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Keenum with the 'duck and chuck'....great play because it worked. If it didn't, you would have been able to fry eggs sunny-side up on Zimmer's forehead with a INT there. I think this is the reason that Zimmer isn't 100% sold on Keenum: he gets 'off the reservation' at times too often for his liking. So far, so good....until it isn't. But I'm enjoying it working!

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@dadevike said:
Zimmer may need to take one (a fine) for the team. Maybe even two.  Come out in the post-game presser and put it out there. "Yes, there are always missed calls, but when the missed call is a blow to the QB's head or an egregious P.I. in the end-zone, those are inexcusable and do not seem to happen to other playoff teams. There is an official who is looking right at that play. He did not miss it. He just chose not to make the call."  Acknowledge that you are going to get fined but let it be known that you are not going to sit idly by while the officials hold your team to a different standard.
The first time we played the Lions, they used the Seattle strategy: just interfere on every pass play; the refs won't call them all.  The Lions' DBs were hands on all day. X used to get called for that every game his first two seasons. If the rules apply to him, they apply to the Lions, too.  When the coaches talk to the press the day before the game, he should raise the point and do it again with the officials before the game.
Zimmer being a good soldier and keeping his mouth shut is not enough.

My opinion on that is that it works in baseball but always seems to bit you in the ass in football. 

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@Mike Olson said:

@dadevike said:
Zimmer may need to take one (a fine) for the team. Maybe even two.  Come out in the post-game presser and put it out there. "Yes, there are always missed calls, but when the missed call is a blow to the QB's head or an egregious P.I. in the end-zone, those are inexcusable and do not seem to happen to other playoff teams. There is an official who is looking right at that play. He did not miss it. He just chose not to make the call."  Acknowledge that you are going to get fined but let it be known that you are not going to sit idly by while the officials hold your team to a different standard.
The first time we played the Lions, they used the Seattle strategy: just interfere on every pass play; the refs won't call them all.  The Lions' DBs were hands on all day. X used to get called for that every game his first two seasons. If the rules apply to him, they apply to the Lions, too.  When the coaches talk to the press the day before the game, he should raise the point and do it again with the officials before the game.
Zimmer being a good soldier and keeping his mouth shut is not enough.

My opinion on that is that it works in baseball but always seems to bit you in the ass in football. 

i dont know about that.... some of  the most often gifted by the ref teams seem to be the ones that are on them the most.  

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On the field yes but in press conferences they typically do not like that. 

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Wasn't it last year against the Cowboys that Bradford got hit on the head - maybe during a 2-point conversion or a 4th down play?  Whatever it was, it was the QB with the ball getting smacked on the head. And no call. Because when it is the Cowboys on the one hand and the Vikings on the other, better to opt in favor of the Cowboys. And we don't even want to talk about when we are playing GB.
Zimmer is supposed to be a no-nonsense straight shooter who tells it like it is. In fact, that may have been part of why it took so long for him to get a HC job. So just as he will not sit still for players not doing their jobs, he should not sit back and let the refs screw his team without calling them out. Not for every missed call. Just the egregious stuff. And do it win or lose so you don't look like a sore loser. If the ref apologizes for missing the call, OK, we all make mistakes. No need to be a dick. But if there is a double standard or some notion that we have not earned it, screw that. Call them out. Pay the fine.

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@dadevike said:
Wasn't it last year against the Cowboys that Bradford got hit on the head - maybe during a 2-point conversion or a 4th down play?  Whatever it was, it was the QB with the ball getting smacked on the head. And no call. Because when it is the Cowboys on the one hand and the Vikings on the other, better to opt in favor of the Cowboys. And we don't even want to talk about when we are playing GB.
Zimmer is supposed to be a no-nonsense straight shooter who tells it like it is. In fact, that may have been part of why it took so long for him to get a HC job. So just as he will not sit still for players not doing their jobs, he should not sit back and let the refs screw his team without calling them out. Not for every missed call. Just the egregious stuff. And do it win or lose so you don't look like a sore loser. If the ref apologizes for missing the call, OK, we all make mistakes. No need to be a dick. But if there is a double standard or some notion that we have not earned it, screw that. Call them out. Pay the fine.

It was a 2 pt conversion that we needed to tie the game with under a minute to go and really keep our play off hopes alive.  It was one of the games I was think when I mentioned the refs not protecting our QB in a big game.