Yeah no.
We are not far away from the day they put flags on the QBs…
And provide them with team coordinated skirts that come in home and away colors. Hell Deebo Samuel is half way there already.
I get this, but it's also lousy to have to watch these backup QBs play when star QBs are hurt. It's a balance by letting the defenders play defense while keeping the QBs healthy.
Don't wanna get hit like a Running Back, stop playing like a Running Back. Slide as soon as you cross the LOS, and if your boss with all that cash wrapped up in you cares that much, he'll tell the coaches to teach you to do it. You wanna run, you risk getting hit. Hell, make it illegal, immidiate fine, whatever, if you can take out a qb with top tier talent for the season, suddenly your chances get a hell of a lot better, and if your guy stays behind the LOS all year, he's a fuckload safer. We didn't need all this **** when the equipment wasn't half as good.
I don’t know man.. and I hear what your sayin..
I was thinking more like the Tua hit...
Ask yourselves, "how long was Kazee suspended on his 'defenseless WR' hit?" This better align with that punishment or worse...
So you're suggesting that the mobile QB be banned or called a RB if they cross the LOS???
The first play i think he hit the guy in bounds. Obviously the punch was bad, but many players do that. The second one he put his hand on Bradys throat, but it did not look forceful. He did not punch or squeeze it, but they cut the play off so hard to say what happened after. The third one was definitely bad. The guy was way oob before the hit. The Lawrence play is still iffy. If you look at an angle that shows both players they started their dive / slide at almost identical times. He did lead with the forearm but was it intentional or just instinct If you are running 15mph and dive you are kinda stuck at that point. I just think sliding is more dangerous than a tackle. I'm fine with the league protecting QBs to a point, but sliding seems to be asking for head shots. If you start your dive the same time the QB starts a slide there is not much adjustment you can do. I think you could take many players in the league and if you went through every tackle you could find questionable hits / tackles. I don't know anything about the LB, but his "dirty play" package wasn't too spectacular.
No, not calling for a running QB to be banned. They can scramble all they want/need behind the LOS, and enjoy the protection they now have. Teams can then protect their massive investments. I just find no reason to protect them MORE than a RB is protected when they cross the LOS. After crossing the LOS they have no other play than to run and/or lateral the ball, so they are no different than a RB. The difference now is Defenses have to let up when they cross the LOS because they are protected from really being hit, this unfairly handicaps all defensive players.
