This Bears Viking MNF game is pretty boring, but my biggest takeaway is that Fields doesn’t tighten his chinstrap. He has the pull through type and both of them are almost at at the stops, visibly loose. Just seems like a real stupid thing to do.
There was info out there that the pylon is out of bounds. That doesn’t appear to be the case anymore. The scenario that was quoted from was where the receiver actually got both feet down inbounds but because his leg hit the pylon before the second foot came down inbounds it was incomplete.
The idea is if you get it you win with 2 more TDs and extra points. If you don’t get it you go for 2 again next TD. If you get it there you are no worse off and you gave yourself a chance to win. It makes sense if you take 2 point conversions as a 50% or more proposition.
Ok, not a TD
The pylon is regarded as out of bounds when touched by any part of a player’s body. If the ball breaks the plane or touches the pylon before a runner is out of bounds, it is a touchdown.
The DBs have grown this year. I think that’s a great sign for the future. Would love to see the same from LBs. Imagine if we can develop players on defense.