games and I saw at least half a dozen hits drawing flags that had me thinking "what the hell is the defender supposed to do?".
Agreed, but the players brought this on themselves with the concussion lawsuit.

 
-fish- said:
Watching the rerun of the season premiere of SNL. Arcade Fire is like a family of inbreeds trying to play the Talking Heads. I can't believe there are people that have been fooled into believing that they're worth listening to.
:thumbup: They're freaking terrible. Not sure who is worse...AF or Mumford and Sons.

 
Beware of the " fitness mom" minefield conversation with your wife. I hadn't heard about it and she made me look it up. I said I didn't see the big deal and based on this: " Kang, who runs two board-and-care homes for the elderly, says she doesn't profit from fitness and just wants to help people get healthy. She runs an unpaid nonprofit, Fitness Without Borders, a free Mom-Me Fit Club that meets in public parks three times a week and free 12-week family fitness boot camps." she didn't seem like a bad person.

Seemed reasonable to me but it resulted in my wife storming out of the room :shrug:

 
I never go shopping. I bought a couple of weeks' worth of maternity clothes and just cycled through them. I like wine but don't really even buy it that much. Point being: I just don't spend a lot of money. At all.

Except that, as of today's unfortunate phone-in-cup-of-water incident, I've either lost or drowned 4-5 iPhones in the last 4 years. I haven't told Romo about today yet, as I have my phone in a bag of rice tucked away in the back of my parents' guest room closet and am hoping for the best.

:sadbanana:
Forget that rice bull####. Get a vacuum or shop vac and suck the living hell out of every opening and orifice. :unsure:

Seriously. Dropped my old phone in a scummy pond and this did the trick.

 
I wrote here a few weeks ago about the condition that my 13 year old lab was in. He had been doing fine over the past weeks. However, last night before bed his front leg seemed to give out. He can't get up with his weaker back legs now and the front one not working right.

My youngest son has a soccer game this morning. My wife and told the kids to say good bye to their dog before they left for his soccer game. We did our best to explain to them how we don't want him to live in pain or in a state where he can't walk around and enjoy himself. My 6 year old was in tears. Just breaking my heart.

In 30 minutes I will be taking my best buddy to the vet when they open. In all likelihood this is it. I won't be bringing him home with me. For the first time in 13 years i will have to walk in the door and not be greeted by him.

This was definitely not the way that i saw my Saturday morning playing out.
Sorry, man. You did the right thing.

 
Does it upset anyone else that NFL defenders basically aren't allowed to hit anyone, yet offensive guys peeling back and just blindsiding them is completely okay? What am I missing here?
You're not missing anything. I had the Red Zone channel on for the early games and I saw at least half a dozen hits drawing flags that had me thinking "what the hell is the defender supposed to do?".
I had the exact same thought.
I think theses refs are up to something.
:lmao:

 

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