DrDawkinstein Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 4 hours ago, nucci said: it's just going to mean more penalties on the defense I'm expecting a similar situation to what the NHL went through this season. After seeing way too many broken wrists, the NHL decided it was going to start calling Slashing to the letter of the law. Anything above the bottom 1/3 of the stick gets called. Preseason was chaos with tons of calls. Guess what happened?... The players figured it out, and adapted to how they SHOULD be playing, and it wasnt an issue either way during the regular season. And there are far fewer broken wrists. Same will probably happen here. We'll see a bunch of calls in preseason until the players figure out how to tackle correctly (which isnt difficult), and then it will settle out. 4 hours ago, horned dogs said: I have to wonder if under the new rules they'd call Stratton for something...I don't know...maybe overly aggressive hitting on a defenseless player. Nope. Good, clean hit. Even though his head was down during the tackle, it was not the main point of contact. He did not use the helmet to initiate contact. And the hit was neither too high, nor too low. I really dont understand all the player and fan hand-wringing about this. It's like no one ever played the game correctly before. It's not only possible, but it's actually prtty easily to tackle properly. Players just got lazy. All the backlash is people afraid of change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. L. Hot-Flamethrower Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 2 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said: I'm expecting a similar situation to what the NHL went through this season. After seeing way too many broken wrists, the NHL decided it was going to start calling Slashing to the letter of the law. Anything above the bottom 1/3 of the stick gets called. Preseason was chaos with tons of calls. Guess what happened?... The players figured it out, and adapted to how they SHOULD be playing, and it wasnt an issue either way during the regular season. And there are far fewer broken wrists. Same will probably happen here. We'll see a bunch of calls in preseason until the players figure out how to tackle correctly (which isnt difficult), and then it will settle out. Nope. Good, clean hit. Even though his head was down during the tackle, it was not the main point of contact. He did not use the helmet to initiate contact. And the hit was neither too high, nor too low. I really dont understand all the player and fan hand-wringing about this. It's like no one ever played the game correctly before. It's not only possible, but it's actually prtty easily to tackle properly. Players just got lazy. All the backlash is people afraid of change. I should have made my humor more obvious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDawkinstein Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 1 minute ago, horned dogs said: I should have made my humor more obvious Haha, it probably wouldnt have mattered because Im taking this topic way too seriously no matter what! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Linen Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Look how correctly Trent Murphy tackles. His technique is really good especially when he decides to attack the lower body of the offensive player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 1 hour ago, DrDawkinstein said: Haha, it probably wouldnt have mattered because Im taking this topic way too seriously no matter what! we got you covered.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 18 hours ago, MrEpsYtown said: It also may have saved Rodney Harrison from CTE. I think he had CTE symptoms when he joined NFL but will want the NFL to pay for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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