Can you believe this is now a penalty in the NFL?
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https://www.yahoo.com/sports/nfl-players-just-upset-new-tackling-rule-everyone-else-180615401.html
NFL players are just as upset about new tackling rule as everyone else
Check out the video of the sack.
What is the NFL doing?
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That's terrible. It will be a long season if they call it like this.
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Looks like College Football will once again be the most popular sport in America.
the NFL is circling the drain at warp speed
you'll never be able to outrun a bad diet
New rule in the NFL
From now on 2 handed touch of QB'S is a tackle
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none of the videos play for me, but I will say this: it's training camp. that means what is happening now is what happens every year, the referees tend to go overboard flagging new rules that the players don't really understand. maybe it's worse this year but in the past, with the catch rules and everything else it's always confusing. it will change in the regular season.
wait till you see the new catch rule
It's not the QB's fault for this following new terminology from the NFL, but they just changed the penalty wording of "roughing the passer" to "roughing the pansy."
For keets:
It's preseason. The refs are adjusting. They are calling anything close. They like coaches will go back, look at tape and adjust. This is fair warning that booming hits will be flagged. You'll see some flags but not the flag happy times right now.
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https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/vikings-flagged-for-new-roughing-the-passer-rule-on-questionable-play-freaking-everyone-out/
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Here's the full rule:
A rushing defender is prohibited from committing such intimidating and punishing acts as "stuffing" a passer into the ground or unnecessarily wrestling or driving him down after the passer has thrown the ball, even if the rusher makes his initial contact with the passer within the one-step limitation provided for in (a) above. When tackling a passer who is in a defenseless posture (e.g., during or just after throwing a pass), a defensive player must not unnecessarily or violently throw him down or land on top of him with all or most of the defender's weight. Instead, the defensive player must strive to wrap up the passer with the defensive player's arms and not land on the passer with all or most of his body weight.
I was never a fan of the "Tuck" rule and I ain't defending this, but I think it was called because the defender turned somewhat and drove his right shoulder into the QB. they do everything they can to protect a QB and it has changed the game. it is my argument for why guys like Otto Graham would flourish today and(please don't get mad at me) that guys like Tom Brady would more than likely already be retired if they had played in the 50's. the game was more physical due to the rules in place. there are actually fans today who don't know they used to play with leather helmets and no face guard, but I digress.
perhaps the only modern QB who would have flourished 'back in the day' is Big Ben Roethlisberger. the guy is an old school beast
So Tom Brady can play until he is 50 then.
He won't even need the concussion water or the powdered deer antler potion , or need to add the endangered black rhino horn essence to his morning avocado tea
Also strengthens the argument of Montana over Brady for QB GOAT, as Montana began his career around twenty years earlier than Brady.
If they continue to kneel during the NA and then play pussball ....... I may be just out of the NFL for good!
XFL coming in 2020, although i haven't heard about it lately.
It's just too bad we all here don't have an extra billion to start our own league.
I would want the Philly franchise. i'd call the team the Philadelphia Collectors.
Or for some of us...a short season.
you are all hot air. You are not going to turn the games off.
Its not as if you are even a fan of a good team , you can stop watching anytime you won't miss a thing. 
Dimeman carries thge curse of being a "fan". All of us have been bitten at one time. Living 100 miles from the closest NFL franchise has made turning off the tv easy.
Only pro team in town is the college team....well it is a pro team for everyone but the players.
You'd only be hurting yourself
why is it that there are Laws --- Federal, State and Local --- spelling out that money doesn't have to be involved if something of "value" changes hands, but the College players aren't really being paid?? here's what I have thought for probably 20 years now:
High School = amateur.
College = professional.
NFL = entertainer.
As I recall, Larkin, when playing in London, the NFL'ers stood for the host flag and kneeled before the US flag.
If those are the type of athletes that you want to spend your Sunday afternoon rooting for, good for you. I will pass.
Looks like they are looking at tweaking it already. Thank goodness
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Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
Preseason is always an expeerimental phase for the officiating. I recall similar instances in previous years with new rules, too. As it is, there's a flag on virtually every other play.
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I seem to recall Dimeman telling me the same in another thread where I mentioned I don't watch NFL any longer and have dropped out of all my fantasy leagues. My Sunday afternoons are now spent on more time with the family and yard work.