Originally Posted by siberian khatru:
Remember that fake punt against the Raiders a couple of years ago? Townsend threw an excellent spiral on a rope. If he had just set his feet this time …
Yeah, I remember that. His career passer rating was one of the best in Chiefs history going into this season. I wonder why this one was so far off. I remember that one of the reasons that he won the punting battle back when Colquitt left was that they thought he had the talent to pull off fake punts. [Reply]
Chris Jones is a veteran. He’s been on this team a long time. He should know better. Shut your mouth and jog off the field. Why talk shit to Matt Ryan?? [Reply]
Jones and the kicker lead the pack, but everyone contributed.
Let's not forget future Hall of Famer Travis Kelce dropping a touchdown pass, and future Hall of Famer Patrick Mahomes overthrowing a wide the hell open MVS that would have been a sure touchdown. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Rain Man:
I don't mind the fake FG call at all. I thought it was a great call considering that we were lining up a fake kicker. But how does Townsend launch that pass in a way that took down three Starlink satellites? That was a winning play if Townsend didn't launch the ball into orbit.
this AND even had he thrown it perfectly there was a penalty on the play (inelligible man down field)
It was not smart breaking the rules so fragrantly with the game on the line, but blaming one guy doesn't seem fair. It's a team game. You guys will bounce back. [Reply]
I voted for Jones, because of the timing. Yeah there were a lot of culprits, but despite all the stupid BS, the Chiefs were winning and had the game in hand, and it was game over if Jones did not get the BS personal foul for saying mean things on the field. Really NFL??? [Reply]
Originally Posted by kccrow:
I'll go with Amendola. When you miss an XP and a FG that is the same distance as an XP, and those 4 points would have won the game, you're the goat.
Jones fucked up, and he's a close second, but a kicker gets paid to make THOSE kicks.
Moore's fucked up but there was a whole game yet to be played... It could be overcome, and should have.
We don't go for two of he makes the first one. And since we got the 2, the xp miss didn't count as a lost point in the end. However, it almost assuredly factored into the decision to fake a fg. Which probably added to Amendola being in his own head on the missed fg.
Moral of my story is, he obviously didn't help us win but I'm not making him the anti-hero. [Reply]
3rd down, the defense holds a meeting over Matt Ryan's corpse. They're dead to rights in a sloppy game. We're about to get the football back and close the book on this shitshow. D has balled the fuck out all game long.
Then one of the highest paid players on this team decides that destroying the drive isn't enough. He needs to taunt, 3 inches from the face of the official to give the Colts a first down.
Moore is a dumb rookie making dumb rookie mistakes.
Amendola wasn't on a team for a reason.
Andy gonna Andy, but the guy can draw up some great plays. You gotta think that rent a kicker hits one if those fgs if we don't run the dumbass fake we couldn't even execute properly.
Chris Jones' dumbassery was simply unforgivable and 1000% avoidable and happened late in the game.
Just fucking get off the qb you just crushed, keep your fucking mouth shut and get off the fucking field. 0 IQ play by the highest paid player on defense.
Total team loss. Hard to explain that one. Hopefully all phases got that shit out of the way this week. Offense looked uninspired. ST was atrocious (thanks Moore and Amendola). Defense got F’d by Chris and the Refs (oh and by Gay being out). [Reply]
One guy? I'll refer to the OL as Oscar and blame it on Oscar. What top QB has to work as hard as Pat to avoid a sack on a consistent basis...give him time to do his job and all these other blunders combined don't cause us to lose. [Reply]
The camera started to swing away a few seconds after the sack but you could see Jones get up into Ryan's face and start talking shit. I said "he's going to fuck around and get a taunting penalty" and about 2 seconds later Nance said there was a flag on the field. I freaking knew what it was before they even announced it. You just can't do that. Just an incredibly stupid thing to do. They were going to overcome all their mistakes and win - but immature man-child Jones blew it.
There's a difference between dropping a punt and missing a FG and doing something completely selfish and avoidable that costs your teammates a win. [Reply]
Originally Posted by JohnnyHammersticks:
The camera started to swing away a few seconds after the sack but you could see Jones get up into Ryan's face and start talking shit. I said "he's going to **** around and get a taunting penalty" and about 2 seconds later Nance said there was a flag on the field. I freaking knew what it was before they even announced it. You just can't do that. Just an incredibly stupid thing to do. They were going to overcome all their mistakes and win - but immature man-child Jones blew it.
There's a difference between dropping a punt and missing a FG and doing something completely selfish and avoidable that costs your teammates a win.
This.
The only reason he's not a bigger dumbass and more reviled than Dee Ford at this point is that this happened in a week 3 game and not a playoff game.
We all know this won't happen in the playoffs though, so rest easy. Jones doesn't sack the qb in playoff games, so we should be virtually bulletproof when it comes to his unfathomable stupidity needing to lay on top of the qb for way too long, while running his God damn mouth. [Reply]
I find it interesting so many are voting Jones here. Not saying he's innocent but the "Special" teams unit gave up/left 11-14 points on the field. Toub or that soon to be serving you coffee at Denny's schmuck Ammendola and Skyy Moore deserve dick of the week over Jones. [Reply]