TJ Watt has tied Michael Strahan’s 2001 sack record (22.5)

[beresford]

Congratulations for T J Watt on at least partly expunging one of the stains on the NFL, when Brett Favre took a deliberate dive to allow Strahan to take the Jets' Gastineau's sack record. Shame Watt couldn't have got one more.

The NFL dodged a bullet yesterday night. The smart play for the Raiders was to let time expire rather than try the field goal, which might have been blocked and returned, and if the Steelers had been eliminated like that there would have been a furore.

 

[Retired AFA]

IMO TJ Watt holds the Sack record. Favre's dive should not have been allowed to have counted as a sack. I lost TONS of respects for Favre when he took that dive. Classless person.

 

[skop]

The NFL dodged a bullet yesterday night. The smart play for the Raiders was to let time expire rather than try the field goal, which might have been blocked and returned, and if the Steelers had been eliminated like that there would have been a furore.

The Raiders did the NFL a favor by winning...can you imagine the ramifications of letting time run out so the Raiders and Chargers tied to give them both a playoff berth?

new rules on playing to win until the end?
no more victory formations?

lots of layers could have been peeled if they "took a knee" to get what they received by not taking a knee.

 

[Seaver41]

Raiders winning the game gets them the Bengals instead of the Chiefs.......so I can see incentive to win.

 

[skop]

Raiders winning the game gets them the Bengals instead of the Chiefs.......so I can see incentive to win.

quite true, the Chiefs routed the Raiders in both meetings...good point.