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I wonder how the NFL will defend this . . .
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I certainly agree with all you said, I just thought it would be even more telling If refs are keying in on certain penalties such as hands to the face, calling it on the Saints everytime but conveniently letting the falcons get away with the exact same technique. It just would add more context to the calls being one sided. We do commit a ton of penalties per game however, I would like to know how many are actually legit, because even the rebroadcast doesn't show the replays the majority of the time cause the know we are getting jobbed.
I wonder how the NFL will defend this . . .
I was going to bring this up that your great breakdown didn't factor in the flags that weren't accepted because their play was successful. The "just in case flags" you can call them. Look at the Carolina game and see how many that were declined or offsetting (the rogue Panther special teamer personal foul) and we still had about 123 yards in penalties to their 25. I'm still amazed that they picked up the extremely, extremely late, arrogantly tossed flag on the missed Carolina field goal.Depressing? Try 26 years of marr-.....never mind.
Links between the articles now fixed, BTW.
There was also more data, but I was already up at 2:45 AM on a school night and just didn't have the gas for a Part 3....a couple of tidbits:
We've had 17 penalties declined, while we've declined nine. So the "called" gap is actually 112-73.
Our opponents hold us less than once a game, even though our pass rush is tied for 4th in sacks and (checks advanced metrics on pro-football-reference.com https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2019/opp.htm#advanced_defense::16) is 3rd in number of QB pressures and 2nd in number of QB hurries in the entire league. Either the lesson is the other team should hold more, or they are getting away with crazy **** back there. You guys watch Cam Jordan -- what do your eyes tell you? How good would we look if the games were called straight up?
If I get some energy I'll try to do a follow-up on some other items.
Also "bang, bang play."They already defended it last season by taking the "human error" stance and as far as they are concerned it's a non issue..............go figure!!
Because we're Saints fans and want our team to succeed and watch them do so? Even if that means having to beat the officials as well.Brings up a good question: why watch?
1) Because of a 50+ year bond with a team, a game and a city I love.Brings up a good question: why watch?
I was going to bring this up that your great breakdown didn't factor in the flags that weren't accepted because their play was successful. The "just in case flags" you can call them. Look at the Carolina game and see how many that were declined or offsetting (the rogue Panther special teamer personal foul) and we still had about 123 yards in penalties to their 25. I'm still amazed that they picked up the extremely, extremely late, arrogantly tossed flag on the missed Carolina field goal.
And to your point about the false start ratio, the noise in the Superdome is a factor there.
And don't get me started on the fudging that goes on in ball placement - drives me crazy how a team can get nickel and dimed over the course of a game.
Outstanding blog, SJ. Thanks for all of the research, effort and on-point writing.
Yes, I'm worried. Been very worried for a while, now.
Brings up a good question: why watch?