[NFL] 2012-2013 #5 Week 2 zit vol verrassingen

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Op dinsdag 18 september 2012 04:31 schreef The_Playmaker het volgende:
De replacement refs deden het in Week One misschien wel goed maar dit weekend is het toch wel een compleet drama. Complete wanorde af en toe.

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Op dinsdag 18 september 2012 04:31 schreef The_Playmaker het volgende:
De replacement refs deden het in Week One misschien wel goed maar dit weekend is het toch wel een compleet drama. Complete wanorde af en toe.

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Op dinsdag 18 september 2012 08:20 schreef AmerikaanseTopsport het volgende:
Nederlands nationale American football-team pakt brons op EK voor C-landen. Interview met coach Ronde:

http://usasports.nl/blogs(...)brons-op-ek-c-landen

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Op dinsdag 18 september 2012 13:13 schreef rgras het volgende:
"I don't know if that's not something that's not done in the National Football League, but what I do with our football team is we fight until they tell us game over,"

Losers.

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Op dinsdag 18 september 2012 13:13 schreef rgras het volgende:
"I don't know if that's not something that's not done in the National Football League, but what I do with our football team is we fight until they tell us game over,"

Losers.

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Op dinsdag 18 september 2012 14:31 schreef denniz0229 het volgende:

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ik vond het juist erg tof!

en mooier nog, het is niet illegal

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You play until you hear the whistle.

It's a basic tenet of any contact sport. It applies perfectly to football.

And it's all that Greg Schiano's Bucs were guilty of doing on Sunday.

Instead of conceding the victory, the Tampa defense tried to disrupt the snap and create a turnover on the Giants' final play, a kneel-down by Eli Manning.

It didn't work out, of course. And the Giants walked off the field with the win, but not before Tom Coughlin had a chance to speak his mind to Schiano.

Coughlin was angry, and understandably so. His quarterback ended up on his backside on the final play.

But to call what Tampa attempted a "cheap shot," as some of the Giants did, would be misguided. That implies the Bucs were attempting something illegal, which wasn't the case.

They were simply playing to the final whistle. Maybe a Bucs defender gets a hand on Eli, knocks the ball loose and gives Tampa a chance to score.

"Who knows what can happen?" Super Bowl-winning coach Mike Ditka said on ESPN Radio's "Mike & Mike" show on Monday.

And Ditka is right.

If it sounds crazy, just ask Herm Edwards about the benefits of an improbable late-game turnover.

Edwards, then an Eagles cornerback, picked up Giants QB Joe Pisarcik's botched handoff and ran 26 yards to score a game-winning TD in 1978, on a play dubbed "the Miracle at the Meadowlands."

You never know what's going to happen.

"You've got pads and a helmet on, [the] game's not over," Ditka said.

That's something those upset with Schiano should consider before crushing the coach for what happened Sunday.

Ian Begley covers the Giants for ESPNNewYork.com.

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Op dinsdag 18 september 2012 15:07 schreef kidkash19 het volgende:
And thus the pussyfication of the NFL goes on and on

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Op dinsdag 18 september 2012 15:16 schreef popolon het volgende:
Inderdaad, one possession game dus niet zeiken maar spelen. Kijk als je er nu 9 of meer achterstaat ok.

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Op dinsdag 18 september 2012 15:59 schreef The_Playmaker het volgende:
En dat sommige oud coaches het met deze actie eens zijn is helemaal hilarisch. Vanmorgen vroegen ze op Mike&Mike aan Ditka waarom hij het zelf dan niet deed and toen begon meneer te stotteren.

In al die jaren heeft nog nooit iemand dit gedaan in zo'n situatie en nu komt één of andere rookie coach die wel even uitlegt hoe het spelletje gespeeld moet worden. Dan kun je wel stoer zeggen "we play until the final whistle" maar je komt gewoon over als een slechte verliezer. Op NFL Live zeiden ze het leuk: "well this was as close as the Bucs came to tackling a Giants player in the second half".

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Reaction around the NFL was mixed, although a lot of people sided with the rookie head coach with one NFL victory over Coughlin, who has guided the Giants to two Super Bowl titles.
"The game wasn't over," Arizona defensive tackle Darnell Dockett said. "I don't see why Coughlin was ... complaining."
Schiano arrived in Tampa Bay after 11 years at Rutgers with a reputation for being a tough-nosed disciplinarian, and his players have bought into his philosophy of playing until the final whistle.
"I'll do anything for the coach. I believe in everything he coaches," Bucs defensive tackle Roy Miller said, adding that Schiano prepares the team "for every single thing that can come up in a game. ... That's our No. 1 advantage."
Schiano said the play against the Giants worked several times during his tenure at Rutgers.
"We've caused a fumble four times in the last five years with that play, and it's something that we practice," he said.

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Quarterbacks Philip Rivers of San Diego and Christian Ponder of Minnesota said they aren't sure there's really any protocol for how defenses should approach kneel-down situations.
"I mean, the ball's getting snapped. If we're going to go back there and hand it off, you'd expect them to come back and get it," Rivers said.
"I know there are times when I've kind of held the ball a little bit like when we're trying to run a little more clock before I take a knee. That kind of gets defenses riled up: `Go down, go down. If you're going to stand back there, we're coming,"' Rivers added.
"As a defense, you'd expect them to play until the very last second of the game," Ponder said. "Also, taking a knee, you want to be careful. As a quarterback, you want to feel safe. I don't know. It's a thin line. I see why Tampa Bay did it."