2008-09 Divisional Round

[ice grillin you]

can someone explain the "muff" rule or what just happened there...why cant you advance that...

[rjs246]

Can someone explain to me why every team in the NFL postseason appears to be utterly incompetent? What the farg is going on?

[Cerevant]

From Jerry Markbreit:

The definition of a muff is as follows: touching of the ball prior to possessing the ball. The act of muffing the ball is not considered possession. In order to advance the ball, which the kicking team recovers, it has to be possessed by the receiving team first. But, the kicking team can also recover a muff, but it cannot be advanced. The people who wrote the rules of the game thought it was unfair to allow the kickers to recover a ball and advance it, unless the receiving team possessed it first.

Can someone explain to me why every team in the NFL postseason appears to be utterly incompetent? What the farg is going on?

One word: Parity

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

I would like to learn the great American art of muff diving.

[ice grillin you]

i know what the muff rule is canuck i want to know why its a rule

[rjs246]

I would like to learn the great American art of muff diving.

You're in your 30s. If you're not performing at a high level by now, you should probably just stop chasing the dragon.

[Cerevant]

i know what the muff rule is canuck i want to know why its a rule

Maybe you should be more clear...

can someone explain the "muff" rule

Regardless...

From Jerry Markbreit:

The definition of a muff is as follows: touching of the ball prior to possessing the ball. The act of muffing the ball is not considered possession. In order to advance the ball, which the kicking team recovers, it has to be possessed by the receiving team first. But, the kicking team can also recover a muff, but it cannot be advanced. The people who wrote the rules of the game thought it was unfair to allow the kickers to recover a ball and advance it, unless the receiving team possessed it first.

[BigEd76]

The Eagles/Steelers Super Bowl that didn't happen in 2001, 2002 or 2004 might actually happen this year

[hunt]

The Eagles/Steelers Super Bowl that didn't happen in 2001, 2002 or 2004 might actually happen this year

let's hope.  i don't want any part of baltimore.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Bill Simmons went O-fer against the spread

[ice grillin you]

this show should be interesting/entertaining....merril hoge breaking down the eagles win for two hrs

[Feva]

The Eagles/Steelers Super Bowl that didn't happen in 2001, 2002 or 2004 might actually happen this year

let's hope.  i don't want any part of baltimore.

Completely agreed.

[paco]

Bill Simmons went O-fer against the spread

Thats what he gets for butchering a Rocky movie quote when picking against a philly team.  Even if the quote was from Rocky 4.