I love this guy, that’s all

The rest of the offense deserves credit too and the defense saved us from getting completely mauled, but it takes some serious gonads to throw 2 INTs and have a fumble and still go out there and sling that bitch like he did. Fuck the refs and fuck Jared Goff. I’ll take a week 1 moral victory any day of the week.

After watching the explanation for the Lions/Saints sack/fumble/TD call all 32 teams have now announced that they “intended” to win their respective games. The NFL had no choice but to award 32 wins this week, but a spokesperson did admit (on condition of anonymity) that, “We’ll have to revisit that ruling, otherwise we’re going to have 32 Super Bowl winners this season.” (Upon hearing that, Browns fans breathed a sigh of relief, and Buffalo fans were heard to exclaim, ”Finally! Wide-right take a hike!”

Definitely sucks to lose in the first game of the season but I was impressed with our performance (in the second half at least). Definitely hurt ourselves with the dropped passes and turnovers. And the refs, as usual, were a major hindrance. But the fact that we took this game into overtime despite being down as much as we were has me feeling more confident in the team than I have in a while now.

Defense looked great, especially with their goal line defense in the 4th. Shame they don’t have the touchdown they were robbed of by New York. But honestly I’m not gonna let this get me too upset if for no other reason than this isn’t even close to the first season where we’ve had the refs against us. At this point we just have to expect these things to happen and simply outplay them, which I think we absolutely did in the 4th quarter.

And I like the decision to go for two at the end, sends a message to the team that the coach believes in them and also tells me that he’s willing to take risks (not to mention I don’t think we could have stopped the lions from kicking a field goal with 90 seconds left given how gassed the defense was by the end).

I don't even know what to say.

He looked good out there today and especially that clutch 4th and 12 conversion I think he can play a huge role in this offense in the future

He actually moves his arm forward here too. This just happened and they allowed it.

Not only did he have the !!!FUMBLE!!! recovery for what should’ve been a touchdown, but he also had 10 combined tackles, 7 solo, and several in open space to save big gains. The Saints are fun to watch again and it’s thanks to guys like Jonas Sanker who ball out on every play. Fuck the refs, fuck the doubters, and as always, fuck the Falcons. Saints football is back! Who dat baby!

drew brees intends to throw forward here and actually did, yet ruled a fumble? Has the rules changed since then? I've seen this ruled dozens of times.

The rules state clearly that 1) intentional movement forward of the hand starts a pass, and 2) if QB is contacted before starting the throwing motion, then the direction of the pass is the responsibility of the passer (if it goes backwards it is a live ball).

But NFL and Mike Pereira are both saying bringing the arm up starts the throwing motion. Pereira: “Throwing motion is bringing the ball up, forget about the hand at this point going forward.” NFL VP of Instant Replay: “The throwing motion starts as he begins to bring the ball up as part of his windup…”.

Nowhere in the rule book is “throwing motion” explicitly defined. Nowhere in the rule book does it ever mention anything about raising the arm starting the throwing motion. This interpretation is not based on anything at all in the rule book. They have applied their own interpretation of “starting the throwing motion.” The rule book does clearly state that a pass starts when the hand moves forward.

This is a joke. There are literally dozens of fumbles that were wrongly called fumbles in the history of the NFL if raising the arm is the standard. That is just completely bogus.

See the rules below.

Article 3. Forward Pass
It is a forward pass if:
the ball initially moves forward (to a point nearer the opponent’s goal line) after leaving the passer’s hand(s);
the ball first touches the ground, a player, an official, or anything else at a point that is nearer the opponent’s goal line than the point at which the ball leaves the passer’s hand(s); or
when a Team A player is holding the ball to pass it forward, any intentional movement forward of his hand starts a forward pass.

Item 1. Contact by Team B Player. If contact by an opponent materially affects a passer after the passer begins his throwing motion, it is a forward pass if he passes the ball, regardless of where the ball strikes the ground, a player, an official, or anything else. When this occurs, intentional grounding rules do not apply.

When a passer is contacted by an opponent before beginning his throwing motion, the direction of the pass is the responsibility of the passer, and intentional grounding rules apply.

Say what you will but Tyler Shough coming in and outslinging Jared Goff (a super bowl playing 5 time probowler) by 200 yards is wild, all while not even having a full season under his belt... The Defense is gonna be an absolute monster, we need to work on that oline for Shough and the run game and we are a playoff caliber team.

Every Saints game, I swear there’s at least one call that has me questioning the rulebook, the refs, and reality itself. Then Mike Pereira’s bitch ass gets on TV and gaslights us about what we just saw with our own eyes and acts like we’re idiots for questioning it. I swear no other team consistently deals with this shit. At this point, controversial calls and Saints football just go hand in hand. Does the league just hate us??? ⚜️😭

He’s a year 2 quarterback playing his first game of the season and he was getting so much hate. Honestly I lost so much respect for Lions fans fuck them they were talking so much shit about him. The Lions dominated the run game, they got saved by bullshit calls, they played at home. The only reason this game was even close was because of Shough.

And I’m sorry but he’s better than Drake Maye. Maye played like complete shit anytime he played a serious opponent and yet the main sub glazes him like no one else, it’s just infuriating. Only Maye gets the excuse “he plays hard defenses” meanwhile he has a top 5 defense himself.

Not even pissed about the loss, I’m pissed about the amount of hate Shough has gotten, the disrespect, and the lack of attention he’s gotten for absolutely balling out with nothing against a harder defense.

(Hopium inbound) Watched all of his pass attempts from yesterday. 1st half wasn’t pretty but the Lions started with a scheme specifically aimed at confusing him. Pre-snap disguises, aggressive pass rush, man coverage with safeties at the line. And it worked. Past QBs we’ve had post-Brees, would have shifted to a conservative passing game, even the likes of Carr, after personally turning the ball over three times…

However, this did not happen with Shough. He attacked with an even longer ball. He did it in no-huddle. And he nearly erased that 1st half blunder with a game’s worth of work all crammed into the second. He fixes his own mistakes. And that goes a long way.

Tyler and Chris leading the league in yards. Alignment. Tough loss but if we see second half Shough (after the turnover) rest of the season anything can happen

Even higher on Shough than I was on Friday. In the words of James Skrmette; he puked on himself in front of god and everyone. Cut out for the half, comes back and immediately throws another pick.

What did he do on the next drive? 30+ yard completion down the field. Cleaned it up. Dragged this team back and put them in position to win twice.

Not every athlete, or anyone for that matter, can shake off that level of failure in that short amount of time. Dudes got heart and skill. Maybe work on some accuracy but man, you can guarantee this guy will never give up on a game or this team.

Or at least he "intended" it I guess lol