NFL: Eagles / Patriots Superbowl

[Montrovant]

Ref's cheated the Patriots out of a win by calling that lost ball play a touchdown. .....

The lost ball TD was correct. He had become a runner before he dove towards the end zone.

However, you won't get me to believe the one at the back of the end zone earlier in the game was a catch. He didn't have control of the ball until after the left foot came up off the ground.

If you get a chance to watch replay of that again, you'll see that his left foot actually comes down in bounds the second time as well, after he secures control. You can see the turf coming up before his foot goes out of bounds, it's just difficult to see because of the black paint. I think it was a good call.

 

[KissMy]

I wish Nick Foles would have played that well for the St Louis Rams.

 

[Fiero425]

Well played game, fairly officiated, the better team won. That's how it goes. No team could afford to make a mistake and NE made theirs, while Eagles gambled twice on 4th and one, one ended in a TD, the other in a first down that lead to a TD. Ballsy football, they knew they had to play for control

I felt this Eagles team was going to win, but my heart was with Brady. He will still go down as the GOAT, and there is always next year, how they do it year in and year out if beyond me.

Eagle’s coaching staff looked like geniuses on those 4 and 1plays.

I'm torn between calling them bad play calls because of how dangerous they are, and being admiring of the guts it took to make them and being happy with a coach willing to take that sort of risk.

They wouldn't have won if not for those guts to take those chances! The Eagles would have lost if they hadn't tried everything and thrown the kitchen sink at the Patriots and it still came down to a "hail Mary!"

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

I wish Nick Foles would have played that well for the St Louis Rams.

Dont feel bad.
I wish Case Keenum would have played well for the Texans.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Well played game, fairly officiated, the better team won. That's how it goes. No team could afford to make a mistake and NE made theirs, while Eagles gambled twice on 4th and one, one ended in a TD, the other in a first down that lead to a TD. Ballsy football, they knew they had to play for control

I felt this Eagles team was going to win, but my heart was with Brady. He will still go down as the GOAT, and there is always next year, how they do it year in and year out if beyond me.

Eagle’s coaching staff looked like geniuses on those 4 and 1plays.

I'm torn between calling them bad play calls because of how dangerous they are, and being admiring of the guts it took to make them and being happy with a coach willing to take that sort of risk.

They wouldn't have won if not for those guts to take those chances! The Eagles would have lost if they hadn't tried everything and thrown the kitchen sink at the Patriots and it still came down to a "hail Mary!"

That was a ballsy game from the Eagles no doubt!!
One of the better Superb owl games I've seen in a longtime!!

 

[Manonthestreet]

New England Defense...........hello.......barely showed up to play.....thought they would get charged up when Brady delivered the lead but nnnoooooo

 

[abu afak]

The announcers were TERRIBLE in calling for overturns.. even with replay.
The last one they thought should be was .. the Eagle caught the ball on the 6 yd line, took a few steps, then leapt into the endzone/crossed the plane, his arms/hands landing one foot in, causing the ball to come out. But already a TD.
These morons kept thinking it was a pass possession issue. Unbelievable.
They did it earlier as well on another Eagle TD.

 

[Manonthestreet]

The announcers were TERRIBLE in calling for overturns.. even with replay.
The last one they thought should be was .. the Eagle caught the ball on the 6 yd line, took a few steps, then leapt into the endzone/crossed the plane, landing one foot in, causing the ball to come out. But already a TD.
These morons kept thinking it was a pass possession issue. Unbelievable.
They did it earlier as well on another Eagle TD.

Except plays exactly like that had gone the other way during the season which leads to impression the NFL is just the WWF with a ball

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

The announcers were TERRIBLE in calling for overturns.. even with replay.
The last one they thought should be was .. the Eagle caught the ball on the 6 yd line, took a few steps, then leapt into the endzone/crossed the plane, landing one foot in, causing the ball to come out. But already a TD.
These morons kept thinking it was a pass possession issue. Unbelievable.
They did it earlier as well on another Eagle TD.

Agreed.
But I've seen way worse calls by NFL officials before.
This game was actually pretty well officiated.

 

[BasicHumanUnit]

More importantly.....

The oldest person in the world was born with a completely different set of humans

100 years from now, Facebook is gonna be full of dead people

There's no reason for the alphabet to be in that order

 

[Faun]

Ref's cheated the Patriots out of a win by calling that lost ball play a touchdown. .....

Have you considered it really was a touchdown but you’re just an idiot?

 

[Pogo]

SNL stopped being funny when the first group left. I won’t waste my time on them.

Well then you have something in common with Boston.

--- you lose.

 

[Pogo]

Wow! Just, wow! New England seems to have all the answers. Damn it!

I missed that drive. I was streaming the game through NFL.com, and for some reason it reset to the beginning of the game. I only caught the highlight of the Gronk TD when I loaded the game through NBC.

My feed went to commercial as the 3rd quarter ended, Iggles ahead 29-26. Then the commercial froze up, only for about a minute. Then the game comes back on and suddenly there's 9-something left in Q4, both teams have scored and Boston's ahead by 1.

Don't know what the hell I missed, but we fixed it.

 

[Pogo]

That was not the same as the Jesse James non-catch. Ertz caught the ball and took a couple of steps before diving toward the end zone, whereas James never took a step, if I remember correctly.

Ertz had two steps on the ground even before leaping for the end zone so even if they had ruled he lost possession in the end zone, he's got a first down at the one.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Wow! Just, wow! New England seems to have all the answers. Damn it!

I missed that drive. I was streaming the game through NFL.com, and for some reason it reset to the beginning of the game. I only caught the highlight of the Gronk TD when I loaded the game through NBC.

My feed went to commercial as the 3rd quarter ended, Iggles ahead 29-26. Then the commercial froze up, only for about a minute. Then the game comes back on and suddenly there's 9-something left in Q4, both teams have scored and Boston's ahead by 1.

Don't know what the hell I missed, but we fixed it.

I'd be pulling my hair out!

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

That was not the same as the Jesse James non-catch. Ertz caught the ball and took a couple of steps before diving toward the end zone, whereas James never took a step, if I remember correctly.

Ertz had two steps on the ground even before leaping for the end zone so even if they had ruled he lost possession in the end zone, he's got a first down at the one.

He was declared a runner. Thats the only reason they called it a TD.

 

[Pogo]

Well played game, fairly officiated, the better team won. That's how it goes. No team could afford to make a mistake and NE made theirs, while Eagles gambled twice on 4th and one, one ended in a TD, the other in a first down that lead to a TD. Ballsy football, they knew they had to play for control

I felt this Eagles team was going to win, but my heart was with Brady. He will still go down as the GOAT, and there is always next year, how they do it year in and year out if beyond me.

Eagle’s coaching staff looked like geniuses on those 4 and 1plays.

I'm torn between calling them bad play calls because of how dangerous they are, and being admiring of the guts it took to make them and being happy with a coach willing to take that sort of risk.

I can assure you as a lifelong Philly sports fan I'm DONE with coaches/managers who won't take risks.

I grew up with Gene Mauch. 'Nuff said.

 

[Zoom-boing]

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

I just wanted the Pats to lose....mission accomplished.

 

[JimBowie1958]

It's sad, some of the metal songs from my youth that are now considered some sort of classic rock.