Smoot Lays the Smack Down (Redskins vs. Saints)

[BDBohnzie]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Seeing it on TV it was crystal clear that he dragged his foot, I thought the crowd reaction was really odd, guess that explains it.

The stadium erupted when they pulled the replay up (Quite quickly, the quickest of any of the replays on the day) and it looked to us that he never got the 2nd foot in bounds. There were 2 Saints fans sitting 2 rows in front of me with their heads hanging because they thought it was going to be overturned.

I do remember another smack down. The field conditions were terrible. Almost like they didn't put the tarp down on Friday and let it snow and ice all over the field on Saturday to come up with less than stellar field conditions for a dome team coming to town on Sunday. I guess that's another conspiracy theory for another time as well...

[mlmdub130]

Originally Posted by BDBohnzie

The stadium erupted when they pulled the replay up (Quite quickly, the quickest of any of the replays on the day) and it looked to us that he never got the 2nd foot in bounds. There were 2 Saints fans sitting 2 rows in front of me with their heads hanging because they thought it was going to be overturned.

I do remember another smack down. The field conditions were terrible. Almost like they didn't put the tarp down on Friday and let it snow and ice all over the field on Saturday to come up with less than stellar field conditions for a dome team coming to town on Sunday. I guess that's another conspiracy theory for another time as well...

it was more like god awful, it was really shitty right by the redskins sideline, from the 40 to the 20, it was like a mud pit there, the refs almost fell down when they tried to go to the booth. there is no way that section of the feild was covered at all

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by mlmdub130

it was more like god awful, it was really shitty right by the redskins sideline, from the 40 to the 20, it was like a mud pit there, the refs almost fell down when they tried to go to the booth. there is no way that section of the feild was covered at all

Yeah, murf or homer mcfanboy or whatever he's called stood on the Saints side to avoid the conditions on that side of the field.

[warpaint]

Originally Posted by BDBohnzie

The field conditions were terrible. Almost like they didn't put the tarp down on Friday and let it snow and ice all over the field on Saturday to come up with less than stellar field conditions for a dome team coming to town on Sunday. I guess that's another conspiracy theory for another time as well...

Thats what you call home field advantage. I read somewhere that Coach Gibbs would let the field go uncut to slow down a high powered offense. So letting the field go uncovered and getting sloppy is fine with me. The Saints are used to a perfect field so you have to take the advantage if it is given to you.

[BDBohnzie]

Originally Posted by warpaint

Thats what you call home field advantage. I read somewhere that Coach Gibbs would let the field go uncut to slow down a high powered offense. So letting the field go uncovered and getting sloppy is fine with me. The Saints are used to a perfect field so you have to take the advantage if it is given to you.

I can see keeping the grass high, but a sloppy field helps no one. And besides, what did Brees throw for yesterday? I'm gonna take a stab and say it really didn't benefit the Redskins, so why do it? Why risk the health of your players? Kinda like having a big concert on the field in the middle of the season...

[warpaint]

Originally Posted by BDBohnzie

I can see keeping the grass high, but a sloppy field helps no one. And besides, what did Brees throw for yesterday? I'm gonna take a stab and say it really didn't benefit the Redskins, so why do it? Why risk the health of your players? Kinda like having a big concert on the field in the middle of the season...

The only thing I can think of is Zorn seen the way N.O. torched The Pats and he wanted to throw their timing off. Who is to say it worked or didn't. But im glad to see we havn't just thrown the towel in this year.