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Ex-ref, Gerry Austin has a message for the Week 2 crew

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"Whatever happened to Cam last week, whatever Cam said to the news media, you should not allow it to affect yourself," said Austin, who worked 25 years in the NFL and has refereed Super Bowls. "I want a call to be solid, but if it involves a safety factor, then it narrows the window of leniency.

"The referee, the white hat, has to put himself into that position. The most important job as a white hat is to protect the quarterback."

Austin referenced a play in Denver when Newton rolled out to escape pressure. He said the minute Newton brings his arm up to throw he deserves quarterback protection again.

"It's not how big he is, it's what mode he's in."

 

 

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Come kickoff on Sunday in Charlotte, John Parry will be the man in the white hat entrusted to protect Newton and Blaine Gabbert. Last season, Parry's crew finished on the low-end in "behavior" penalties: taunting, personal fouls, roughing the passer, unnecessary roughness and unsportsmanlike conduct. Parry called 22 such penalties, tied for the fourth-lowest in the league.

In other words, Parry can be trigger-shy throwing the flag.

 

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It's just very frustrating calls like that get missed. By and large, the NFL is very liberal with flags on hits to the QB. We see questionable calls go the way of the offense all the time in those situations. Then, we watch illegal hit after blatant illegal hit go unflagged on primetime national TV. Sigh... 

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1 hour ago, LinvilleGorge said:

It's just very frustrating calls like that get missed. By and large, the NFL is very liberal with flags on hits to the QB. We see questionable calls go the way of the offense all the time in those situations. Then, we watch illegal hit after blatant illegal hit go unflagged on primetime national TV. Sigh... 

It's hard to believe calls like that get missed yet jumping up and down is caught or considered worse. It's not even just Cam,  in the bills and jets game it was the same thing. Helmet to helmet is cool but don't you dare dance when you sack the QB cleanly. 

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