My stupid questions

[leoram]

1. Why is spiking the ball not intentional grounding?

2. Do kneel downs affect a QB's stats?

3. If a defender turns his back to a play, why does the offense get penalized for impeding their progress?

4. Did the NFL rescind PI's from coaches challenges?

5. Why are personal fouls not reviewable? In fights where both players are at fault, why only penalize one? Plays where a ref thinks there's a shot to the head that is actually a shoulder are wrong. So is missing a hit to the QB's head that gets missed.

6. Why are fans allowed in some stadiums and not others?

7. Why isn't there a rule as to how loud noise can be piped in to distract an opposing offense?

8. Why do the Rams never play on Thanksgiving?

9. Did the Rams change their colors to match Wal Mart's, or was it the other way around?

10. Why is it called football when it's mostly played by your hands?

 

[Fidelis]

Why do we drive on a parkway, but park on a Driveway? ‍

 

[Classic Rams]

I'll give it a shot.

1. Why is spiking the ball not intentional grounding?
They allow it to help offense save time on the clock instead of just throwing it sideways out of bounds, which also wasn't IG, plus it's not done to prevent a loss of yardage (sack).

2. Do kneel downs affect a QB's stats?
They get negative rush yards, which has always been dumb. They should just take it out of stats already.

3. If a defender turns his back to a play, why does the offense get penalized for impeding their progress?
Don't remember this called so don't know. Maybe because the defender had a clearer route to the ball and became like the receiver in that sense.

4. Did the NFL rescind PI's from coaches challenges?
No sure. I haven't seen it challenged recently. Maybe because the PIs haven't been as obvious as the NRC play.

5. Why are personal fouls not reviewable? In fights where both players are at fault, why only penalize one? Plays where a ref thinks there's a shot to the head that is actually a shoulder are wrong. So is missing a hit to the QB's head that gets missed.
A time thing. Too much time to sort out. They just choose not to pile this on the time it takes for other reviews and not have a 4-hr game.

6. Why are fans allowed in some stadiums and not others?
Depends on state mandates. Rams won't have fans this year because Los Angeles covid cases are spiking bad.

7. Why isn't there a rule as to how loud noise can be piped in to distract an opposing offense?
There should be. The NFL did make a rule that once the huddle breaks they can't pipe music/noise etc, but the fans and that stupid Aint whistle guy can do whatever. Somebody please kill off that stupid train noise!!!

8. Why do the Rams never play on Thanksgiving?
Last one without looking I believe was 1975, 20-0 vs Lions. I don't know why but it's odd.

9. Did the Rams change their colors to match Wal Mart's, or was it the other way around?
Don't get me started! If it ain't broke.... aw, hell.

10. Why is it called football when it's mostly played by your hands?
Because Handball was taken. (I don't know but it sounds like a euro question)

 

[leoram]

Thanks for clearing that up. I feel smarter already

 

[Neil039]

If nothing sticks to Teflon, how does it stick to the pan?

 

[BatteringRambo]

George Carlin — 'Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things.'

 

[FrantikRam]

I lost a fantasy match up because Mahomes did the backup backup backup kneel thing to waste more time this year

 

[Mojo Ram]

1. Why is spiking the ball not intentional grounding?

I've been putting this out there for years. It literally is grounding the ball on purpose towards no eligible receiver.

 

[Karate61]

6. Why are fans allowed in some stadiums and not others?

Many states have awful leadership. All games should allow 25%-50% attendance minimum. Total B.S.

 

[Mojo Ram]

Do fish drink water?

 

[Angry Ram]

Why is a doctor's job a practice?

 

[LARams_1963]

Ya know... I've got one that's been puzzling me the last few years. How come they don't always stop the clock when the runner goes out of bounds? I have noticed it a lot in the earlier parts of games and the runner definitely goes out but the clock keeps running.

 

[-X-]

What was the best thing before sliced bread?

 

[badnews]

What was the best thing before sliced bread?

Fresh baked bread, unsliced I'm guessing.

 

[Mister Sin]

Yea, well, did you know that Hatters made hats and that they used mercury in the construction of those hats. Causing mercury poisoning, thus making the hatters "mad"....coining the term "Mad Hatter" and that Alice would have never met that crazy fucker had he used gloves and a face mask! Lol

Nothing to do with the topic...just...uh... needed to be said.

 

[Memento]

Why is water wet? I mean, I get why fire is hot (temperature, and all that), but what's the composition of water that makes it wet?

 

[FarNorth]

OK, but why isn't it intentional grounding?

 

[Q729]

Why do we drive on a parkway, but park on a Driveway? ‍♂View attachment 41389

I believe in the early days of planning the suburbs there was this idea of having little parks along driving spaces, hence the term parkway. I guess we kinda do now with medians and such. Just in case anyone really was wondering.