Saints at Cowboys (1 Viewer)

[Maurile Tremblay]

Go.

 

[togo]

After 1 quarter Graham 1 catch. What happened to Graham the 2nd half of this year???

 

[Mister CIA]

Terrible defensive back play. TD Dez.

Also, Garrett Hartley is not an NFL caliber kicker.

 

[geoff8695]

After 1 quarter Graham 1 catch. What happened to Graham the 2nd half of this year???

IIRC, he's been playing through (a wrist?) injury virtually all season long.

 

[Mister CIA]

Romo throws a 10 yard slant to Dez, and Saints make like USC defense. Touchdown! 14-7.

 

[Mister CIA]

Lance Moore TD. Not much to it - 2 yard pass, turn away from the tackle and a nice leap into the end zone.

ETA: A few plays prior to TD, Vitt went for it on 4th and 1 rather than let Hartley attempt 42 yard FG.

 

[togo]

After 1 quarter HALF Graham 1 catch. What happened to Graham the 2nd half of this year???

 

[strong]

these guys wearing saints uniforms and pretending to play defense are absolutely killing me.

how awful were those two touchdowns to watch for people playing dez bryant today?? ouch.

 

[Mister CIA]

Oof Jason Garret! Cowboys run a 3 and out drive burning only 15 seconds. Saints get ball with 48 seconds and Sproles catches 44 yard pass down to 25 yard line with 30 seconds to go.

 

[saintfool]

these guys wearing saints uniforms and pretending to play defense are absolutely killing me. how awful were those two touchdowns to the watch for people playing dez bryant today?? ouch.

Saints backfield is pretty beat up. They have struggled all year and injuries don't help them one bit.

 

[solorca]

Nice to see the cowboys finally running a little.

 

[saintfool]

Terrible defensive back play. TD Dez.Also, Garrett Hartley is not an NFL caliber kicker.

Not a great season for Hartley but he's proven to be effective.

 

[identikit]

What's with the elf in the booth?

 

[Mister CIA]

What's with the elf in the booth?

Moose with the worst Christmas sweater ever!

 

[Mister CIA]

Terrible defensive back play. TD Dez.Also, Garrett Hartley is not an NFL caliber kicker.

Not a great season for Hartley but he's proven to be effective.

If I was management I would kick him to the curb. A lot of his makes are closer to the posts than dead center.

 

[twistd]

After 1 quarter Graham 1 catch. What happened to Graham the 2nd half of this year???

IIRC, he's been playing through (a wrist?) injury virtually all season long.

A wrist injury would have nothing to do with his inability to get open. We may have seen the best of Jimmy Graham last year. I don't know if they are paying a lot more attention to him, or if the offense is just looking elsewhere, but he has been outplayed in the second half by Heath Miller, Bennett, Pitta, and Myers. That isn't including Hernandez and Witten. Last time Graham had more than 15 points? That would be week 10.

 

[fruity pebbles]

After 1 quarter HALF Graham 1 catch. What happened to Graham the 2nd half of this year???

Dropped a perfect uncontested pass 15 yards down the field.

 

[Mister CIA]

Cowboys D had 9 players on the field and Brees called a time out with the ball inside the 5. WTF?!

 

[goldenchild]

After 1 quarter Graham 1 catch. What happened to Graham the 2nd half of this year???

IIRC, he's been playing through (a wrist?) injury virtually all season long.

A wrist injury would have nothing to do with his inability to get open. We may have seen the best of Jimmy Graham last year. I don't know if they are paying a lot more attention to him, or if the offense is just looking elsewhere, but he has been outplayed in the second half by Heath Miller, Bennett, Pitta, and Myers. That isn't including Hernandez and Witten. Last time Graham had more than 15 points? That would be week 10.

I'm catching chunks of the game here and there and it seems like jimmy isn't even on the field then NO gets into the RZ.

 

[togo]

After 1 quarter Graham 1 catch. What happened to Graham the 2nd half of this year???

IIRC, he's been playing through (a wrist?) injury virtually all season long.

A wrist injury would have nothing to do with his inability to get open. We may have seen the best of Jimmy Graham last year. I don't know if they are paying a lot more attention to him, or if the offense is just looking elsewhere, but he has been outplayed in the second half by Heath Miller, Bennett, Pitta, and Myers. That isn't including Hernandez and Witten. Last time Graham had more than 15 points? That would be week 10.

TE David Thomas gets the 3 yard TD catch. Thomas has been getting more red zone looks than Graham now.

 

[Mister CIA]

Miles Austin KILLED the offense on this drive. Three passes hit him in the hands, all incomplete.

 

[Sea Duck]

They didn't need to spike the ball with 32 seconds on the clock. Plenty of time.

 

[Young 8]

LOL @Saints defense

 

[Michael Brown]

Wowzers! Austin wide open TD

 

[Native]

ROOOOOMMMOOOO!

 

[Sea Duck]

Nice defense!! Was he trying to guard the Invisible Man in the corner of the endzone?!

 

[dickey moe]

 

[fasteddie_21]

Regardless of the outcome, I sure am impressed with this team's heart. Really impressive with all the injuries on defense!

 

[Deamon]

Who wins div if New O wins this and dallas beats wash next week? Is this game meaningless for dallas?

 

[The Man With No Name]

If NYG lose a game then they can still win division if they lose this game

 

[Yenrub]

Looks like a catch and fumble with a Saints recovery to me

 

[sporthenry]

Thought you can't advance a fumble under 2 minutes in the 4th quarter?

 

[dickey moe]

So freaking close. Dangit

 

[Bri]

I soooo didn't follow that ruling.

Didn't they say the play stands as called?

They called it Dallas recovery but then it was Saints ball on 2....need someone to explain please. I missed something.

 

[Deamon]

I soooo didn't follow that ruling.Didn't they say the play stands as called?They called it Dallas recovery but then it was Saints ball on 2....need someone to explain please. I missed something.

The other ref changed the call (before the review) to saints recovery after discussing it with the other refs. Call on the field was Saints ball.

 

[sporthenry]

Surprised no Cowboys fans complaining about the advance of the fumble. It appears they should have had the ball back at the 20 yard line. Still better than an XP.

 

[BigDave]

I soooo didn't follow that ruling.Didn't they say the play stands as called?They called it Dallas recovery but then it was Saints ball on 2....need someone to explain please. I missed something.

The other ref changed the call (before the review) to saints recovery after discussing it with the other refs. Call on the field was Saints ball.

Great hustle by Graham to recover it. Dallas was just very unfortunate on the bounce they didn't have anyone back there or it would have been an easy recover. Very tough loss :(

 

[Sea Duck]

Who wins div if New O wins this and dallas beats wash next week? Is this game meaningless for dallas?

Dallas would win the division as long as the Giants lost at least one game.If Dallas had won today, then they still could have won the division if the Giants went 2-0.

 

[Texasmouth]

Heartbreaking loss today. Absolutely heartbreaking.

This team has really been fighting its butt off but they are just so overmatched on defense in the middle.

 

[falguy]

Surprised no Cowboys fans complaining about the advance of the fumble. It appears they should have had the ball back at the 20 yard line. Still better than an XP.

Bring back the replacements! better?

 

[Sea Duck]

Thought you can't advance a fumble under 2 minutes in the 4th quarter?

ARTICLE 6: FUMBLE AFTER TWO-MINUTE WARNING

If a fumble by either team occurs after the two-minute warning:

A) The ball may be advanced by any opponent

B) The player who fumbled is the only player of his team who is permitted to recover and advance the ball.

C) If the recovery or catch is by a teammate of the player who fumbled, the ball is dead, and the spot of the next snap is the spot of the fumble, or the spot of the recovery if the spot of the recovery is behind the spot of the fumble.

I guess overtime is not considered to be "after the two-minute warning".

 

[Lash]

i dont know which rule is dumber

1) Tuck rule

2) OT is not "after the two minute warning"

3) if a KR sees a kickoff rolling on the ground but not going OB he can step OB himself and reach back in play to touch the ball and the ball is ruled OB for a HUGE penalty on kicking team

saw #2 (NO v DAL) and #3 (GB v TEN) today

 

[Bri]

I soooo didn't follow that ruling.Didn't they say the play stands as called?They called it Dallas recovery but then it was Saints ball on 2....need someone to explain please. I missed something.

The other ref changed the call (before the review) to saints recovery after discussing it with the other refs. Call on the field was Saints ball.

That's oddMight just be me and I missed it, but the announcers and Perriera seemed to lead me down a different path.

 

[Bri]

Heartbreaking loss today. Absolutely heartbreaking. This team has really been fighting its butt off but they are just so overmatched on defense in the middle.

Yeah but every team has issues.Miles Austin has been off lately. Even his good games I swear he's out of sync.For the last ten? years, if Ware is on the sidelines the Cowboys don't have much of a pass rush. That's always been a bit much.Regardless, the Saints are a terrific offense and they kept up with them. So close, so close.

 

[Deamon]

I soooo didn't follow that ruling.Didn't they say the play stands as called?They called it Dallas recovery but then it was Saints ball on 2....need someone to explain please. I missed something.

The other ref changed the call (before the review) to saints recovery after discussing it with the other refs. Call on the field was Saints ball.

That's oddMight just be me and I missed it, but the announcers and Perriera seemed to lead me down a different path.

The announcers explained how they changed the call to Saints ball... but ya, for some reason Perriera didn't notice that and incorrectly thought they had awarded the ball to dallas.

 

[Bri]

thanks deamon

 

[sporthenry]

Thought you can't advance a fumble under 2 minutes in the 4th quarter?

ARTICLE 6: FUMBLE AFTER TWO-MINUTE WARNING

If a fumble by either team occurs after the two-minute warning:

A) The ball may be advanced by any opponent

B) The player who fumbled is the only player of his team who is permitted to recover and advance the ball.

C) If the recovery or catch is by a teammate of the player who fumbled, the ball is dead, and the spot of the next snap is the spot of the fumble, or the spot of the recovery if the spot of the recovery is behind the spot of the fumble.

I guess overtime is not considered to be "after the two-minute warning".

Yeah, I thought the overtime rules used to be explained as though all the rules apply after the two minute warning. But I guess the new rule is that it acts as a 4th quarter in its entirety. I knew they said after the 2 minute warning to explain the automatic review but I guess that is now an exception to the 4th quarter timing rule.

 

[mad sweeney]

i dont know which rule is dumber1) Tuck rule2) OT is not "after the two minute warning"3) if a KR sees a kickoff rolling on the ground but not going OB he can step OB himself and reach back in play to touch the ball and the ball is ruled OB for a HUGE penalty on kicking teamsaw #2 (NO v DAL) and #3 (GB v TEN) today

OT is a new quarter. No reason to have last 2 minute rules. Where does the ref lineup? In the backfield or behind the LBs? I think only challenges are treated like under 2 mins. Can't think of a single reason to play a whole quarter with 2 minute rules.

 

[sporthenry]

i dont know which rule is dumber1) Tuck rule2) OT is not "after the two minute warning"3) if a KR sees a kickoff rolling on the ground but not going OB he can step OB himself and reach back in play to touch the ball and the ball is ruled OB for a HUGE penalty on kicking teamsaw #2 (NO v DAL) and #3 (GB v TEN) today

OT is a new quarter. No reason to have last 2 minute rules. Where does the ref lineup? In the backfield or behind the LBs? I think only challenges are treated like under 2 mins. Can't think of a single reason to play a whole quarter with 2 minute rules.

Well apart from challenges, what else really is different under 2 minutes? The umpire location and the advancement of fumbles? And what is the reasoning for having the fumble rule under 2 minutes? B/c you don't want this situation to decide a game? It would appear they should extend those rules to OT.

 

[mad sweeney]

i dont know which rule is dumber1) Tuck rule2) OT is not "after the two minute warning"3) if a KR sees a kickoff rolling on the ground but not going OB he can step OB himself and reach back in play to touch the ball and the ball is ruled OB for a HUGE penalty on kicking teamsaw #2 (NO v DAL) and #3 (GB v TEN) today

OT is a new quarter. No reason to have last 2 minute rules. Where does the ref lineup? In the backfield or behind the LBs? I think only challenges are treated like under 2 mins. Can't think of a single reason to play a whole quarter with 2 minute rules.

Well apart from challenges, what else really is different under 2 minutes? The umpire location and the advancement of fumbles? And what is the reasoning for having the fumble rule under 2 minutes? B/c you don't want this situation to decide a game? It would appear they should extend those rules to OT.

Iirc, the no advancing rule is to avoid a fumbleroosky type scenario, not because they don't want a forward fumble to decide the game. Just not a deliberate fumble. Why wouldn't a regular play that happens all the time be removed from the game? Since time isn't extremely short (ie no real worries the other team would get the ball back with time) in OT, no reason to eliminate a great defensive play from the game. There's also out of bounds stopping the clock. I was asking about the ump position because that would be an indicator of how much like "under two minutes" they consider the OT period to be.