Normally they do, at least part of the time, but there were extenuating circumstances.
Joel Send a noteboard - 28/11/2010 12:13:23 PM
Football teams do it regularly before important matches, and since it was in the UK I assume they were practising at a football ground, so the arena people should know how to keep people off the stands.
First and foremost, visiting teams don't always have the luxury of a 120 yd X 53.33... yd field to practice on, especially during the regular season when they're only in town for a week. Which brings us to another problem: Most of the available practice fields in the UK will be about 10m too short, because unlike a soccer pitch NFL fields have endzones an additional 10 yds long. To top it all off, the Broncos are from Denver, which means the UK is about 9 hours ahead of their biological clocks, and it'll take them a day to get there plus another to get back, meaning that with game day factored in they have about four days when they CAN practice (SF, of course, faced the same problem). The only good news there is that the fact Wembley can't completely close its roof won't bother Denver; they're used to playing in the snow.
So, yeah, I figure they both practiced at Wembley, though probably not at the same time, at least not often. Makes you wonder what the '9ers thought when they kept looking up to see an opposing coach with a camera; puts that whole "Denver told the League themselves" thing in perspective (even then, McDaniels didn't tell them, Bowlen and the front office did; McDaniels didn't say anything, unless you believe the allegations he told his tape-meister to destroy all the evidence when he found out about it).
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Hopefully this will finally get McDaniels fired from the Broncos
27/11/2010 06:45:12 PM
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I think the evidence should be thrown out based on their sucking in that game. *NM*
27/11/2010 07:27:28 PM
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Was the session closed?
27/11/2010 08:06:28 PM
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The LEAGUE said no one could tape it, and virtually shouted it at the Cheatriots after Spygate.
28/11/2010 12:05:00 AM
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So they were allowed to watch but not tape?
28/11/2010 12:37:59 AM
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Well, I suppose they could spend all their time watching the '9ers practice if the skipped their own
28/11/2010 01:00:38 AM
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Or just send an extra guy there
28/11/2010 01:07:02 AM
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Probably would still be illegal, but I'm not sure it could be done so easily.
28/11/2010 02:22:52 AM
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Then why not practice behind closed doors?
28/11/2010 07:56:36 AM
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Normally they do, at least part of the time, but there were extenuating circumstances.
28/11/2010 12:13:23 PM
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My point is that all they'd have to do is tell the people running Wembley
29/11/2010 11:18:06 AM
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Closed practices are fairly common, but I'm not sure how it works when BOTH teams are "visitors".
29/11/2010 12:51:33 PM
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I presume they staggered the practices
29/11/2010 03:29:29 PM
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Logical, but there was a definite time crunch, which affected both teams.
29/11/2010 03:33:52 PM
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OMFG, someone must've dropped the boy genius on his head a few (dozen) times as a child.
28/11/2010 12:20:03 AM
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Well, John, here's hoping he doesn't get fired.
28/11/2010 05:13:06 PM
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Thanks for the invite
28/11/2010 07:19:08 PM
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Pretty sad when the Faders can tut tut Denver for poor sportsmanship though.
29/11/2010 01:01:08 PM
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Really?
29/11/2010 02:37:39 PM
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Cut blocks are legal, chop blocks aren't.
29/11/2010 03:29:33 PM
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cut blocks are illegal at the LOS and also sometimes in the open field depending on the play
30/11/2010 01:33:09 AM
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Have a source for that? 'Cos I can't find one.
30/11/2010 03:56:26 AM
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my mistake. cut blocking is only illegal if done below the knees
30/11/2010 05:09:11 AM
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No biggy; I only know 'cos Denver fans have to deal with these accusations a dozen times a year
30/11/2010 05:01:49 PM
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