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Haven't a fucking clue what all the nonsense on the final play was about, because most of those guys up on the L.O.S can't go down the field until Dak throws it anyway. Presumably the idea was to try and lull the 9'ers into some sort of mental mistake, but if the QB is going to take the snap with nobody to block for him you should just rush him regardless.

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6 minutes ago, lichtie23 said:

If you want to take a positive out of it…..thst was a lovely snap from Zeke 

I think the concept of not having 5 big lumbering oafs with no ball-handling skills on the field is sound enough, but the way they lined up was bizarre. Presumably it's to try and confuse SF with regard to who precisely is eligible and who isn't, and therefore make the intended recipient of the forward pass less obvious, but all you need to do is play off them and watch who advances beyond the L.O.S at the snap and who doesn't. Being innovative is great, but it's a bit pointless when success is dependant upon the opponent shitting the bed and doing something stupid because they don't understand rules.

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8 minutes ago, lichtie23 said:

I can see McCarthy being axed by Jerry the Redneck after this loss.  

It’s a bit debatable simply because of the injury to Pollard…but I’d laugh.

20 minutes ago, peasy23 said:

Huge improvement required by the 49ers for next week's game.

The Beagles will sodomize the 49’ers next week if that’s the level of effort.

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5 hours ago, Boo Khaki said:

Haven't a fucking clue what all the nonsense on the final play was about, because most of those guys up on the L.O.S can't go down the field until Dak throws it anyway. Presumably the idea was to try and lull the 9'ers into some sort of mental mistake, but if the QB is going to take the snap with nobody to block for him you should just rush him regardless.

It was truly bizarre. When the ball was snapped only two Cowboys players moved forward off the line so it was immediately obvious where the ball was going, Ward spotted it too and just absolutely hammered it dead.

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7 hours ago, Boo Khaki said:

I cancelled Sky Sports about 10 years ago because I couldn't stand any more Halling and Reynolds. I get Sky and the NFL want to have their own presentation teams in the UK to try and build some sort of brand identity here, but listening to the inane drivel and slew of 'who is the greatest ever QB?' viewer questions every single week just detracts from the experience. 

The best NFL coverage there has ever been in the UK was when ESPN had MNF, and we got the exact same feed the US got, just without a studio team. It was bliss not having to listen to totally dumbed-down garbage during every break in play.

Channel 4 (or was it 5) with Coombs and Carlson IMVHO.

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1 hour ago, Jute said:

9ers made hard work of that last night and will need to much much better to have any chance to beat the Eagles. Think next week is as far we go. 

So many bits of the team weren't quite firing last night. Pass rush rarely got near Prescott, and you saw what happened when they did with the two picks. Took ages for the run game to kick into gear and pick up yards, but ultimately that was what won the game. Purdy didn't throw many good passes, but he did nail a lot of important ones while once again staying pick free. They can introduce a new stat for Kittle, he made 9 yards during that juggled catch from when he first touched it until he had it in both hands.

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Fun notes:

Pollard, broken left fibula, 3 month recovery and screws his value. Probably cost him a franchise tag season. Not sure the Cowboys re-sign him now!

Zeke probably still done in Dallas.

Texas governor, a paraplegic…tweets:

https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1617318243043086337?s=20&t=M_qQHnXy8K9WHKY5DB7Egw

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