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Just found out about ANOTHER rule change...more QB safety


Ccat

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Saw that when I was reading about the other rule changes. NFL = PFL Pansy Football League. Once a defender has been knocked to the ground he can't make a tackle on a QB unless he completely gets back up. No longer can a player go with force at the legs of a QB.

Mann, it must suck being a ref. Having to know all these rules and make these crucial calls in live game speed is extremely difficult.

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So if a guy is say a foot from a Qbs legs he must not touch him until he gets back up?

From what I understand, I think they can still swipe their arm at his leg or grap him with his arms but he cant lunge his body below the QB's knees.

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I think it's going to make it harder and harder for players to play...having to think about the minutia of these things. If they want to get rid of it, they should just say NO HITTING BELOW THE KNEES...not ok I have to think about if I am lunging, if I am going to hit him with the forearm, etc. Prime example that NYJ guy who about decapitated Boldin last year. That was simply the result of playing football at 100% speed. He can't sit there and dissect, WHILE THE PLAY IS HAPPENING..."well the other DB is coming at 'X' angle, so I'd better veer off or Boldin breaks his face when I hit him".

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We are a year or two away from making it where you cant touch the QB at all. Fans grow tired of the yellow flag flying all game but with rules like this it just makes it worse. Every team will eventually because a pass first team with rules like this.

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