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Scoring sky high today...fallout from the NFL H2H fines? (1 Viewer)

Ministry of Pain

Ministry of Pain

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8 teams have scored 30+ points so far today. Do you attribute any of it to the fiasco last week and the subsequent fines and suspension threats by the NFL?

 
CBS called that out at halftime of the early games. They showed three seperate incidents where defenders completely pulled up on potential ball jarring hits.

 
Otis said:
Ministry of Pain said:
8 teams have scored 30+ points so far today. Do you attribute any of it to the fiasco last week and the subsequent fines and suspension threats by the NFL?
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I don't see the correlation here.
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Well Mr Air, it would seem as though the offenive skill position player might have the upper hand at the moment. At the Mia/Pitt game today it didn't appear like the Steelers were hitting as hard and also there were times they could have lowered the boom and didn't. Then I look online and the Miami Pitt game was pretty lght scoring compared to many others.
 
jurrassic said:
CBS called that out at halftime of the early games. They showed three seperate incidents where defenders completely pulled up on potential ball jarring hits.
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Wasn't near a TV for the half time shows. Good info, gess they felt the same way. Let's take a passing league and make it even easier for them to throw the ball.
 
A lot of high scoring due to a lot of pick-sixes.

Turns out when defenders don't aim for the other guy's helmet, they aim for the ball instead.

 
Ministry of Pain said:
Otis said:
Ministry of Pain said:
8 teams have scored 30+ points so far today. Do you attribute any of it to the fiasco last week and the subsequent fines and suspension threats by the NFL?
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I don't see the correlation here.
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Well Mr Air, it would seem as though the offenive skill position player might have the upper hand at the moment. At the Mia/Pitt game today it didn't appear like the Steelers were hitting as hard and also there were times they could have lowered the boom and didn't. Then I look online and the Miami Pitt game was pretty lght scoring compared to many others.
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How does "lowering the boom" impact scoring? A tackle is a tackle -- you don't get less points if you get tackled harder.
 
Ministry of Pain said:
The Real Hipster Doofus said:
Ministry of Pain said:
8 teams have scored 30+ points so far today. Do you attribute any of it to the fiasco last week and the subsequent fines and suspension threats by the NFL?
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Had that same thought in regards to the monster receiving numbers on the day.
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Specifically this...guys like Kenny Britt, Steve Johnson, Roddy White just taking a blowtorch to the secondaries.
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None of Roddy's catches today were in a spot where a defender could blow him up.
 
Football Night In America just discussed that James Harrison pulled up and did not hit Ricky Williams after a reception because he was worried about a helmet to helmet penalty. They showed the play and Ricky had full possession of the ball but Harrison avoided any contact with him anyways.

 
footballnerd said:
Football Night In America just discussed that James Harrison pulled up and did not hit Ricky Williams after a reception because he was worried about a helmet to helmet penalty. They showed the play and Ricky had full possession of the ball but Harrison avoided any contact with him anyways.
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You are quite the student of the game.
 
THE SNOWMAN said:
footballnerd said:
Football Night In America just discussed that James Harrison pulled up and did not hit Ricky Williams after a reception because he was worried about a helmet to helmet penalty. They showed the play and Ricky had full possession of the ball but Harrison avoided any contact with him anyways.
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You are quite the student of the game.
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Just putting out what they talked about for discussion.
 
footballnerd said:
THE SNOWMAN said:
footballnerd said:
Football Night In America just discussed that James Harrison pulled up and did not hit Ricky Williams after a reception because he was worried about a helmet to helmet penalty. They showed the play and Ricky had full possession of the ball but Harrison avoided any contact with him anyways.
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You are quite the student of the game.
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Just putting out what they talked about for discussion.
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Williams was already being tackled when Harrison pulled up.
 
FWIW, which is probably very little, the first game after the changes the hard-nosed impenetrable Steelers D was not nearly as impressive as weeks before.

 
I don't think there is. Every year there are several weeks where silly scoring and/or wierd upsets just happen. More happenstance imo than a direct correlation.

 
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