Has the NFL gone too far in protecting the QB?

hobart4281

I know the QBs are the money players for the league but I think the new rules (can't hit below the knee/above the shoulder/can't drive though) are taking away from the game. example Steelers vs Saints: Aaron Smith is pushed down to the feet of Drew Brees, graps the ankle and basically lays there-->gets called for roughing. I believe in protecting the QB (and all players) from cheap shots but football is meant to be a physical game. Roughing/Unnecessary roughness are kind of like pornography..Kinda of hard to define but you know it when you see it.

Curious as to how the rest of you feel about it.

ziggy29

The problem with the rules protecting the QB is that it seems to allow little discretion for officials to use common sense as to whether a particular action was a cheap and dangerous hit under the circumstances.

dirtmonkey

Before too long, baseball & basketball will have more allowable contact than football.

Axtell

Football has continued to make the game more and more offense oriented, and the rules protecting the QB just further that. Soon they'll have the QBs wearing flags and you won't be able to tackle them at all.

bri2327

<< <i>Football has continued to make the game more and more offense oriented, and the rules protecting the QB just further that. Soon they'll have the QBs wearing flags and you won't be able to tackle them at all. >>



Just another reason why football is a watered down shell of its former self.