Wow, if the Vikings didn't have Adrian Peterson on their team today they would be reeling from another painful loss at the hands of the Green Bay Packers.
As I recall he ran the ball 30 times for 192 yards. Monstrous! He is a dazzling running back to watch-he's one of those playground kids who can impose his will on anyone! He's faster than linemen and linebackers and stronger than just about all defensive backs-if his speed also doesn't out run them.
He's got a great amount of field vision, speed, cutback ability, determination and fun in his step. I would want very few players on my team before him.
Anyway, the Vikes got two safeties and one of them should not have counted. Rodgers took the snap, dropped back and had the ball slapped from his hand. As it rolled into the end zone he picked it up while rushing his actions and threw it in the vague vicinity of his tight end, Tory Humphrey. The Packers were flagged for a safety and I was not sure why completely. That was a horrible call. He was in no one's grasp, wasn't in the tackle box, threw it outside the hash mark to a Packer reciever but it was deemed and "illegal forward pass." No where in my logical mind was that illegal anything. Was it awakard, unnatural and done in haste but the ball did go forward towards-though about 15 yards short-to a Humphrey. So, how now was that an illegal forward pass? He wasn't lateraling it, it wasn't an extremely unique play but the Vikes still got two points out of the deal. If that was Brett Favre would that have been called an illegal forward pass? Is it illegal to throw underhand on a more "normal" play? No and no.
Not that the Packers deserved to win the game but I'm just saying-that call did not make any sense. It was not an illegal forward pass-and it was hardly intentional grounding. He made a lame attempt at a forward pass, underhanded, in order to avoid the next Viking from landing on him-then costing him two points.
Then the Packers have no team discipline! If I have to see another yellow flag I am going to flip out and email Mike McCarthy himself! Shoot yourself in the foot much guys?
Umm, I had more but I'm not completely coherent with what I want to do next.
It must be too cold right now.
Oh, did you see Charles Gordon's ankle break? That was sick!
Here's the link on youtube. Charles Gordon breaks ankle.
DO NOT WATCH IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE HIS ANKLE HANGING OFF HIS LEG!
(Mom, Em, Meg...any other girl :)
1 comment:
it wasn't that bad. i couldn't even tell to tell you the truth! ha
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