Patriots loss headlines Week 14’s WTF moments

Out of all of the weeks to write about WTF moments in the NFL, Week 14 had to have the biggest of them… yet. This week had me spinning with all of the ridiculous plays, game scenarios and unpredictability.

And just think: there are only three weeks left in the regular season.

Darn.

Let’s begin this week’s WTF moments with Monday Night Football. The seemingly ageless Tom Brady threw two interceptions in a loss to the Miami Dolphins.

That’s not a typo: the Patriots lost, on the road, in Miami in a battle of Brady versus Jay Cutler.

I still can’t believe they lost after the bookies had them as double-digit favorites to win. Let’s face it: it’s Tom Brady. At least I didn’t have to listen to all of the sports shows gush over him and how great the Patriots are on Tuesday morning! Nope, in fact, I got to hear about father time, and how the 40-year old Tom Brady was looking every bit his age on Monday night.

Really? WTF ESPN? It’s only one game. All I know is I sure hope that is the team the Steelers see this Sunday.

Next, and this is just really sad. Maybe beyond sad. Every week people are secretly hoping the Cleveland Browns can win one game. Just one! Let them have their celebration.

They almost managed to do just that with a 14-0 lead going into the half over Green Bay and their backup quarterback Brett Hundley. Alas, it was just not meant to happen. The Packers came back, forced overtime and beat the Browns 27-21.

In Cleveland.

I read that Browns owner Jimmy Haslem is something like 4-44 since taking over the team.

WTF? Just stick a fork in it already.

Switching to Sunday night, you’ll need a scorecard to keep up with all of the WTF moments, from the Steelers and Ravens.

On the opening kickoff, fullback extraordinaire Roosevelt Nix made a hit on the Ravens kick returner that we could hear all the way here in California. I was like “Ouch! Please do not get penalized!”

But then as Rosey jogged back to the sideline he lifted his jersey and pointed to what everyone was thinking about that evening: a t-shirt with the number 50 underneath in recognition of injured Steeler Ryan Shazier.

I’ll admit, I teared up. WTF goes to me. I can be such a girl sometimes.

Let’s give a special WTF to C.J. Mosley, in what could be called the Dre Kirkpatrick award, where Le’Veon Bell stiff arms a defender so hard that he knocks them right on their butt!

I still have many more WTF’s from that evening, including missed tackles. I’m aware you can’t practice much tackling anymore in the NFL and that players get around the limitation by simulating it with rolling tires or using heavy bags. But when you can’t practice a live tackle, it starts to show on the field. (This isn’t exclusive to the Steelers, but that’s who we watch the most!)

Ryan Shazier’s replacements Arthur Moats, and just acquired off of his couch, Sean Spence, did their best, but Ravens running backs Javorius Allen and Alex Collins took to the perimeter and killed them on outside runs. Even trying to get the Ravens rushers down by holding onto their ankles didn’t stop them.

WTF guys?! Coach Tomlin was even seen “talking” to the players huddled around him.

It wouldn’t be a normal week of football without showing the NFL’s officiating crews some WTF love. And by “love” I am beginning to think we need to find those “replacement refs” we had years ago.

Remember them? Yeah me too. You never know what you had until it’s gone. Or is it grass is always greener? Either way, when the Steelers were down by 11 in the 4th quarter and Antonio Brown was flagged for unnecessary roughness. I was like, wait, what? WTF?

I replayed the play, and Ravens CB Marlon Humphrey was trying to bull rush AB, and then Brown acting like a matador to avoid the weird tackle, swished him to the side. (He may have even said “Ole!”) Even NBC analyst Cris Collinsworth was like, “Uh, Uh, I don’t think that was a foul?”

Pittsburgh Steelers receiver Antonio Brown catches a pass against the Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in 2017 Pittsburgh Steelers receiver Antonio Brown catches a pass against the Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in 2017

Yeah Chris because it wasn’t. WTF refs? Really?

I do have one more quick WTF as I close up shop for this week. With about 8 seconds left on the clock in the game, Steelers rookie LB T.J. Watt sacks Joe Flacco, causing him to fumble the ball forward. The ball then went out of bounds.

Well apparently, Joe does not know the rules that the clock does not stop when the ball fumbles forward. It restarts as soon as the officials collect the ball and spot it on the line of scrimmage. So Flacco goes to huddle up for one last play, and then we hear head referee Walt Coleman announce “That is the end of the game.”

Yeah WTF Joe? It’s okay, Al Michaels and Chris Collinsworth were equally confused. I’m surprised the referees knew what they were doing!

Until next time!


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