Football is a joke...

[lisu]

why is it a joke?

You have a QB that is scrambling on a dead play and throws it to no one, but a defended chasing said QB can't break his momentum and knocks the QB over and it is a major penalty.

Second, You have a defended that attempts to block a FG and as the football is going through the uprise the defended knocks over the HOLDER and thus the Steelers get 3 more attemps at a TD.

JOKE

It is not safe to allow a defender with a full head of steam to run over a defenseless holder or hit an exposed kicker or snapper for that matter. Second, the defender made no attempt to block the kick...that was a bone headed play.

Agreed, Adrian Wilson is a POS - I was rooting for the Steelers just because I hate that one guy that much. I have respect for Kurt Warner, Larry Fitzgerald, Anquan Boldin, and Edgerrin James though. Congrats Steelers!

 

[smapdi]

The fact is that with strict enforcement of the rules if you watch all 22 players every second a penalty could be called on probably 75% of all plays. Running over the holder, who is even more defenseless than a kicker, should be called. I do think the penalties for late hits on QBs should be revisted. A 350-pound guy who gets pushed into the QB a half-second after the ball leaves his fingers shouldn't be automatically considered roughing. At least make it a subjective amount of yardage like the facemask penalty.

 

[tribefan2427]

why is it a joke?

You have a QB that is scrambling on a dead play and throws it to no one, but a defended chasing said QB can't break his momentum and knocks the QB over and it is a major penalty.

Second, You have a defended that attempts to block a FG and as the football is going through the uprise the defended knocks over the HOLDER and thus the Steelers get 3 more attemps at a TD.

JOKE

sadly the second on is actually a penalty
http://www.nfl.com/rulebook/penaltysummaries
explain to me why farrior was not ejected
15 Yards (and disqualification if flagrant)
Striking opponent with fist.

 

[imac220]

This thread is a joke

 

[lisu]

The fact is that with strict enforcement of the rules if you watch all 22 players every second a penalty could be called on probably 75% of all plays. Running over the holder, who is even more defenseless than a kicker, should be called. I do think the penalties for late hits on QBs should be revisted. A 350-pound guy who gets pushed into the QB a half-second after the ball leaves his fingers shouldn't be automatically considered roughing. At least make it a subjective amount of yardage like the facemask penalty.

Agreed - there should be a minor roughing the passer and a major roughing the passer penalty.

 

[onionring9]

My worthless thoughts:

-Refs were extremely biased to Pitt (regarding bad calls - which you guys have all covered)
-The better team did win (Steelers)
-Steelers fans shouldn't be proud of the fact they almost lost to the Cardinals
--AZ shouldn't have been there to begin with, the only reason they made the playoffs was because of their division - SF, STL, SEA
--AZ also shouldn't have been there because the only decent team they beat during the regular season was DAL
-It seemed AZ ran the ball more than they normally did in the first half and that is why I believe they lost (they didn't stick to their guns)
-AZ defense did a heck of a lot better than I was expecting
-Jesus (Polamalu) completely missed a tackle (didn't even touch him) and I don't think I've ever seen that before
-The game ending w/o the last play being reviewed was a joke, regardless of the outcome


All that said, it was still a great game and one of the better SB's I've watched!

 

[KandKCards]

[quote="Big Mac McGwire":2ddf9c8i]sorry buddy, but this game is not a joke. I was AT the game. and with 2 and a half minutes left Big Ben led a Montana like drive down the field and Holmes made a sick catch to put them ahead. JOKE? Get real. yeah there were penalties, but the 4th Quarter was everything you want a last quarter in a super bowl to be. Your a joke for saying football is a joke.

First of all, he made the post long before the game got exciting. Second, you'd have to be pretty naive to not admit these are the two most non-descript SB teams in awhile.
And to add on to what Snyper said about their Super Bowl opponents...not only were they far from impressive, but guess who they DIDN'T have to play in each AFC Championship they won

non descript? Umm you have the best Offense against the best Defense. A QB who was thought to be washed up, resurect a team that had been inferior for years and that has a shot to win a SB, i don't know about you, but thats a pretty good story line.
don't talk about who didn't play who, refs all that, the 4th Quarter represented EVERYTHING you could ever ask for in a championship game.[/quote:2ddf9c8i]
Neither team is well-rounded enough to make a complete game. AZ was NOT the best offense...they were 4th overall, 2nd in passing but like last in rushing. Don't get me wrong, the offense is very good...but if you are going to make an argument about how exciting an offense is, nothing compares to last year's Super Bowl. Yes, the Steelers had a great defense and I give them credit for that...but the greatness of their defense is on par with the ineptitude of that offense. I'm sorry, but I don't enjoy watching an indecisive QB who holds onto the ball too long run around in the backfield until someone breaks free. It's poor football, IMO.
And I don't care about story lines one bit. I watch football because I like the game and I like watching it played at a high level. You can't argue that these teams played at a high level except for the last 5 minutes.