Article The Girod Street End Zone take on the penalty disparity (1 Viewer)

How are we supposed to fight back?

Know your roll. Take your place, enjoy the billions this league brings in, stop bellyachin and you will get left alone. But speak up/out and find yourself in the cross hairs.

Its really that simple.

And I applaud the Saints brass and coaches for simply not conforming. Especially when we have a generational talent like Drew. (ever wonder why he isnt revered as Manning or Brady yet has or will have most QB records???)

Ahhh I'm getting aggravated again.
 
1. The history of human civilization in one sentence: "Never underestimate the power of little men to use what they have to bring you down to their level."

2. One of the funniest phrases I've read in, well, a while: "...because they beat on each other like rival gangs of baby seals"

3. It's probably useless (at least beyond Florio and Pat McAfee) to send to NFL national or beat writers -- they can say/write things that appear to be controversial but most won't dare do so on a story that questions the "integrity" of the game. Better to focus on linking to investigative writers with big outlets (e.g. WSJ, NYT, Washington Post).

4. Re: #3 above, for impact maybe wait until after we get hosed this Sunday (win or lose) in a game with seeding implications clear to a non-fan and then maybe repackage the stats in a, shall we say, less entertaining format?
 


This graph from Asher says it all as SaintJ said. That sizeable gap between the orange and blue lines in 2019 is very significant compared to the previous several years. It is a statistical anomaly and very revealing. Those are game-changing discrepancies. Awaiting part three, SaintJ.
 
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Just got my own version of this shirt out of frustration. I've seen other Saints shirts out there that say "Saints vs everyone" and "Saints vs all y'all", but THIS is the correct version. (Available at Tee Public)


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This whole situation regarding penalties reminds me of something many parents face.

Kid comes home from school and says a bully is picking on them.

Parent's Reaction: Well, I'm going to have a talk with the parents/principal/teacher.

Kid's Reaction: No, don't do that. It will make it worse.

Here we are! Same thing.
 
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.


I honestly think that he threw it soooo late and after looking to see if the kick missed.....he made the head ref pick it up. Idk how they could have defended that one. I also think they were peeved at him and told him he should have thrown it sooner.
 
Just got my own version of this shirt out of frustration. I've seen other Saints shirts out there that say "Saints vs everyone" and "Saints vs all y'all", but THIS is the correct version. (Available at Tee Public)


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Nice. I just got my own version.
 

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