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57 minutes ago, BOF said:

If Siemian can add genuine fire-power to the QB position, as opposed to just making sure we don't lose while the defence does their thing, then we might have landed on our feet with this one!  Vewwy intewesting.

Kubiak announces 300 yards and 4 TD and the gameball. CHJ and Talib reactions :lol:

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...Ryan Fitzpatrick had an unbelievably terrible day against the Chiefs -- quite likely the worst we have ever measured. We can't say for sure, because it's too early to know just how good this Chiefs defense is, and league-wide baselines will change throughout the season. But for now, Fitzpatrick's game scores at minus-324 DYAR, significantly worse than anything else on the record, and only the second to sink below minus-300 DYAR.

  1. Fitzpatrick (Jets vs. Chiefs, 2016): -324 DYAR
  2. David Klingler (Bengals vs. Oilers, 1994): -302
  3. Rex Grossman (Bears vs. Cardinals, 2006): -284
  4. Weeden (Browns vs. Eagles, 2012): -274
  5. Smith (49ers vs. Colts, 2005): -270
  6. Tim Hasselbeck (Washington vs. Cowboys, 2003): -270
  7. Aikman (Cowboys vs. Cardinals, 1990): -269
  8. Donald Hollas (Raiders vs. Dolphins, 1998): -266
  9. Brian Griese (Broncos vs. Colts, 2001): -265
  10. Kordell Stewart (Bears vs. 49ers): -263
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It certainly doesn't help that Fitzpatrick completed 45 percent of his passes, or averaged 4.3 yards per pass. But the biggest reason Ryan Fitz-six-picks had the worst day on record is oh, those many turnovers. (And three of those interceptions came in the red zone. Only seven quarterbacks threw three red zone interceptions in all of 2015. Eli Manning was the only player with five). Fitzpatrick isn't the first quarterback in league history to throw six interceptions in a game, but he's the first to do so since Peyton Manning against San Diego in 2007, and only the fourth to do it this century.


Six-interception games used to be a lot more common, according to Pro Football Reference. There were three in the 1990s, nine in the '80s, eight in the '70s, and ten in the '60s. And remember, there were fewer teams and fewer games per season (and thus, fewer opportunities to throw six interceptions in one contest) back in the day.

Basically, when nearly everybody was using run-based offenses with deep passes, interceptions were a lot more common and weren't viewed as that bad.  In field position terms, a deep interception isn't dramatically worse than a punt.

http://www.footballoutsiders.com/audibles/2016/week-3-quick-reads

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Wellity wellity well ! 

Packers' Ty Montgomery finds loophole in NFL kicking rulebook

Green Bay Packers kick returner and WR Ty Montgomery flew under the radar with the most heads up play out of any NFL snap Sunday.

On a late 1st quarter kickoff during the Lions-Packers game yesterday, Montgomery received a lions kick that ended up near the 3-yard line. Instead of waiting for it to roll into the end zone for a touchback or have it be downed by the kicking team, Montgomery purposely stepped out of bounds before diving on top of the ball while his feet remained out of bounds.

Instead of the Packers beginning their drive at the 3-yard line or even the 25 (have there been a touchback), Green Bay was able to advance the ball to the 40-yard line due to a penalty. Not just any penalty though, it’s one that warrants one of the heftiest yardage punishments of any.

That penalty states that via the NFL rulebook, if the ball comes into contact with a player that is out of bounds, the ball is hear-by considered out of bounds. If you think of it like an electric current, Montgomery was the connect that was able to, through him, make the ball technically out of bounds. Here’s the play:

This shouldn’t come as a surprise, as Montgomery played his college ball at one of the smartest universities in the country, Stanford.

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