Sgt Schultz

Glad you mentioned that. I thought it had been illegal for eons, but then thought it was just because I am eons old. Simple fix, go back to it being illegal. But, the NFL will come up with some finely-tuned rule that takes seven instant replay angles, a mechanical engineer, and two physicists to determine the call.

OK, I need a shutout the rest of the way. I entered a blind score grid, and I have 5 for the Chiefs and 7 for the Eagles. Something tells me not to spend that money just yet.

Yep, he was going to lose a couple and it was going to be 4th and 8 or more. No way the Eagles were going for that.

That was exactly my thought. Live, I thought this one was good, but looking at the replay, I would not be surprised if they call it back. It is very close.

Problem is the NFL brings in a crew for the Super Bowl. If the field is worse than it was during the regular season, it is on the NFL.

The rule is still way to complex....and they simplified it a few years ago. It is still a call that almost requires instant replay, and I don't know about anybody else but I would prefer replay be used to correct calls, not be required to make them.

I thought coming in that the Chiefs defense would decide this game one way or the other. The offensive time and stats are more skewed by the fact the Chiefs scored on the fumble. That cost the Chiefs an offensive possession and kept their defense on the field, although giving them 7 points in the process. But the Chiefs defense is not exactly the Steel Curtain and can handle the "baggage" that comes with scoring on defense. I think what I just saw is going to be an incomplete pass.

The first time I ever heard Prince, before everybody knew who Prince was, I thought somebody dug up an old, buried Jimi Hendrix guitar piece. The guy was flat out good.

Geez, how did Kelce catch that ball?

And that is the best plan at this point. Since Corral is an unknown, you have to proceed with the knowledge we have one QB who is an enigma at this point. Hopefully that predicament is the last vestige of The Process we have to deal with. It would be nice if we knew something about Corral's NFL potential after a year. But, no, thanks to Mr. Nebraska.

I gotta think. Either that or she is on the same diet I follow!

The difference was Tyree was in the middle of the field (so there was no question about how many feet were in bounds), Tyree's ball never touched the ground, and Tyree's ball never moved when he had it pinned to his helmet. What I saw was he didn't have control when the first foot was down, meaning the "second foot" became the first foot. After that, nothing else mattered because the next foot was halfway into the white on the sidelines. But, as others had said, since he was going down, he had to control the ball through the ground, which he did not appear to do. So, 1 foot inbounds and by the league's (granted, odd) definition, he didn't maintain control through the ground. I actually thought it was an easy replay for them. Now calling it real-time on the field is a completely different story, but the replay from the very first angle looked conclusive on when he had control and the resulting second foot being well out of bounds. The ball moving when it contacted the ground was just a bonus for them. They tried to make it a catch, but couldn't.

Watching this staff take shape has been almost surreal. There actually seems to be a method to it. Whodathunkit?

What can I say, people should have questions about Corral. We know nothing about him as an NFL QB. But, but, but, look at these clips from last preseason. Uh, yeah, last preseason when a QB who was drafted with the idea he needed some development was given minutes of reps and no coaching whatsoever. Under that plan, Joe Montana would have washed out. Romo……gone. Aaron Rodgers.....who knows? We knew he would need some development, which implies coaching. We gave him none. The “classic” plan would have been for him to start as #3 on the depth chart and be developed into #2 during the regular season, if he can do it. But our buffoon of a coach didn’t believe in such things. Corral’s problems include 1) being a redshirt freshman in the Process’ eyes, 2) Mayfield being acquired, which meant there were four QBs vying for two or three spots, and 3) his primary competition for the #3 slot suddenly becoming a guy who was OOU. The competition for the last QB slot on the roster should have been Darnold vs. Walker. Mayfield was the de facto #1 when they acquired him (whether we like it or not), and Corral should have been inked in as #3. The “competition” would have been for the #2 slot. But again, we had a buffoon running the show and judging the “competitions (not just at QB).” Thus, we have a young QB on the roster we know nothing about. I think Corral has an uphill battle, but I also think he is essentially in exactly the same position he was last year when we drafted him (assuming he recovers from the injury), without the buffoon in the picture

Garrett, Peterson, and company were not OOU. When you are a BS artist, that is the most important criteria.

Hell, the average experience of this staff is higher than the collective experience of Rhule's staff the first two years......maybe combined!

The evil side of me would love to see them hit mediocrity quickly, get their hopes up, and then get stuck there. Good enough that they torpedo those draft picks and create expectations for themselves for the next year, when the same cycle repeats.

I was pretty convinced that switch was just words to appease an owner who was asking what they were going to do about a failing defense. Armed with no answers, he trotted out what he thought the owner wanted to hear.

There are certain constants in the universe, and that is one of them. I don't know how else to go from being on the verge of parting company with the HC and starting QB, solving that by extending both of them, only to then part company with the HC the following year and, if they had any sense, the QB, too. I will swallow my tongue saying this, but Marty Hurney might have been an improvement for them.

I guess he picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.

OK, just get to the point. How much do you want? Around here, I get to deal with Cowboy fans (or people who call themselves Cowboys fans), Broncos fans, and sometimes even somebody wearing a Cardinals jersey. Then there are the occasional Raidahs jerseys, but I don't think those folks know they moved from LA, let alone Oakland (twice) or that they are a pseudo-NFL team. So Panthers discussions are like hen's teeth.

We didn't need checks and balances. We had The Process. That makes checks and balances unnecessary. I swear, every time I see checks and balances break down in anything, the result is a fiasco or worse.

That era pretty much ended when the salary cap started. Someone would need extremely good assistant coaches and support staff on the GM side to pull it off. And then they would need to keep those people in place or have a steady stream of exceptional talent to replace them. The problem The Process had is that he was about as good as he was going to get in year one. To get better at anything, the person needs to realize they need to get better or even can get better. He did not see the need, and he thought his methods were the epitome. What he discovered was that immortal Jerry Glanville quote, that if you are a pro coach NFL stands for Not For Long.

That is considered a form of torture by international law. I think after about 45 minutes I would flat out ask him whether the insane rumor of him having a preference for Jeff Saturday is true. Then at minute 47 it would be time to call it a day.

Geez, I think I am going to have a drink after hearing that news. A toast. Color me unimpressed by Turner.