Showing posts with label football roundup. Show all posts
Showing posts with label football roundup. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Weekend Football Roundup - The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

We break down the non-call that had Tom Brady less than pleased Monday night. But, did the officials get it right? Sorta.
 By Jeremy Conlin (@jeremy_conlin) and Joe Parello (@HerewegoJoe)

Every Tuesday during football season, editors Jeremy and Joe will bring you the good, the bad and the ugly from the pro and college football weekend.

The Ugly

We're throwing a bit of a change-up this week and starting off with The Ugly before getting to The Good and The Bad, as was what will certainly be the main topic of conversation for the rest of the week was a rather ugly end to the Monday Night game between New England and Carolina.

Now, let me clear something up - the ending was not ugly because the call was incorrect. The ending was ugly because the referees didn't make the right call (that sounds overtly contradictory, I know, but stay with me).

After watching the last play of the game over and over and over, in various stages of slow-motion, I can comfortably say that the call should have been.... well, I don't know. I really don't.

Here are two GIFs of the play in slow-motion, from different angles, courtesy of BuzzFeed Sports:

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Weekend Football Roundup: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Talk about an OFFENSIVE lineman, AMIRITE? But seriously, this is no laughing matter.
 By Jeremy Conlin (@jeremy_conlin) and Joe Parello (@HerewegoJoe)

Every Tuesday during football season, editors Jeremy and Joe will bring you the good, the bad and the ugly from the college and pro football weekend that was.

The Good

The Patriots Offense

Where did this come from?

In their last two games, the Patriots had gained just 295 yards in a loss to the Jets and 252 yards in a win over Miami. Then they explode for 610 yards against Pittsburgh, scoring 55 points in the process, the most points scored by any team this season.

The key for the turnaround was health, plain and simple. For the first time all season, the Patriots had Danny Amendola, Julian Edelman, and Rob Gronkowski at 100% effectiveness, and they were able to take advantage of it.