NFL Week 15

[Crothian]

Some great games today. Big Ben is aksed to win the game and he does. Atlanta and Carolina game has been very good.

So, ESPN has this pass track thing during the games they show. It shows the distance the ball was thrown, the height of the ball during the arc, and the mph of the throw. Then then announcers say something that makes no sense something like "and that pass that was at 47mpgh is the equivalant of a 97mph fastball". Anyone have a clue what they are trying to say with that?

 

[ph34r]

I think they mean that if the QB was throwing a baseball instead of a football then it would be this fast instead.

 

[Crothian]

so it might just be as meaningless as it sounds.....

big win for the Falcons in OT...what a great game!!

 

[ph34r]

I only got to see the 4th Quarter and OT of the Atlanta/Carolina game. How Vick kept his knees off the ground on that TD run is beyond me.

 

[msd]

Then then announcers say something that makes no sense something like "and that pass that was at 47mpgh is the equivalant of a 97mph fastball". Anyone have a clue what they are trying to say with that?

I understood that to mean that a pass with those numbers can be thrown by perhaps 4 or 5 quarterbacks in the league...in other words, its like a 97 mph fastball in terms of rarity of ability...

That could be totally wrong though...I agree that it wasn't totally clear what they were getting after.

So hoping the Ravens shut Peyton down tonight,
msd

 

[drothgery]

so it might just be as meaningless as it sounds.....

big win for the Falcons in OT...what a great game!!

It would have been a big win for Carolina. For Atlanta, it was pretty much meaningless. It's extemely unlikely that they'll catch the Eagles, or slip behind the Pack, and they've already won their division.

 

[Mystery Man]

*sigh* I fell asleep for the second half last night and woke to see Delhomme throw an interception and lose the game. Damn you new sofa! Damn you to hell!!

I'm sitting on the floor for these night games from now on.

 

[Captain Tagon]

Here's and excerpt of what I wrote in my online journal about the Carolina game:


here's some advice to all of you out there who run a football team on any level in real life or even a video game. if both teams are being offensively dominating, you have over a minute left on the clock, with one timeout, score tied, on your own thirty yard line, DON'T RUN THE BALL! it's stupid. all you need is a field goal to win the game instead of going into over time where the flip of a coin decides who gets the ball first and most likely wins the game. you don't have to make deep passes, just throw it short, get first downs, and then get out of bounds to stop the clock. don't try to get cute and end up losing the game because of it.

 

[Mark]

I understood that to mean that a pass with those numbers can be thrown by perhaps 4 or 5 quarterbacks in the league...in other words, its like a 97 mph fastball in terms of rarity of ability...

Yup. Meaning "not many QBs throw that fast/hard".

here's some advice to all of you out there who run a football team on any level in real life or even a video game. if both teams are being offensively dominating, you have over a minute left on the clock, with one timeout, score tied, on your own thirty yard line, DON'T RUN THE BALL! it's stupid. all you need is a field goal to win the game instead of going into over time where the flip of a coin decides who gets the ball first and most likely wins the game. you don't have to make deep passes, just throw it short, get first downs, and then get out of bounds to stop the clock. don't try to get cute and end up losing the game because of it.

Depends very much on the quality of your QB and receivers. If your one-minute drill game is poor, and that of your opponent is good, that's not a great plan. An interception and score by the other team that could have been prevented by patience and going into overtime might be the result. The most dangerous time, when it comes to interceptions, is when a team has no choice but to be throwing toward the sidelines (to control the clock). Running the ball is much, much safer and, you never know, something might shake loose and you might get into field goal range or even score a touchdown.

 

[Captain Tagon]

Depends very much on the quality of your QB and receivers. If your one-minute drill game is poor, and that of your opponent is good, that's not a great plan. An interception and score by the other team that could have been prevented by patience and going into overtime might be the result. The most dangerous time, when it comes to interceptions, is when a team has no choice but to be throwing toward the sidelines (to control the clock). Running the ball is much, much safer and, you never know, something might shake loose and you might get into field goal range or even score a touchdown.

True, but as a general rule what Carolina did at the end of regulation was pretty dumb as they were doing quite well with their pass game already.