The NFL Can't Seem to Figure Out Roughing the Passer Calls - No Changes This Season Regarding Body Weight on QBs

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[Scott7975]

Hughes will probably  be the first one flagged Sunday for sacking the QB.

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[starrymessenger]

To me this new rule is a case of the refs piling on. To be fair to defenders given what they are asked to do, and to not alter for the worse a fundamental feature of the game itself as it is best played, the mere fact that a player sacking the QB lands on him with his full weight should not be penalized. The exception of course is where a hit can reasonably be considered late - Anthony Barr vs A. Rodgers. Often these will be judgement calls or no calls based on whether the ref feels the defender could or could not reasonably have held up his progress towards the QB.

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[OldTimeAFLGuy]

...even 6 out of 8 on the Competition Rules Committee said the interpretation of the rule is NOT within the intended spirit......"unnecessarily weight on the QB" is an asinine split second judgment test to eliminate "pile driving".....cede the point......but Matthews was "pile driving"?....seriously?.....yet the azzclown extraordinaire Al Riveron immediately released a statement that it was the "correct call" despite every damn commentator on the planet saying " no way"....BUT....Al knows best........Bundy.....

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Carr wishes Hayes landed on him instead of tearing ACL

 

The NFL's desire to eliminate defensive players from intentionally placing body weight on a quarterback, an act designed to protect signal-callers around the league, has been covered in length inrecent days at NFL.com.

 

Week 3, however, provided an example of the flip side to the equation.

 

Miami Dolphins defensive end Williams Hayes was fully aware of the league's emphasis on the rule when he sacked Oakland Raiders Derek Carr in the second quarter. Hayes appeared to kick out his right leg to prevent landing on Carr, but the motion resulted in Hayes tearing an ACL.

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Edited September 27, 2018 by 26CornerBlitz

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[Soda Popinski]

What do we want?

 

Less injuries to the QB

 

When do we want them?

 

Now

 

how do we get there?

 

Pussify the sport!!!

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[Boatdrinks]

10 hours ago, 26CornerBlitz said:

 

What a load of garbage this segment was. J Murphy and Blandino both said that fans don’t mind the rule ( or the previous catch rule) , they just want to know exactly what it is. This is complete bunk. Smart fans absolutely despise the rule, because they know it is nonsensical and unenforceable without destroying the game. There are already rules on the books about roughing the passer and/ or bodyslamming players. Fans understand that. Sacking a QB almost always requires the players body weight to fall on the QB. Players can’t simply arm tackle most QB’s. Blandino and Murphy are stunningly out of touch if they feel fans were ok with these rules. 

[MJS]

I guess defenders just shouldn't go to the ground with the QB. Try to stay up while hitting them and knocking them down. Or twist around and have them land on you, I suppose. Or, just play the ball and ignore the QB altogether. Attack the arm holding the ball and forget about taking the QB down.

 

Can't go high, can't go low, and now you can't land on them.

 

I can see why it's tough, but all you can do is adapt.

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The video makes a lot of sense, but I foresee a lot of problems with officiating crews interpreting those hits correctly in real time. This call needs to be reviawable so officials can determine whether or not they have called it correctly in real time.

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Here's how the NFL can solve its quarterback protection mess

 

New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton was on to something earlier this week. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, he previewed the likeliest solution to the NFL's quarterback protection fiasco.

 

The rule itself does not need to be changed, said Payton, who is a member of the NFL's competition committee. What the NFL wants and needs, he said, was for defenders to avoid "intentionally" falling on quarterbacks with all or most of their body weight.

 

"Listen," Payton added. "I think it's more about the consistency from crew to crew, and the message from crew to crew to get that on the same page. And that's with any new rule, but that's the biggest challenge."

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[billsfan89]

On 9/28/2018 at 1:11 AM, MJS said:

The video makes a lot of sense, but I foresee a lot of problems with officiating crews interpreting those hits correctly in real time. This call needs to be reviawable so officials can determine whether or not they have called it correctly in real time.

 

The video doesn't make sense because the game is played at speed and these defenders can't make these adjustments in matter of well below a second. At this point you should just make hitting the QB illegal because these new rules are just an insane over correction.