NFL Week 7

Dude, just accept that he missed it. It was not tipped. You were wrong.

 

Well I should clarify. I think it'll take 11 to win a wild card spot. The Pats, Jets, Steelers, & Ravens are all playing well.

We could potentially win the division at 10. Let's see how it all shakes out.

 

Dude, I don't give a s*** whether he missed or made it. I'm certain that the NE player changed the trajectory of the ball, or else Kris Brown kicked a cantaloupe.

 

Your question reminded me of Randy Johnson killing that bird during one of his pitches.

 

steelers weren't playing all that well today...the ravens had to come back. the pats looked shaky.

none of these teams is dominant. this conference and this league is absolutely wide open, it seems to me.

 

Are you a physicist or something?

 

Either way you can't blame this one on the kicker.

The lineman is the one who pushed it back 5 extra yards.

 

Yes, are you?

 

Yup, I thought about that as well.

Anybody know the answer though?

 

No, but since you are, prove to me that a player getting his hand near the ball would cause that FG to miss.

 

Even more, I blame the receiver who dropped the pass on 1st and 10. That changed the complexion of the series. Chargers might have scored a TD on won.

 

If you see a guy looking like he is about to block the kick I would imagine it could mess up the concentration of the kicker.

 

I believe that, but Donny said the actual trajectory was somehow changed. This is what I am curious about.

 

For some reason I missed that play. Chargers can't catch a break.

Funny that Rivers bashed LT in the off-season. Wonder who he will blame next.

 

I'm no physicist but I can see how an object getting close enough to another traveling object (without touching it) might alter the trajectory of the traveling object.

Wouldn't the air between the 2 objects be more compressed and create a slight thrust on the traveling object?

If a NE player got his hand, let's say a millimeter from the ball, I can imagine that having an effect on an object as light as a football traveling at about 50 mph or however fast it's going.

 

Oh I gotcha. I understand your question now.

 

If something moves near something else, it moves the air around it and behind it, which, when something is traveling that far a distance, at that weight, at that speed, a little bit of movement/air displacement can put influence on the trajectory.

It's not like a football is a freight train, it can be influenced very easily.

 

Ok I hear that, but come on, are you really a physicist? I was expecting you to bust out some formulas or something.

 

I think that was Patrick Crayton (another every day choke artist).