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More Stringent Roughing the QB Rules?

Discussion in 'Tennessee Titans and NFL Talk' started by Fry, Oct 16, 2017.

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The hit that broke Aaron Rodgers‘ collarbone on Sunday wasn’t illegal. Maybe it should be.

Vikings outside linebacker Anthony Barr hit Rodgers just after Rodgers released a pass, and the two of them tumbled to the turf with Barr on top of Rodgers. That rather ordinary hit broke Rodgers’ collarbone and dramatically affected the entire NFL season, possibly knocking Rodgers out until 2018 and in the process ending realistic Super Bowl hopes for the Packers.

I think it may be time for a radical rule change, one that makes hits like Barr’s illegal. It may be time for the NFL to consider dramatically expand the roughing the passer rules, and treat quarterbacks like kickers and punters: Basically, you can’t hit them at all once they’ve thrown a pass.

I know, I know, you’re going to tell me I’m soft and weak and ruining the game of football, and that we might as well just play flag football if we’re going to do that. And I’m here to tell you I’ve heard it all before.

I heard the same thing when the NFL changed the roughing the passer rules to prohibit low hits on quarterbacks after Tom Brady suffered a season-ending knee injury in 2008: “How can defensive players possibly be expected to avoid those hits?” But defensive players adjusted, and it’s now unremarkable that those hits are penalized.

And I heard the same thing when the NFL implemented the horse-collar tackle rule: “How can any defensive player ever catch a runner from behind?” But defensive players adjusted, and now the horse-collar tackle rule has been adopted at every level of football and is completely noncontroversial.

I believe the same thing would happen if the NFL dramatically changed the roughing the passer rule. Yes, at first it would seem wrong to see defensive players penalized for putting a shoulder in a quarterback’s chest after he throws a pass. But defensive players would get used to it, coaches would get used to it, and fans would get used to it.

And it would make the game safer for the quarterbacks, the most important players on the field. Is it really a good thing for the NFL that Aaron Rodgers might miss the entire season? Are hits like Barr’s really so fundamental to football that we can’t outlaw them for the health of quarterbacks and the good of the sport? I don’t think so.

The NFL already protects quarterbacks far more than it did when I was growing up as a football fan in the 1980s. But the league can do more. Roughing the passer needs to be expanded.
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I certainly hope not.

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Oh no, one of the Golden Boys got injured playing a contact sport. Let's make the sport even more lame.

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Oh no, one of the Golden Boys got injured playing a contact sport. Let's make the sport even more lame.
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Basically

The tuck rule hurt football for years before they figured out it was a lousy rule...

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True, game is already heavily tilted towards the qb....scew em.

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So is he like asking for a no touch the qb league

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So is he like asking for a no touch the qb league
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Let's be honest, with Fairyota as the Titans' QB, we should all be in favor of this.

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Let's be honest, with Fairyota as the Titans' QB, we should all be in favor of this.
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but hes not being hurt in the process of throwing

all this will do is help our already weak defense make even less plays

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in before Mariflota gets hit late...

Mariota will not struggle this year, this is why I cant take DW serious. Any half good QB thrives in this system, and hes had the entire offseason to get better.

Wont be at all surprised when he tops 30 TDs

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Fry said: ↑

Let's be honest, with Fairyota as the Titans' QB, we should all be in favor of this.
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problem is you expect the rules would be done fairly across the league... McMVP was never given the same rules 'protection' as Gayton... MM8 will never get the same rules protection as Brees/Brady/ect

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