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OK Josh Scobee maybe gone soon

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Some very good news today

Well deserved.

kpowers said:

Some very good news today

Steelers sign kicker Chris Boswell, cut Josh Scobee

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After a disastrous performance in Thursday night's overtime loss to the Baltimore Ravens, the Pittsburgh Steelers made a move at kicker.

Every game, all season

The Steelers signed Chris Boswell, the team announced Saturday.

The move was made in addition to Josh Scobee being cut.

Scobee missed two field goals in the final three minutes of the fourth quarter to set up the brutal loss. Coach Mike Tomlin clearly didn't trust his kicker on a pair of fourth-down plays in overtime leading to the defeat. Scobee made just six of 10 field goal tries and missed one extra point in four games in Pittsburgh.

The Steelers acquired Scobee and his $3.425 million salary from the Jacksonville Jaguars in exchange for a sixth-round pick in August.

Boswell, 24, spent training camp with the New York Giants. He was undrafted out of Rice and tried out for the Houston Texans in 2014 before being cut. Boswell, who has never attempted a kick in a regular-season game, boasts a strong leg and will now be relied on in one of the most difficult home fields for kickers in the NFL.

Boswell will be the fourth stab at kicker for Pittsburgh in 2015 after Shaun Suisham and Garrett Hartley both went on injured reserve.

The Steelers also tried out former Washington Redskins kicker Kai Forbath.

LOL...what took them so long to cut Scooby Doo?

I told my son I hope they put his stuff in the parking lot to pick up.

Don't even let him in the building.

babynoz said:

kpowers said:

Some very good news today

Steelers sign kicker Chris Boswell, cut Josh Scobee

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After a disastrous performance in Thursday night's overtime loss to the Baltimore Ravens, the Pittsburgh Steelers made a move at kicker.

Every game, all season

The Steelers signed Chris Boswell, the team announced Saturday.

The move was made in addition to Josh Scobee being cut.

Scobee missed two field goals in the final three minutes of the fourth quarter to set up the brutal loss. Coach Mike Tomlin clearly didn't trust his kicker on a pair of fourth-down plays in overtime leading to the defeat. Scobee made just six of 10 field goal tries and missed one extra point in four games in Pittsburgh.

The Steelers acquired Scobee and his $3.425 million salary from the Jacksonville Jaguars in exchange for a sixth-round pick in August.

Boswell, 24, spent training camp with the New York Giants. He was undrafted out of Rice and tried out for the Houston Texans in 2014 before being cut. Boswell, who has never attempted a kick in a regular-season game, boasts a strong leg and will now be relied on in one of the most difficult home fields for kickers in the NFL.

Boswell will be the fourth stab at kicker for Pittsburgh in 2015 after Shaun Suisham and Garrett Hartley both went on injured reserve.

The Steelers also tried out former Washington Redskins kicker Kai Forbath.

LOL...what took them so long to cut Scooby Doo?

I told my son I hope they put his stuff in the parking lot to pick up.

Don't even let him in the building.

I think Scooby Doo would have done better than Josh Scobee

There is talk of a NFL team in London, not in favor of it. But if they do then give L.A a new team as well (one team will be in the AFC & NFC). If London get's a team then bring back the Monarchs.

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The Texans suck.

That will be my only contribution to this thread, unless I decide to laugh at the Bears, who are worse than the Texans.

RodeoSchro said:

The Texans suck.

That will be my only contribution to this thread, unless I decide to laugh at the Bears, who are worse than the Texans.

JJ Watt should go to the Steelers

When an NFL kickers misses a field Goal or an extra point it is called a "Scobee"

RodeoSchro said:

phunkdaddy said:

RodeoSchro said:

The Texans suck.

That will be my only contribution to this thread, unless I decide to laugh at the Bears, who are worse than the Texans.

After yesterday's performance I'm not so sure about that. Obviously not having Foster(to start the season) and qb issues has hampered the offense. I wonder how my dude Clowney is doing. The biggest disappointment of the season to date has to be the Lions and Dolphins. [Edited 10/5/15 10:45am]

Clowney is OK. But our defense isn't, even with J. J. Watt and Clowney. We gave up 48 points. We gave up 28 points in the first half. You can't win doing that, I don't care how good Watt and Clowney play.

Our quarterback play is atrocious. No one in Houston can figure out why the Texans let Ryan Fitzpatrick go without trying to find an NFL-caliber replacement. It's ridiculous, and future Hall of Famer Andre Johnson demanded (and received) his walking papers because of it.

I honestly can think of no reason why we haven't contacted Tim Tebow, other than stubborness. I say this with all sincerity - Tebow would be an upgrade over what we have now.

Any thoughts on the force fumble for the Seattle/Detroit game

kpowers said:

Any thoughts on the force fumble for the Seattle/Detroit game

Detriot ball at the 1 yard line.

kpowers said:

Any thoughts on the force fumble for the Seattle/Detroit game

Chancellor made an amazing play. Hawks got away with not having it negated by a technicality. Of course, I'm a Seattle fan, so I'm partial.

In the history of blown calls, I'm not feeling too guilty about this one. No one seemed to know wtf happened with this play until someone blew the dust of an antiquated rule book (except for perhaps K. J. , whose body language looks a little guilty / tentative while doing it).

Lions get screwed by the refs again.

MarkThrust said:

kpowers said:

Any thoughts on the force fumble for the Seattle/Detroit game

Chancellor made an amazing play. Hawks got away with not having it negated by a technicality. Of course, I'm a Seattle fan, so I'm partial.

In the history of blown calls, I'm not feeling too guilty about this one. No one seemed to know wtf happened with this play until someone blew the dust of an antiquated rule book (except for perhaps K. J. , whose body language looks a little guilty / tentative while doing it).

Antiquated? When a fumble goes out of bounds...............the ball is spotted where it was last inbounds. There is nothing antiquated about that basic call. The refs blew the call plain and simple.

Graycap23 said:

kpowers said:

Any thoughts on the force fumble for the Seattle/Detroit game

Detriot ball at the 1 yard line.

agreed, a fumble which Seattle did not recover. Though I would spot the ball at the half yard line.

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kpowers said:

Graycap23 said:

Detriot ball at the 1 yard line.

agreed, a fumble which Seattle did not recover. Though I would spot the ball at the half yard line.

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Scrub teams never seem 2 get those calls.

It is not fair. These guy get paid just like the other team.

U are correct, it looks more like the half yard line is where the ball should be spotted.

Graycap23 said:

phunkdaddy said:

Graycap23 said:

Scrub teams never seem 2 get those calls.

It is not fair. These guy get paid just like the other team.

U are correct, it looks more like the half yard line is where the ball should be spotted.

That's the history of Detroit football. The playoff game against Dallas where they got the short end. I remember a few years ago in a game on opening day against the Bears Calvin Johnson caught what appeared to be the winning td but the refs said he didn't have complete control. These things only happen to the Lions. Remember a few years ago when the Browns were kicking the Patriots ass for 4 quarters and the Patriots came back but when it was apparent the Browns were gonna seal the victory in New England the refs called a ridiculous pass interference call that allowed the Patriots to get the ball at the one yard line and steal the game. Now that was probably one of my top 5 worst bad calls of all time so in a nutshell most often the bad teams don't get the calls. As for the call in last night game there was a time when that was a legal play but they probably changed it in recent years. [Edited 10/6/15 13:42pm]

I still remember when Troy Polamalu intercepted that pass from Peyton Manning (Colts) then the refs said it was not an interception (Troy caught the ball in mid air) not sure if that was a playoff game or the AFC championship game

Graycap23 said:

MarkThrust said:

Chancellor made an amazing play. Hawks got away with not having it negated by a technicality. Of course, I'm a Seattle fan, so I'm partial.

In the history of blown calls, I'm not feeling too guilty about this one. No one seemed to know wtf happened with this play until someone blew the dust of an antiquated rule book (except for perhaps K. J. , whose body language looks a little guilty / tentative while doing it).

Antiquated? When a fumble goes out of bounds...............the ball is spotted where it was last inbounds. There is nothing antiquated about that basic call. The refs blew the call plain and simple.

1. A fumble that goes forward and out of bounds will return to the fumbling team at the spot of the fumble unless the ball goes out of bounds in the opponent’s end zone. In this case, it is a touchback.

I'm not sure if you were actually arguing that in all cases, the ball should return to the spot of the fumble. There's plenty grist for the mill if you want to argue KJ intent in 'batting' the ball.

kpowers said:

Dean Blandino admitted the refs botched the call. There should have been a penalty on Wright for batting the ball out of the endzone, giving Detroit possession inside the 1.

NBA refs laugh at how bad NFL refs are.

phunkdaddy said:

kpowers said:

I still remember when Troy Polamalu intercepted that pass from Peyton Manning (Colts) then the refs said it was not an interception (Troy caught the ball in mid air) not sure if that was a playoff game or the AFC championship game

You're right about that play. I was freaking livid after that call. What didn't the refs not see to call that incomplete. That was an AFC divisional round game. The Steelers played the Broncos for the AFC Championship that year.

I would love to know who the ref was that made that call, hook him up to a lie detector and ask him questions.

MarkThrust said:

MarkThrust said:

Graycap23 said:

Antiquated? When a fumble goes out of bounds...............the ball is spotted where it was last inbounds. There is nothing antiquated about that basic call. The refs blew the call plain and simple.

1. A fumble that goes forward and out of bounds will return to the fumbling team at the spot of the fumble unless the ball goes out of bounds in the opponent’s end zone. In this case, it is a touchback.

I'm not sure if you were actually arguing that in all cases, the ball should return to the spot of the fumble. There's plenty grist for the mill if you want to argue KJ intent in 'batting' the ball.

It was a call in Seattle's favor, maybe that could make up for their first Superbowl appearance worst calls ever.

kpowers said:

kewlschool said:

MarkThrust said:

1. A fumble that goes forward and out of bounds will return to the fumbling team at the spot of the fumble unless the ball goes out of bounds in the opponent’s end zone. In this case, it is a touchback.

I'm not sure if you were actually arguing that in all cases, the ball should return to the spot of the fumble. There's plenty grist for the mill if you want to argue KJ intent in 'batting' the ball.

It was a call in Seattle's favor, maybe that could make up for their first Superbowl appearance worst calls ever.

2 wrongs......don't make a right. (unless it was left.....lol)