Player out for season while trying to take in account QB bullpoo

[RumHam]

Whatever benefits offense right? Dolphins William Hayes attempted to ease up on sacking the shitty David Carr and in turn planted wrong and tore his ACL. BTW, we won't ever see Cam get any of these calls, esp since he was drilled and that player received a fine that was equivalent to the same fine given for a taunt. 

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/24782945/william-hayes-miami-dolphins-tears-acl-trying-avoid-sack-flag

[t96]

Cam’s already gotten like 3-4 calls this year... I think he is finally old enough, haven’t really been hits on him that should’ve been called and weren’t so far.

[Mr. Scot]

These new rules are such garbage.

[Chaos]

Clay Matthews might as well retire.  

[Bartin]

2 minutes ago, Chaos said:

Clay Matthews might as well retire.  

I laugh that it was because of Packers fans whining about Rodgers getting injured that the rule exists in the first place and they are the ones getting screwed the most.

[London Loves Luke]

I’m waiting for DEs to purposely injure a QB on a sack. If they’re gonna get penalised on each sack then they might as well just try and take the QB out the game as well. fug this crap.

[dpm0409]

5 minutes ago, Bartin said:

I laugh that it was because of Packers fans whining about Rodgers getting injured that the rule exists in the first place and they are the ones getting screwed the most.

Haha, it's definitely true.  Trying to keep the game as safe as possible, I understand, but.....this new rule change is about as soft as it gets.

[Eazy-E]

Just take advantage of the rule. If you’re in a 3rd and long situation just tell the offensive line not to block. A defender will have a free shot on your QB but it’s a guaranteed 15 yards and a first down.

[Mr. Scot]

2 hours ago, dpm0409 said:

Haha, it's definitely true.  Trying to keep the game as safe as possible, I understand, but.....this new rule change is about as soft as it gets.

A lot of the league's attempts to fix things actually wind up making them worse.

[Asurfaholic]

3 minutes ago, Eazy-E said:

Just take advantage of the rule. If you’re in a 3rd and long situation just tell the offensive line not to block. A defender will have a free shot on your QB but it’s a guaranteed 15 yards and a first down.

I know you are being funny but then why not just do that every play? Reason is that with an open lane to the qb the defense would be able to make a legal hit easier. The problem is when the O-line is stout or at least puts up a fight, the defense is pushing hard and fighting hard to get to the QB and the hit is less predictable, leading to the possibility of a roughing call. 

Its garbage. The qb is just another player, why should he be protected like that when RBs and linemen are getting slammed every play? 

[Oldmanrivera]

I called this poo.

Defenders are going to hurt themselves trying to understand this new rule, I'm just surprised it happened this fast.

[LinvilleGorge]

2 hours ago, Asurfaholic said:

I know you are being funny but then why not just do that every play? Reason is that with an open lane to the qb the defense would be able to make a legal hit easier. The problem is when the O-line is stout or at least puts up a fight, the defense is pushing hard and fighting hard to get to the QB and the hit is less predictable, leading to the possibility of a roughing call. 

Its garbage. The qb is just another player, why should he be protected like that when RBs and linemen are getting slammed every play? 

Because pretty much every legit starting QB in the NFL is going to be making $20M+ per season pretty soon and the owners don't want to see those guys sitting on the sidelines. Don't pretend that the majority of the owners don't likely support these new rules protecting QBs.

[Bartin]

2 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Because pretty much every legit starting QB in the NFL is going to be making $20M+ per season pretty soon and the owners don't want to see those guys sitting on the sidelines. Don't pretend that the majority of the owners don't likely support these new rules protecting QBs.

Ratings is a huge factor as well. Packers games which are usually near the top of the list for most highly rated games did terribly last year after Rodgers went down.

Though the injury is unrelated to this controversy, there will be a similar impact felt with the 49ers who have 5 primetime games and just lost Jimmy G for the year. No one wants to watch CJ Beathard get steamrolled.

[tiger7_88]

3 hours ago, Eazy-E said:

Just take advantage of the rule. If you’re in a 3rd and long situation just tell the offensive line not to block. A defender will have a free shot on your QB but it’s a guaranteed 15 yards and a first down.

So lemme see if I understand you...

You want to roll the dice on an entire season for one first down?