“Just confounding. Something stinks in the NFL and it ain’t the consideration of a few deflated balls.”
I was thinking the same thing with that interception by the Packers with 5 minutes to go. The one Packer tells the guy to slide to the ground. I’m sure they figured they would just play it safe (with Seattle playing so crappy to that point), but I could almost see a bubble with the guy yelling “Take a dive - coach doesn’t want us to beat the spread!”
I used to coach girl’s soccer and was always stuck in my own head and my own plan, and wouldn’t see match-ups that needed to be changed. Luckily I had a dad that saw stuff and he would suggest changes. Or - I wonder if they thought Sherman was faking it.
With Green Bay (a 7 point dog) leading at the time, how does them scoring more points affect the betting outcome?
They told him to sit probably to lessen risk. A few times a year you see a guy intercept a ball and then fumble while he gets tackled. Defensive player don’t tend to have the best ball security. The “bubble” said “sit down, don’t risk giving the ball back, let the offense get 2 first downs and finish this game”. Then the offense got no first downs...
” but I could almost see a bubble with the guy yelling “Take a dive - coach doesn’t want us to beat the spread!””
Uh .... they beat the spread in the first quarter ...