demoncore1031
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What did happen there? I missed the game and watched the recording later, but the audio went out so I didn't see why we were penalized.
Is Purdy Hurt?
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demoncore1031
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Oh. I wonder if Knipfel even knew of that rule. Pretty unfortunate it probably cost his team points.
I’d imagine he did, but in the heat of the moment, it’s hard to turn the competitiveness off.
A rule that burned us, but ultimately is there for the safety of the player.
15 yards seems a bit steep for that infraction.
Apparently he lost his helmet but stayed in the play... which is dumb because he was in the middle of the scrum and had nowhere to go anyway...
He lost his helmet, fell down, the scrum moved on 3 or 4 yards, and then he got up and rejoined the pushing.
The second time he lost his helmet he was in the middle of the pile, but was not penalized.
Yes, this. Had he lost his lid and stayed back he would have been fine. Getting up into the pile is what the rule is intended to prevent. What if someone else came flying in and cracked him in the head with his helmet? Concussion, fractured skull, major injury. That's why the rule doesn't bother me. Now that blindside block rule is another story. The safety issues there are covered by targeting, block in the back, clipping, etc.
My problem with it is that it has to be interpreted what knippel did he was trying to help he wasn't trying to hurt anybody that should be like a 5-yard penalty I understand you're putting yourself at risk but you're not deliberately targeting somebody
demoncore1031
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Speaking of concusisons… I am slightly worried about Eisworth. He laid a big hit on a UNI player, their TE I think, and was down for a couple of seconds with what looked like a possible head injury. The UNI player was down for quite a while. Eisworth didn't come out of the game I don't think, but I was worried he had a head injury and didn't say anything to anyone.
With the massively big focus on concussions in football, I can’t imagine staff wouldn’t have pulled him over at some point on the sideline and looked at him if there was any kind of concern for it.
While I certainly wish the game wouldn't have been so close (in terms of points, that is), I'm not freaking out. First games are usually not good predictors of the season ahead.
This is probably nit-picky, but what did frustrate me was our decision to go with a short pass when it was 3rd and less than 1, and then attempt another short pass after that one had fell incomplete.
That's usually something you do when you have little confidence in your O-line's ability to get sufficient push. I was really hoping we were finally passed that.
This is probably nit-picky, but what did frustrate me was our decision to go with a short pass when it was 3rd and less than 1, and then attempt another short pass after that one had fell incomplete.
That's usually something you do when you have little confidence in your O-line's ability to get sufficient push. I was really hoping we were finally passed that.
That might work for uni and Louisiana in a few weeks but I sure hope they design run plays for him for the rest just to have that threat. If they are worried about him getting hurt he’s a sitting duck behind this OL against a good defense.
We haven’t had a starting QB finish an entire season in like 10 years. We haven’t had a QB talent like Purdy for more than that.
So fans want him to run the ball more....
Purdy was 30/41 for 278 with 2 TDS and 0 INT. Plus a game saving fumble recovery. Outside of taking a few more shots down the field, what more do you want him to do??
So fans want him to run the ball more....
Purdy was 30/41 for 278 with 2 TDS and 0 INT. Plus a game saving fumble recovery. Outside of taking a few more shots down the field, what more do you want him to do??
Yes, probably has an ACL tear and needs rotator cuff surgery. A miracle if he even gets out of bed on 9/14