I gave up football after being a huge fan for years. Been about 5 years and I don't miss it much. No BLM slogans in the endzones for me.
I call BS on this whole idea though. Way, way too many of these guys are too stupid to keep this under wraps. Occam's razor and all, weird play that's it.
Consider, though, that it doesn't necessarily require everyone to be in on the rigging as it really only takes a few select people - a coach, a player or two or three and/or a ref or two - to rig a game. Done strategically ("randomly"), it could seem like weird plays, butter fingers, poor playing conditions, missed touchdowns/field goals, brain farts, bad calls, poor coaching/bad play calls, etc.
The NFL rulebook is the size of a phonebook compared to what it used to be (exaggeration of course, but you get the idea). You can throw a flag on any given play for the most part. That's how they control games.
Watch Superbowl XL ... that game was thrown for the Steelers ... I say that as a former Steeler fan ... that game basically turned me off football despite "my" team "winning" the fucking thing.
Agree games can be fixed. No way this play was an example though. Too many variables but the biggest is swatting the ball backward and counting on a D lineman to catch it and take it back.
A QB or a ref could certainly swing a game but you're not going to see any Rube Goldberg crap if the fix is in. QB will just start missing throws and hitting DB's not WR's with his passes.
I ditched the game around the time the WSJ published an article about “11 minutes of game action”. A 60 min game clock w/ avg. of 11 mins of live ball time that takes 3hrs to watch. Talk about hoodwinking. 75 mins of commercials, 67 mins of players standing around between snaps, 17 mins of replays. Brutal. All those beer commercials make sense,,,
They're like soldiers, though- they aren't paid to invent plays, but to execute formations. If the plan fails, it wasn't their fault (as long as they did what they were supposed to), but the fault of the strategists. Do they pick the brightest, or the most compliant? How many players have glitched mk ultra-style on camera, and how many are lower-rung gangsters? If anyone in their mafia wakes up or grows a conscience, what happens to them?
The NFL is a shell of its former self. Goddell and all the woke-tards have ruined a once great game. While those that run the NFL are evil enough to rig a game, I don't think they can find enough athlete conspirators to pull off a scam like this. Now the Damar Hamlin "injury" - that's a different case all together.
Let's write down what we know:
The NFL is evil
Roger Goddell is compromised
The NFL supports/promotes the woke agenda, the rainbow (LBGTQ) agenda and the BLM agenda
The TV networks and football announcers are beholden to big Pharma sponsors like Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson.
There are a lot of flaws in this analysis. It has been years since I played football in high school , but I did play. The result of this play is due to 95% of the players following their assignments.
One player decided to not follow his assignment, the quarterback. He was supposed to stay on the ground behind his linemen. The three players in the backfield were supposed to follow the QB and push him into the end zone. It’s a common play today. Instead he tried to jump nearly six feet and break the plane.
Number 94 kept his assignment, he followed down the line to pressure the play to stay inside. He made no attempt to converge on the QB for two reasons. One, there were two players between him and the QB. Two, and most important, pursuing from that angle he could have pushed the QB forward.
The defense setting up a convoy is something they practice. There is a second breakdown for the Ravens when their running back made a business decision not to pursue. In fairness to him, camera placement distort angles and distances. He might not have been as close as it looks on camera. But, we can’t discount that pro players, especially veterans, make decisions based on preserving their careers, not winning games.
Seems like a stretch…….
I gave up football after being a huge fan for years. Been about 5 years and I don't miss it much. No BLM slogans in the endzones for me.
I call BS on this whole idea though. Way, way too many of these guys are too stupid to keep this under wraps. Occam's razor and all, weird play that's it.
Consider, though, that it doesn't necessarily require everyone to be in on the rigging as it really only takes a few select people - a coach, a player or two or three and/or a ref or two - to rig a game. Done strategically ("randomly"), it could seem like weird plays, butter fingers, poor playing conditions, missed touchdowns/field goals, brain farts, bad calls, poor coaching/bad play calls, etc.
The NFL rulebook is the size of a phonebook compared to what it used to be (exaggeration of course, but you get the idea). You can throw a flag on any given play for the most part. That's how they control games.
Watch Superbowl XL ... that game was thrown for the Steelers ... I say that as a former Steeler fan ... that game basically turned me off football despite "my" team "winning" the fucking thing.
Agree games can be fixed. No way this play was an example though. Too many variables but the biggest is swatting the ball backward and counting on a D lineman to catch it and take it back.
A QB or a ref could certainly swing a game but you're not going to see any Rube Goldberg crap if the fix is in. QB will just start missing throws and hitting DB's not WR's with his passes.
I ditched the game around the time the WSJ published an article about “11 minutes of game action”. A 60 min game clock w/ avg. of 11 mins of live ball time that takes 3hrs to watch. Talk about hoodwinking. 75 mins of commercials, 67 mins of players standing around between snaps, 17 mins of replays. Brutal. All those beer commercials make sense,,,
WSJ
It is third and goal from the two and they do a QB sneak?
They're like soldiers, though- they aren't paid to invent plays, but to execute formations. If the plan fails, it wasn't their fault (as long as they did what they were supposed to), but the fault of the strategists. Do they pick the brightest, or the most compliant? How many players have glitched mk ultra-style on camera, and how many are lower-rung gangsters? If anyone in their mafia wakes up or grows a conscience, what happens to them?
The NFL is a shell of its former self. Goddell and all the woke-tards have ruined a once great game. While those that run the NFL are evil enough to rig a game, I don't think they can find enough athlete conspirators to pull off a scam like this. Now the Damar Hamlin "injury" - that's a different case all together.
Let's write down what we know:
What could go wrong?
Also the Chargers vs Jags game from Saturday night.
nonsense
... and that's a tight end, not a lineman.
Is it possible games are rigged? Sure.
Is this analysis definitive proof? No.
There are a lot of flaws in this analysis. It has been years since I played football in high school , but I did play. The result of this play is due to 95% of the players following their assignments.
One player decided to not follow his assignment, the quarterback. He was supposed to stay on the ground behind his linemen. The three players in the backfield were supposed to follow the QB and push him into the end zone. It’s a common play today. Instead he tried to jump nearly six feet and break the plane.
Number 94 kept his assignment, he followed down the line to pressure the play to stay inside. He made no attempt to converge on the QB for two reasons. One, there were two players between him and the QB. Two, and most important, pursuing from that angle he could have pushed the QB forward.
The defense setting up a convoy is something they practice. There is a second breakdown for the Ravens when their running back made a business decision not to pursue. In fairness to him, camera placement distort angles and distances. He might not have been as close as it looks on camera. But, we can’t discount that pro players, especially veterans, make decisions based on preserving their careers, not winning games.
Also, it is possible that the Baltimore QB bet against his own team. But why would you try a QB sneak at 3rd and goal from the 2?
That play was... counter-intuitive, to say the least.
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