I agree with you on every point. First of all, four the 4th time this season, the Giants lost a game in the last minute because of Coughlin's abysmal clock management. As you said, run the ball three times at the 5 yard line, if you don't score a touchdown, there is around 50 seconds left when you kick the go ahead field goal.
Hi Louis, I feel your pain, but try losing 7 games in the last drive of a game
as my Ravens have now figured out how to lose in every conceivable way, whether they have the ball on the last drive or the Raven defense is on the field for the last drive they have lost unbelievable 7 games!!!! with 7 games left still to play!! after this season is over someone will write a book on how the 2015 Ravens were the most unlucky, snake bit, "ball bounced the other way team" or just plain not very good at finishing a game, but on the bright side I can kind of follow along with the NFL season stress free as my team is fighting for draft picks and no need to worry if they won/lost, playoff seeds etc...Sammy
I'm sorry about your Ravens, Sammy. I think poor clock management, poor officiating, and stupid rules are the story of the NFL this season. All the new B.S. complicated rules need to go. The officials can barely keep track of simple stuff as it is, and end up calling penalties on every second play, ruining the continuity of the game.
Its a catch if you have possession an two feet down in bounds. Forget about keeping possession for a football move, or once you land on the ground. If you have possession, with two feet on the ground and the ball is knocked loose, its a fumble, not an incomplete pass.
No more neutral zone infractions. If a defender enters the neutral zone without making contact and the offensive line jumps, its on the offense. Period. Like it always was.
And lets eliminate ticky-tack defensive holding, illegal contact and offensive and defensive pass interference calls. If it doesn't actually prevent the receiver or defensive back from making a play on the ball, it shouldn't be a penalty. Let the players on offense and defense fight for the ball, and reward the one who actually makes the play, not the one who is better at whining at the officials.
And finally, can we please get rid of the Brady (below the knees) Rule and head contact rule on roughing the passer? I thought NFL football was a contact sport, not two-hand touch.
