10) Commanders-Vikings, touchdown catch by Justin Jefferson for the first score of the game.
Another "rigged and scripted celebration" call, more on the function that if the celebration is that scripted, so is the play.
Of it's own merit, meh -- there's no secret that teams and players do choreograph, especially given some relaxing of the rules some years back. I do get the point, though, of what he's trying to say, but there's bigger fish to fry.
He's also throwing some of the numerology bullcrap - and I just wish everyone would stick to the stuff on the field and have that be the extent of it.
9) Dolphins-Bears, 4th and 1 from the Chicago 14. 7:55 to go, Miami up 3.
After failing on downs the last drive (to be fair, that was a 4th and 6 from the 35, so a miss gives Chicago the ball at the 42 or 43!), the Dolphins underthrow (and, yeah, I will say that's deliberate!) a clean four-yard curl route in which the guy was wide open.
Jake talks about point-shaving here. In this case, he'd be right. Miami was a 4-point favorite, and, as a result, partly, of this, they only win by 3. Remember, the average week of the NFL this year on spreads has favorites two games below .500 -- each and every week.
8) Jaguars-Raiders. 3 minutes to go, Jaguars up 4 and kicking a field goal.
As Jake sings, Return of the Doink.
Now I don't know if it's just awareness of the doinks, but you do have to start wondering here, don't you?
The problem I have with this one is that it appears the kicker kicked it AT the right upright the whole way. I have no dispute of the fact they put magnets in the uprights, but hoo boy... That one looked like it had an express ticket to the right upright and needed little other assistance in THAT regard!
7) Packers-Lions, and he's talking about Aaron Rodgers and the three picks. The specific play he has is a 2nd and 10 from the Detroit 23. 8-0 Detroit, 9 1/2 minutes to go, third quarter (Rodgers' third pick of the day).
I'll say it: COMPLETE AND UTTER SABOTAGE on the part of Rodgers. And it's not unlike something I've felt he's done before. He comes back, gets completely sandbagged this year, acts like a petulant Republican child in this and every other respect...
That game was thrown by Rodgers. Literally. And he doesn't care and he has no reason to care.
Oh, and Jake's got another of the three picks here on the list later.
6) Cardinals-Seahawks, 4th and 4 for Arizona from the Seattle 40, and it's another point-shaving/slop play situation, per Jake. 10-7 Seattle, half a minute to go in the first half.
This one is done in a different way. As Jake points out, the QB could do any number of things, but can't protect the ball or slide in the open field.
I'd advise Jake that if he wants to simply say the league is fully scripting the games for a particular series of outcomes, take the word "point-shaving" out of the equation -- that has a very specific connotation that, though it WOULD apply in a previous one in this countdown, it usually does not in the cases Jake wants to make here.
5) Panthers-Bengals, intentional interception charge, it looks like. 21-0 Cincinnati, mid second quarter. 2nd and 6 for Carolina at their own 25.
QB goes back to pass, throws into coverage, and the only guy in even a position to catch the ball is the defender. Results in another touchdown, and it's 28-0 on the way to 42-21.
4) Chargers-Falcons, the double-fumble late in the game, 17-17.
The rigged play, in the eyes of Jake, is that the Falcon who picked up the ball forgot it somewhere along the way, allowing LA to get the ball back, and the yardage difference was immediately nullified on the next play.
3) Bears-Dolphins, and this one's refball. 3rd and 10 for Chicago on their own 42, inside two minutes to go, Chicago down 3.
Grab (both hands around the waist), yank, takedown, no flag.
And people wonder why I think the league has a real Tua fetish going on so far this year. Had Tua not been nearly killed on the field (or is that part of the rig, that you need to tune in every week to see if they kill him this week!?!?!?), the Dolphins aren't just 6-3, are they?
That's so obvious and so key, I'm surprised he has two better than that -- one being Rodgers.
2) This one being Rodgers. 4th and goal at the 1, no score, first play of the second quarter, and Rodgers has already thrown one pick to end one long drive already.
It was a tackle-eligible, and the Packer was wide open, but Rodgers had no intention of getting it there -- probably at least 3 yards underthrown, pick, touchback, and the Lions gain almost 20 yards in the equation.
Again, for a quarterback so completely immune of throwing interceptions many games (he hadn't had any the last seven times the two teams faced!), you have to wonder if he was actively throwing the game like a good little petulant Republican.
1) Commanders-Vikings. He actually names this the leading candidate for Rigged Play of the Season. Washington has the ball 2nd down, 7 yards to go on the Minnesota 49. 7-3 to Minnesota, second play of the third quarter.
Referee takeout of one of the three defenders allows for the 49-yard reception for the score.
Yeah, I'd say he's got a good case there...
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What I don't get is zero mention of the four separate games which went 17-17 at the two-minute warning and all ended 20-17.
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Tony Dungy pointed out the inconsistency of the same officiating crew who called the DJ Moore penalty not calling the same penalty on Aaron Donald when it DID apply in that case!
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NFL has admitted two DPI errors in favor of the Dolphins in their win over the Bears.
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Several people on social media have pointed out the 2-point conversion sequence in the Kansas City-Tennessee game. On the second attempt, there was a penalty on Tennessee, but Travis Kelce also mauled that same player's facemask. The first attempt was offsetting, this one should've been too!
This is one of the reasons I am more than a bit verklempt. Is Kansas City being this year's Jobber to the Stars, or has the Buffalo UCL injury to Josh Allen begun a rewrite? (or both!)
(To be fair, the difference was only, in fact, one yard -- there would've been a second redo at the conversion stripe.)
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Here's a third Aaron Rodgers play which should have people asking questions:
— Andy Herman (@AndyHermanNFL) November 7, 2022
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