Ot: NFL 2024/25

[cgolvin]

Originally Posted by kiwisimon

Is everyone an eligible receiver on a screen play?
A lot of close games, this league does things very well to keep the fans,most of whom have never played the game as an adult engaged. Bills just about to unload on Seattle I hope.

Not a rules expert but 99.9% certain that the answer is no -- the same as on any other play, receivers and backs (incl. QB) plus one lineman if he reports to the ref as eligible on that play.

[kiwisimon]

Originally Posted by cgolvin

Not a rules expert but 99.9% certain that the answer is no -- the same as on any other play, receivers and backs (incl. QB) plus one lineman if he reports to the ref as eligible on that play.

so it's still all drawn up and not just a scramble to give someone the ball, looks chaotic.

Bills had a good win away. As usual it looks like all AFC roads to the Superbowl go through Kansas.

[Spaghetti Legs]

Originally Posted by BobC

As a Bears fan, I cannot wait until hockey season starts.

Well maybe you weren’t watching today then, but that had to hurt.

Amazing play though.

[peanutgallery]

Mahomes is like the 24th rated QB in the NFL this year. The chiefs have been pretty lucky for way too long. It comes to an end this year...at home...in the playoffs

Can't wait for facepaint mottled with tears. And a sad Taylor Swift

Originally Posted by kiwisimon

so it's still all drawn up and not just a scramble to give someone the ball, looks chaotic.

Bills had a good win away. As usual it looks like all AFC roads to the Superbowl go through Kansas.

[makoti]

Originally Posted by kiwisimon

so it's still all drawn up and not just a scramble to give someone the ball, looks chaotic.

Bills had a good win away. As usual it looks like all AFC roads to the Superbowl go through Kansas.

Sigh
Missouri. The "Kansas City" that is home to the Chiefs is in Missouri. As of now (may change in a few years), there is nothing in Kansas.

[kiwisimon]

Originally Posted by makoti

Sigh
Missouri. The "Kansas City" that is home to the Chiefs is in Missouri. As of now (may change in a few years), there is nothing in Kansas.

LOL, that is FUBAR branding.

Good thing about Buffalo Bills is there is no NY stench attached to the name.
Go Dodgers!!

[Louis]

Originally Posted by makoti

As of now (may change in a few years), there is nothing in Kansas.

Well, there is The Big House:

[superbowlpats]

My Patriots suck but beating the J E T S is like winning the SB this year (well not really but it still made my day)

[saab2000]

Originally Posted by superbowlpats

My Patriots suck but beating the J E T S is like winning the SB this year (well not really but it still made my day)

Watching the crybaby egomaniac on the Jets go down is satisfying, to say the least.

[BobC]

Originally Posted by Spaghetti Legs

Well maybe you weren’t watching today then, but that had to hurt.

Amazing play though.

Yepper, finding new and inventive ways to lose.

To be fair, they did not deserve to win. Offense game plan and execution were horrendous. Stunt plays that fail on the 1 yard line? Bleah.

The early signs are the Blackhawks are no better.

[Spaghetti Legs]

Originally Posted by BobC

Yepper, finding new and inventive ways to lose.

To be fair, they did not deserve to win. Offense game plan and execution were horrendous. Stunt plays that fail on the 1 yard line? Bleah.

The early signs are the Blackhawks are no better.

Agreed, lotsa head scratcher play calls. Apparently also, they had a QB spy on the Hail Mary play.?! I hope Caleb survives with his head intact (literally and figuratively) over the next year or two because I think he’ll be very good.

[verticaldoug]

Originally Posted by cgolvin

Not a rules expert but 99.9% certain that the answer is no -- the same as on any other play, receivers and backs (incl. QB) plus one lineman if he reports to the ref as eligible on that play.

Eligibility rules apply to forward passes beyond the line of scrimmage. A screen pass behind the line, anyone would be eligible in my opinion.

[reuben]

Originally Posted by Spaghetti Legs

Well maybe you weren’t watching today then, but that had to hurt.

Amazing play though.

The spanish language commentary was awesome.

En espanol. "Nah ah nah nah, nah nah nah nah, hey hey hey, doin' fine! Buenos noches, Chicago!!!"

https://twitter.com/i/status/1850701059653538246

From two separate WaPo articles:

[Chicago Bear] Tyrique Stevenson had quite a day; besides getting into a back-and-forth with wide receiver Terry McLaurin and giving his team an unnecessary roughness penalty, he was the one who knocked the Hail Mary pass to Brown — after taunting fans and acting chesty when he thought his team was about to win.

After the loss, Stevenson apologized on X to Bears fans and his teammates for his “lack of awareness and focus.”

Here's a video of him taunting the Washington fans, with his back to the field after the play had already started, totally oblivious to anything but his own ego. Once he realized what was going on, he drifted to the scrum, and tipped to ball to Noah Brown for the winning score. If ever the phrase "epic fail" had a raison d'etre, Tyrique Stevenson's performance on that play would be an apt example.

If I were the Chicago coach, he'd be scrubbing the showers for the next few weeks.

https://x.com/RGIII/status/1850701640107446333

76 yards, 25 seconds, one timeout.

[cgolvin]

Originally Posted by verticaldoug

Eligibility rules apply to forward passes beyond the line of scrimmage. A screen pass behind the line, anyone would be eligible in my opinion.

I don't believe that's correct. A forward pass, irrespective of the receiver's position relative to the line of scrimmage, must be caught by an eligible receiver (unless it's tipped). A lateral can go to anyone, like during "pitchy pitchy woo woo."

[cgolvin]

Originally Posted by reuben

If I were the Chicago coach, he'd be scrubbing the showers for the next few weeks.

Per last night's SportsCenter, Herm Edwards agrees with you -- suspend him and fine him (nothing said about janitorial work).