TNF Discussion: Vikings at Rams - Week 8

[easilyscan 705]

43 minutes ago, polecatt said:

Nope, but they have done a lot to make it worse...

Was he a DEI hire ?

[polecatt 468]

18 minutes ago, easilyscan said:

Was he a DEI hire ?

That's one of many things they've done to water down the officiating over the past several seasons.

[Drogon 14]

All scoring plays are reviewed, right?  A safety is a scoring play (by the defense but still a scoring play).  The NFL was getting a nice feel-good story with America's sweetheart(s) Kupp and Stafford back together (and to a lesser degree, Puka) and beating the tough Vikings.  They weren't sure Darnold and the Vikings were going to fully cooperate so the refs on the field (and the booth) looked the other way.

[Showboat 233]

12 minutes ago, Drogon said:

All scoring plays are reviewed, right?  A safety is a scoring play (by the defense but still a scoring play).  The NFL was getting a nice feel-good story with America's sweetheart(s) Kupp and Stafford back together (and to a lesser degree, Puka) and beating the tough Vikings.  They weren't sure Darnold and the Vikings were going to fully cooperate so the refs on the field (and the booth) looked the other way.

The NFL doesn't care about "feel-good".  It's about the money - somebody important had theirs on the Rams or maybe even a prop bet for safety on the next play.

[Drogon 14]

8 minutes ago, Showboat said:

The NFL doesn't care about "feel-good".  It's about the money - somebody important had theirs on the Rams or maybe even a prop bet for safety on the next play.

Don't think the NFL doesn't have their own narratives they like to see play out (like making sure the Vikings don't get too far ahead of the other teams in the NFC North and/or get in the way of another current darling of the NFL the Detroit Lions).  Feel good stories equal more eyeballs on the games equal more revenue.

[nobody 2,448]

Facemask isn't reviewable