RiverDog
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A strange game last night, at least on one series. The Lions offense got cranked up last night, routing a Broncos team that had recently gotten red hot, having won 6 of their last 7 games and placing themselves in the middle of the playoff hunt, just one game behind the division leading Chiefs.
The series that was strange occurred at the end of the 4th quarter with the Broncos down by 3 TD's but threatening to score. On 2nd and goal from the 9, Russell Wilson completed a pass in which the receiver was marked short of the goal line but that replay showed he broke the plane, but the Broncos did not challenge. On third and goal from the one, once again, a Broncos running back was marked short of the goal but that the replay clearly showed that he had scored, but once again, the Broncos did not challenge. Then on 4th and goal, the Broncos finally scored, but the TD was nullified by a penalty for lining up offside even though the camera angle showed that there was no Broncos lining up in the neutral zone. On 4th and goal from the 6, the Broncos opted to take the FG even though it still left them behind by 3 scores going into the 4th quarter.
Then the camera zoomed in on the Broncos sideline, showing head coach Sean Payton going absolutely ballistic on Wilson even though from at least what we could see, it wasn't Russell's fault on that series.
When questioned about the incident in the post-game presser, Payton went off on the reporter asking a fair, expected question as the demonstration was quite public, telling him that it was none of his business. When asked the same question, Russell gave his typical PC generic answer, saying that they really wanted to score a TD on that series.
Any guesses as to why Payton got so pissed at Russell? Why didn't the Broncos challenge one of the two plays where they appeared to have scored? Why did they settle for the FG? And how in the hell could the Broncos get called offside on a critical 3rd and goal?
That was as strange of a series I've seen this year.
The series that was strange occurred at the end of the 4th quarter with the Broncos down by 3 TD's but threatening to score. On 2nd and goal from the 9, Russell Wilson completed a pass in which the receiver was marked short of the goal line but that replay showed he broke the plane, but the Broncos did not challenge. On third and goal from the one, once again, a Broncos running back was marked short of the goal but that the replay clearly showed that he had scored, but once again, the Broncos did not challenge. Then on 4th and goal, the Broncos finally scored, but the TD was nullified by a penalty for lining up offside even though the camera angle showed that there was no Broncos lining up in the neutral zone. On 4th and goal from the 6, the Broncos opted to take the FG even though it still left them behind by 3 scores going into the 4th quarter.
Then the camera zoomed in on the Broncos sideline, showing head coach Sean Payton going absolutely ballistic on Wilson even though from at least what we could see, it wasn't Russell's fault on that series.
When questioned about the incident in the post-game presser, Payton went off on the reporter asking a fair, expected question as the demonstration was quite public, telling him that it was none of his business. When asked the same question, Russell gave his typical PC generic answer, saying that they really wanted to score a TD on that series.
Any guesses as to why Payton got so pissed at Russell? Why didn't the Broncos challenge one of the two plays where they appeared to have scored? Why did they settle for the FG? And how in the hell could the Broncos get called offside on a critical 3rd and goal?
That was as strange of a series I've seen this year.