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  1. 1 hour ago, Jamie_B said:

    The Reds were in the thick of it last year until a few of the rookies hit the rookie wall, and pitching injuries piled on. They had a real shot at the wild card until the very last couple of games, even with the bad start they had. If they can stay relatively healthy I expect a post season birth.

    The Wild Card route is always iffy. Not only overall record factored in, but also season record vs other WC claimants. 
     

    LA and ATL are likely (again) division winners. The Central is more dicey. The Wild Cards will come from teams good enough to win their divisions, but have LA and ATL in them (AZ and PHL). That leaves two spots for the likes of SF, NYM, CHC (or STL), and the Reds. There are also “rebound” teams such as MIA,

    SEA and SD. 
     

    Getting off to a good start may be key. They start off with 3 vs PHL, 3 vs NYM, and end the month with 3 against SEA, 4 against PHL and 2 against SD. Gotta make hay against the WC contenders early, so as get the head-to-head lead down  

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  2. 1 hour ago, sparky151 said:

     

    Onside kick attempts have to be announced in advance and are only allowed in the 4th quarter. Max of 2 per team per game.

     

    The landing zone is from the goal line to the 20. So that's a pretty big target for kickers to aim toward.

    It is. But in the context of onside kick--and the kick team has to wait on their designated yard line until the ball is kicked--it renders the chances of a successful onside basically nil. And, if the kick doesn't make it to the 20, it's an auto placement on the 40 for the receiving team. 

     

    I have been trying to get my head around just what the options are going to be for the kicking team--on any kicks. I suppose that one (besides booming it out of the back of the endzone) is to squib it just far enough to get past the 20--forcing a return. Maybe there is a metric for how many times returners might bobble a squib...dunno. This will be a challenge for someone like McPherson, who may or may not have accuracy skills to place things that exactly. Frankly, not certain who does. 

     

    On to putt putt!

     

    Thirteen Questions About Steph Curry's 'Holey Moley,' Answered - The Ringer

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  3. 7 hours ago, T-Dub said:

     

     

    Why even run the play? Spot the ball at the 30 and be done with it.  At this point it's only an excuse to air 2-3 extra ad breaks while they sort out their latest goof shit.

     

     

    They keep saying they “want more runbacks”, but with “less player injury”. 
     

    5 will get you 10 that, if teams have reliable distance kickers, they still bury the ball in the back of the endzone. 
     

    That is, unless New York creates a last minute rule against it. 

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  4. 3 hours ago, sparky151 said:

     

    I haven't checked it in detail but isn't it still a free kick with a live ball that can be recovered by the kicking team? If the kicker puts the kickoff short of the goal line, once the ball hits the ground, it belongs to whoever can get to it, right? 

    It appears silent as to onside kicks. However, in reference to ANY kickoffs: 

     

    • Any kick that hits short of the landing zone – treated like kickoff out of bounds and ball spotted at B40 yard line; play would be blown dead as soon as kick lands short of the landing zone
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  5. 1 hour ago, Griever said:

    I don't think anybody can move besides the kicker and a maximum of two returners...NFL operations posted a decent video explanation on X, I'm more of a visual guy myself

     

     

    That is a nice illustration. The “no fair catch” is a bit disingenuous for “player safety”, as in the unlikely event a kick goes deep enough, and the coverage team flies like Flash down the field after release from the DMZ, the returner could still be blown up if he catches it. 
     

    Looks like the kicking  teams are going to have to decide whether to gamble on shorter kicks and risk getting the ball on the 40, or gamble they can blast the ball out of the endzone and keep it to the 30. 

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  6. 1 hour ago, Griever said:

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    So let me get this clearer: the kicking team can’t cross the DMZ—or even move—until the ball hits the ground or person in the No-Fly Zone. Can the return team move during this time? 
     

    Figure anything in play will get at least to the 35-40. If I’m a ST coordinator, I just continue to bury the ball out of the endzone as they have been doing. 
     

     

  7. 1 hour ago, sparky151 said:

    The main effect of the new kickoff rule is that nobody moves until the ball touches a player or the ground. If the return team can sustain a block for a couple of seconds, there's a good chance of big returns. A slippery kickoff returner like Cordarelle Patterson or Kadarius Toney will be more valuable. 

    This is more oddball than trying to sink a putt through the windmill at putt-putt. 
     

    “”Landing zones”? “Set up zones”? 
     

    https://operations.nfl.com/updates/football-ops/nfl-kickoff-rule-proposal/

     

     

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  8. I suppose this rule will be as inconsistently called/non-called as the other erstwhile player safety rules. 

     

    The one they are putting in also—the kickoff on the fly into the endzone rule—is even more egregious towards the continued bastardization of the once great National Football League. 

     

    They were automatically putting the ball at the 25. Now, they are moving it to the 30 (thankfully changing their minds on putting it at the 35). The league wanted KO returns, then they didn’t want KO returns. But they do want more scoring. 5 extra yards doesn’t sound like much…but consider that, without having to do anymore than watch the ball sail out of the endzone, offenses get a 70-yard field. At a minimum, they have 30 yards in which to get into reasonable FG range. 

     

    But, the NFL doesn’t want FG’s either, so will stay tuned for the next rule change granting offenses half the field.

  9. 7 hours ago, texbengal said:


    I’d consider it, although as others have stated, Gesicki can/has played a lot of slot and they still don’t know what they have in Charlie Jones (I think he’ll be a weapon but because he has position flex, not sure he’s a FT slot guy). 
     

    I have always liked TB and he’s obviously been a fixture there. He knows the offense cold and has rapport with JB. But you’ve got Chase, Tee, Andre, Irwin, Charlie Jones… and potentially a draftee. That’s already crowded. 

    You have a bit more positivity with Chuck Fizzle than I have. Get the first year thing, but—even when not injured—he was a mystery of where his route was, and dropped more than a couple when the ball was in his breadbasket or catchable. Not really seeing more than a kick returner tbh. 
     

    Iosivas is sort of a Kelly Washington from my eyesight: maybe making rather great grab sometimes, maybe disappearing more. 
     

    Teams can always have more than one slot guy. TB is aces here. Still wish they could get him back 

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