Board 8 > NFL Discussion Topic - Wildcard Weekend

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Panthers hiring the Baylor coach

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Huh, surprised at that, he had said he wasn't leaving. Granted I know that doesn't mean much but he seemed pretty steadfast. Maybe he just said that so he didn't have to interview with cleveland.
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Rhule wouldn't even give the Giants an interview. It was long considered by even those close to him that the Giants would be at or near the top of his list, and he wasn't even interested in talking to them.

So the Giants didn't even interview the only two candidates they actually wanted.

This is the lowest point they've been at in what 20 or so years?

And they still have a GM everyone knows should've been fired by now. That's a big draw obv.

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XFL RULES

A kickoff designed to discourage touchbacks and increase the likelihood of a return: The ball will be kicked off from the 30-yard line, but the coverage and blocking teams will line up at the receiving team's 35- and 30-yard lines, respectively. Only the kicker and returner can move until the ball is caught, or three seconds after it hits the ground. A touchback will be spotted at the 35-yard line. Kicks out of bounds will go to the 45-yard line.

Players can't leave the line of scrimmage on punts until after the kick. Any kicks that go into the end zone or out of bounds will be marked at the 35-yard line or wherever the ball went out of bounds, whichever is better for the receiving team. The idea is to discourage fair catches and "coffin corner" kicks, while providing more incentive to go for it on fourth down.

Three options after scoring a touchdown: a 1-point play from the 2-yard line, a 2-point play from the 3-yard line or a 3-point play from the 10-yard line. There is no option to kick an extra point.

A shootout-style overtime: Each team will get five single-play possessions from the 5-yard line. If the game is still tied at that point, the rotating possessions will continue until there is a winner. The XFL hopes that overtimes will be rare, in part because of the multiple options for points after touchdowns.

A rule that allows two forward passes on one play, providing the first doesn't go past the line of scrimmage. The purpose is to encourage creative trick plays without the risk of losing possession of a lateral or backward pass, which is a live ball if it hits the ground.

A requirement for only one foot to be in bounds for possession. XFL director of football operations Sam Schwartzstein said the change is easier to officiate quickly. It also is better for player safety, Schwartzstein said, because players take more unbraced falls while trying to place both feet in bounds.

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A total of nine officials on the field, one of whom will be dedicated solely to spotting the ball to minimize downtime between plays. XFL head of officiating Dean Blandino said most XFL officials have experience at the Division I college level. Blandino, the former NFL officiating chief, has been consulting with the XFL for more than a year. He performed a similar function for the Alliance of American Football (AAF) last spring.

A video official who can intervene on significant non-reviewable plays when involving player safety, or on any calls inside of five minutes remaining in the fourth quarter. There will also be booth-initiated reviews of traditionally reviewable plays using Hawk-Eye technology that ingests video directly from the broadcast truck.

Allowing offensive linemen to be up to 2 yards downfield when a pass is thrown, with the hope of minimizing flags on run-pass option plays.

A series of tweaks that the XFL hopes will cap game times at 2 hours, 45 minutes. (NFL games typically run about 3:06.) The tweaks include a running game clock that won't stop after incomplete passes or when players go out of bounds, except inside of two minutes in each half. Additionally, there will be a 10-minute halftime, two timeouts per team per half and no coin tosses. The home team will always make the choice to kick, receive or defer to start the game. The visitors will make that choice to start overtime.

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Does anyone believe the XFL will still exist 3 years from now for any of this to matter

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Hey last time they gave us skycam, who knows what NFL will get from the scraps this time

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Meow1000 posted...

Does anyone believe the XFL will still exist 3 years from now for any of this to matter

Vince set aside enough of his personal fortune to fund the league for 3 years even if it makes no money!
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I kinda like most of those rule changes but a running clock is bad

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Giants set to hire Patriots WR coach Joe Judge

Congrats on getting the guy behind the most poorly coached position on a bad offense

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To be fair he was also special teams coordinator.

But if we were going to make a dumb hire, we should've just hired Freddie Kitchens or Jason Garrett. But hey, there's still time to hire Garrett as OC!

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I wonder if that's who the four computer guys said to hire

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Giants: Pat Shurmur won 9 games with the Browns! Let's hire him to be our head coach.

Giants: Okay, that didn't work out. let's take a belichick disciple. Those always work out. Is Eric Mangini available? No,he's with Fox. Umm... how about Josh McDaniels? No, wait. He withdrew from the Colts job. Even we know that's a bad idea. Who's their Defensive Coordinator? Bill Belichick? Well let's hire him? WHAT DO YOU MEAN THATS NOT HIS SON? DAMMIT! Okay, fine. The special teams coach. Surely that will work out well for us. Joe Judge, huh? Wonder if he's related to Judge Judy.

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Leonhart4 posted...

Giants set to hire Patriots WR coach Joe Judge

Congrats on getting the guy behind the most poorly coached position on a bad offense

Took the words right out of my mouth!
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Rhule's deal with the panthers is 7 years/60 mil

This had better work cause if not, yikes
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I like those xfl rules

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Go Dragons!

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So this is how bad it's gotten for the Giants that they immediately made THAT hire in a desperate attempt to save face.

Though really the biggest mistake by far in the past few years was continuing to ride an Eli Manning everyone knew was done.

I saw them as a 4-5 win team this year. Toss in that loss to Washington at the end of the season and that just puts them yet another tick back.

The Jets quietly built a foundation to start with again and went a respectable 7-9 this year. If they build properly in this off season that 7-9 could turn into 9-7, a fringe playoff team. The Giants still need so much help that it feels like 6 wins is already going to be their ceiling for next year.

How did the Maras let this degrade to this point that the Jets are looking so much more competent than the Giants?

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Jakyl25 posted...

Vince set aside enough of his personal fortune to fund the league for 3 years even if it makes no money!

Ok so it'll be gone within 5 years?

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Meow1000 posted...

So this is how bad it's gotten for the Giants that they immediately made THAT hire in a desperate attempt to save face.

Though really the biggest mistake by far in the past few years was continuing to ride an Eli Manning everyone knew was done.

I saw them as a 4-5 win team this year. Toss in that loss to Washington at the end of the season and that just puts them yet another tick back.

The Jets quietly built a foundation to start with again and went a respectable 7-9 this year. If they build properly in this off season that 7-9 could turn into 9-7, a fringe playoff team. The Giants still need so much help that it feels like 6 wins is already going to be their ceiling for next year.

How did the Maras let this degrade to this point that the Jets are looking so much more competent than the Giants?

You obviously missed where gettleman has hired four computer people. Giants future prospects look much better than the jets.
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My favorite part of that Gettleman press conference was someone asking him why they should trust him with this job, and his response was, "Why shouldn't they?"

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Emeraldegg posted...

You obviously missed where gettleman has hired four computer people. Giants future prospects look much better than the jets.

Incorrect. He hired four "computer folks".

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Gettlemen is clearly auditioning for the GM position with the Jaguars next year after the Giants fire him and the Jaguars finally fire Dave Caldwell.

Too bad for him Tony Khan will just take the job himself.

Happy 20th anniversary to the Music City Miracle

the Bills still haven't won a playoff game since then

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Tony Khan is otherwise occupied Ill have you know
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Jakyl25 posted...

Tony Khan is otherwise occupied Ill have you know

Ruining Fulham FC? Yeah. But he'll find time to ruin the Jaguars further. Being NFL GM is more lucrative.

LeonhartFour posted...

Happy 20th anniversary to the Music City Miracle

Ugh. I can only take solace that the Titans lost the Super Bowl that year by a yard.

ShadowYosuke posted...

Ruining Fulham FC? Yeah. But he'll find time to ruin the Jaguars further. Being NFL GM is more lucrative.

Running ALL ELITE WRESTLING
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For most coaches, calling a fake punt from your own 35 while up 17 points in a road playoff game would be the worst call of their careers.

For Bill O'Brien, it was Sunday...

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