State of the AFC
Dr. Jamez
I found this week to be some what hopeful for everyone who thought teams in the AFC seemed to have a hammer lock on the positions they were in. The Steelers who everyone thought looked unbeatable scrapped by the dolphins, the Ravens who seemed to be the second best team in the AFC needed over time to beat the worst team in the NFL the Bills. With that being established it proved more over that the Patriots are pretenders in that the win over Baltimore doesn’t seem as impressive as well as barely getting by the now 2-5 Chargers and the Chargers spotted them 3 free turnovers and the Patriots still narrowly escaped with a win. We also saw the Titans continued to assert the AFC south’s dominance over the NFC east with a win over the Eagles. Last but not least we saw that the “state of the AFC” is much stronger then the “state of the NFC” with the Browns blow out victory over the defending Superbowl Champion Saints. The Texans travel to Indianapolis Monday night to take on the Colts in the team’s second meeting of the year that can have long term ramifications in the AFC south and the AFC in general. The only other match up of note this weekend is the Packers at the Jets this would be the banner match up if not for the decimation on injuries the Packers have had this year. But all in all this should be a strong week of football on Halloween.
AFC OPINION OF THE WEEK
The dolphins got robbed, plain and simple. For those of you who didn’t see the game the Steelers tried a quarterback sneak to get in to the end zone on Sunday. As Roethlisberger attempted to cross the goal line he was hit in the arm and fumbled in to the end zone the dolphins clearly came out of the pile with the ball but it was ruled a touchdown. When the official review was completed they ruled that Roethlisberger had in fact fumbled however because on the official review they couldn’t determine who ended up with the ball they awarded the ball to the Steelers on the half yard line and from there they kicked the game winning field goal. I don’t care if the call on the field is what the rule book states it doesn’t make any sense I don’t even understand how this is the rule but the fact of the matter is the dolphins clearly recovered the ball and from there they could have ran down the clock and won the game this is the second week in a row I’ve had to dedicate this segment to a team losing due to a questionable call. I hope the NFL doesn’t wait for the off season to change this rule I’d hate to see a playoff game determined like this……by the way the tuck rule is b.s.
I found this week to be some what hopeful for everyone who thought teams in the AFC seemed to have a hammer lock on the positions they were in. The Steelers who everyone thought looked unbeatable scrapped by the dolphins, the Ravens who seemed to be the second best team in the AFC needed over time to beat the worst team in the NFL the Bills. With that being established it proved more over that the Patriots are pretenders in that the win over Baltimore doesn’t seem as impressive as well as barely getting by the now 2-5 Chargers and the Chargers spotted them 3 free turnovers and the Patriots still narrowly escaped with a win. We also saw the Titans continued to assert the AFC south’s dominance over the NFC east with a win over the Eagles. Last but not least we saw that the “state of the AFC” is much stronger then the “state of the NFC” with the Browns blow out victory over the defending Superbowl Champion Saints. The Texans travel to Indianapolis Monday night to take on the Colts in the team’s second meeting of the year that can have long term ramifications in the AFC south and the AFC in general. The only other match up of note this weekend is the Packers at the Jets this would be the banner match up if not for the decimation on injuries the Packers have had this year. But all in all this should be a strong week of football on Halloween.
AFC OPINION OF THE WEEK
The dolphins got robbed, plain and simple. For those of you who didn’t see the game the Steelers tried a quarterback sneak to get in to the end zone on Sunday. As Roethlisberger attempted to cross the goal line he was hit in the arm and fumbled in to the end zone the dolphins clearly came out of the pile with the ball but it was ruled a touchdown. When the official review was completed they ruled that Roethlisberger had in fact fumbled however because on the official review they couldn’t determine who ended up with the ball they awarded the ball to the Steelers on the half yard line and from there they kicked the game winning field goal. I don’t care if the call on the field is what the rule book states it doesn’t make any sense I don’t even understand how this is the rule but the fact of the matter is the dolphins clearly recovered the ball and from there they could have ran down the clock and won the game this is the second week in a row I’ve had to dedicate this segment to a team losing due to a questionable call. I hope the NFL doesn’t wait for the off season to change this rule I’d hate to see a playoff game determined like this……by the way the tuck rule is b.s.
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