Divisional Round: Packers at Cowboys Game Thread

[Luck is Good]

Big stop by GB. A TD there by Dallas would have been a huge psychological boost for them. Although, 21-13 after how they started is pretty good though

[oldunclemark]

Ball hits you on the helmet..,you should catch it

[buffalo34]

Yeah, this one's all over.

Green Bay's done moving the ball for the game.

Dallas is moving the ball at will now.

 

Cowboys will take the lead sometime in the second half.

[oldunclemark]

Good blitz....but Boys have no time outs

[RockThatBlue]

Why isn't Dallas calling a timeout? 

[oldunclemark]

21-13..good game

[oldunclemark]

Just now, RockThatBlue said:

Why isn't Dallas calling a timeout? 

used 'em all

[Luck is Good]

Why did Cole Beasley call for a fair catch? But more importantly, why did the GB punter not just kick the ball out of bounds?

[chad72]

Packers deferred - Rodgers gets the ball, let's see what he can do.

[chad72]

1 minute ago, Luck is Good said:

Why did Cole Beasley call for a fair catch? But more importantly, why did the GB punter not just kick the ball out of bounds?

 

Because the Cowboys had no timeouts to stop the clock and did not want to chance an ST fumble and a Rodgers Hail Mary 

[JCPatriot]

What?  Why would you fair catch a punt with zeroes on the clock???  If you're not going to try to return it, then just get the heck away from it and let it hit the ground and bounce.  There are no good things that can come from fair catching it.  Nothing good can happen.  You just open the possibility for bad things to happen.

[snkdy]

 

[chad72]

Credit Marinelli  for adjusting and blitzing more. If it were Ron Meeks, we would've still been playing Cover 2.

[JCPatriot]

2 minutes ago, chad72 said:

 

Because the Cowboys had no timeouts to stop the clock and did not want to chance an ST fumble and a Rodgers Hail Mary 

 

Fair catching IS chancing a special teams fumble.  That's the point.

[chad72]

4 minutes ago, JCPatriot said:

What?  Why would you fair catch a punt with zeroes on the clock???  If you're not going to try to return it, then just get the heck away from it and let it hit the ground and bounce.  There are no good things that can come from fair catching it.  Nothing good can happen.  You just open the possibility for bad things to happen.

 

Maybe they thought a second might be left when he catches and there maybe a chance for a Hail Mary from Prescott???

 

The punter just had good hang time on it.

[JCPatriot]

6 minutes ago, Luck is Good said:

Why did Cole Beasley call for a fair catch? But more importantly, why did the GB punter not just kick the ball out of bounds?

 

Can the half end on a punt kicked out of bounds, or does that penalty give the receiving team a play?

[chad72]

3 minutes ago, JCPatriot said:

 

Fair catching IS chancing a special teams fumble.  That's the point.

 

See my post above, if there was a second left, given that they had good field position, they wanted a chance at a Prescott Hail Mary 

[jvan1973]

2 minutes ago, JCPatriot said:

 

Can the half end on a punt kicked out of bounds, or does that penalty give the receiving team a play?

There is no penalty for a punt going out of bounds

[chad72]

4 minutes ago, JCPatriot said:

 

Can the half end on a punt kicked out of bounds, or does that penalty give the receiving team a play?

A punt kicked out of bounds is not a penalty, depends on when they mark it out of bounds for time left. A kickoff out of bounds down the sidelines prior to the end zone is a penalty 

[JCPatriot]

1 minute ago, chad72 said:

 

The punter just had good hang time on it.

 

There was only a one-second difference between the play clock and the game clock.  It would have had to have been a terrible punt for the returner to catch it with time left on the clock.......so terrible that there probably would not have been anybody in the vicinity to catch it if the punt had been that bad.  Usually under those circumstances, you don't go for hang time as a punter.  You usually either squib kick it or kick it out of bounds.  Had I been coaching that, I probably would have had the punter just run backwards five or ten yards and then take a knee.  No need to punt at all.

[JCPatriot]

2 minutes ago, jvan1973 said:

There is no penalty for a punt going out of bounds

 

You're right.  I'm an *.  I'm thinking of a kickoff.  I'm just going to stop talking now.

[jvan1973]

Just now, JCPatriot said:

 

You're right.  I'm an *.  I'm thinking of a kickoff.  I'm just going to stop talking now.

I knew what you were thinking.    I don't know why he chose to fair catch it though

[snkdy]

Wow

[oldunclemark]

incredible throw....I don't know how he can do that

[JCPatriot]

1 minute ago, JCPatriot said:

 

You're right.  I'm an *.  I'm thinking of a kickoff.  I'm just going to stop talking now.

 

I like how it censored me calling myself an *.  Just for the record, there was no swearing in that........although the word that I used was an insult.

[oldunclemark]

Erin Andrews may not add a lot to the football IQ of the broadcast..

..but can be must-see TV

[jvan1973]

1 minute ago, oldunclemark said:

incredible throw....I don't know how he can do that

Very strong arm

[oldunclemark]

To watch Brock Osweiler one day...and Aaron Rodgers the next...you see reality and fantasy

[oldunclemark]

Rodgers has adjusted to the delayed  blitz

[snkdy]

Rodgers is just something else my God.

[Jules]

Just now, oldunclemark said:

To watch Brock Osweiler one day...and Aaron Rodgers the next...you see reality and fantasy

 

I don't know, Brock is kinda hot in a weird dark way. I kinda would rather fantasize about him.

[Gramz]

19 minutes ago, oldunclemark said:

Ball hits you on the helmet..,you should catch it

with your helmet..?     Yeah, I guess Giants did that  didn't they?   lol  

[oldunclemark]

  You have to have 2 or 3 elite corners to stop this guy and who ha s that?

 

28-13

[Luck is Good]

16 minutes ago, chad72 said:

 

Because the Cowboys had no timeouts to stop the clock and did not want to chance an ST fumble and a Rodgers Hail Mary 

A ST fumble would have been the end of the half cuz there were zeroes on the clock when Beasley called for the fair catch

[oldunclemark]

1 minute ago, Jules said:

 

I don't know, Brock is kinda hot in a weird dark way. I kinda would rather fantasize about him.

OMG

[Jules]

Just now, oldunclemark said:

OMG

 

Just ignore me, I am nuts at times.

[Gramz]

1 minute ago, oldunclemark said:

To watch Brock Osweiler one day...and Aaron Rodgers the next...you see reality and fantasy

So true.   When Aaron is on his game, it is a thing of beauty to watch.

1 minute ago, Jules said:

 

I don't know, Brock is kinda hot in a weird dark way. I kinda would rather fantasize about him.

 

[Luck is Good]

Rodgers is on a mission. He keeps playing like this and that 2nd SB Championship will become reality

[jvan1973]

2 minutes ago, Gramz said:

with your helmet..?     Yeah, I guess Giants did that  didn't they?   lol  

[chad72]

Packers - Giants winner in the playoffs apparently has won the SB every single time

 

Rodgers will be playing indoors the rest of the way, no matter what. Their offense is built like an indoor team.