theprofessor Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 15 yard penalty for blindside block to the head. (Hines Ward Rule) 15 yard penalty for initial contact to a defenseless offensive players head. No more than two men in a 'wedge' on KO returns. (Don't you need at least 3 to be considered a "wedge") no more than 5 players to a side on onside attempts. Discuss ........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBalata Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 I thought I saw on Sportscenter last night they also now have the "Brady rule". Something about a player can't lunge from his knees at a qbs legs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAYER Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Why don't they just play flag football because in another 20 yrs that's what it's gone to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBalata Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Also, defenders who are knocked to the ground no longer can lunge into quarterbacks if the play is still going on. Kansas City S Bernard Pollard did just that on the hit that ended QB Tom Brady's season almost before it began, and Pereira placed such plays in the player safety category. That adjustment was not a rule change and did not require an owners vote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budlitebrad Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Also, defenders who are knocked to the ground no longer can lunge into quarterbacks if the play is still going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainHook Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 that QB rule is ridiculous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scourge Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 This league needs to stop this crap. If Brady's vagina hurts, maybe he should get some ointment. They should just make the QBs wear different color spamshirts and when a defender gets within 6 feet, blow the play dead. Rediculous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronco Billy Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 No wedges greater than 2 men on a KO return? A D lineman who falls or is knocked down has to regain his feet before he can attempt to tackle the QB? You can only load one side with a maximum of 5 players on an onside kick? Seriously, who thinks of this kind of crap? The really ironic part is that the league actively markets its violence as its calling card. And as for QBs - why not just make it two-handed touch for them, since the rules are getting outrageous in regard to their protection? The NFL is headed towards its own set of Jordan Rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrTed46 Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Every year NFL is getting worst and worst. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i_am_the_swammi Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 The ESPN article Billy cites is only partially correct. The defender does not have to regain his footing before proceeding to tackle he QB...he can also lunge. He just can't lunge at and tackle the QB below the knee. He can lunge upward and tacklet eh QB around his waist. What sucks is he can't lunge and tackle a QB by wrapping up his ankles (since this would be below the knee). FWIW, I think its a sissy rule too...just wanted to be clear what the amendment was. From today's Boston Globe: Brady rule: Steps taken to protect QBs' knees By Christopher L. Gasper Globe Staff / March 24, 2009 In part because of the season-ending left knee injury that Brady suffered in the Patriots' 2008 season opener against the Chiefs, the league's Competition Committee adopted a clarification of the current rule on hits to a quarterback in the knee area or below. The clarification specifically prohibits a defender on the ground who hasn't been blocked or fouled directly into the quarterback from lunging or diving at the quarterback's lower legs. QB Rule Amendment Whats really kind of ironic....if you read the comments to the article from Bostonians, even they feel the rule is terrible, and it was put into place due to the injury to their own QB. With the Tuck Rule already in place, Brady is now respinsible for two rule changes to the NFL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaterMan Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Why don't they just play flag football because in another 20 yrs that's what it's gone to be. Yep every year they want the defense to lose. Yay for passing TDs! I can't wait for Moss to have it easy since he knows they can't head hunt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmarc117 Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 they should also levy a 90% income tax these overpaid fairies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaterMan Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 In part because of the season-ending left knee injury that Brady suffered in the Patriots' 2008 season opener against the Chiefs, the league's Competition Committee adopted a clarification of the current rule on hits to a quarterback in the knee area or below. The clarification specifically prohibits a defender on the ground who hasn't been blocked or fouled directly into the quarterback from lunging or diving at the quarterback's lower legs.[/i] With the Tuck Rule already in place, Brady is now respinsible for two rule changes to the NFL. Imagine a scrambling QB who's legs you can not dive tackle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myhousekey Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 More rules passed. DANA POINT, Calif. -- Ed Hochuli and other NFL referees can rest easier Wednesday after team owners passed a rule allowing video replays on a loose ball that could be either a fumble or an incomplete pass. Hochuli famously ruled Denver Broncos quarterback Jay Cutler to have thrown an incomplete pass in the final moments of a Week 2 game against the San Diego Chargers last season. However, replays clearly showed it was a fumble that the Chargers recovered, but the play wasn't part of the review process. Denver kept the ball and won the game seconds later on a Cutler touchdown pass and a two-point conversion. Now the play would be reviewable. The NFL's competition committee used a similar application as when it added video reviews of down-by-contact plays involving a fumble. Also, replay now can be used to determine if a loose ball hit the sideline. A Cardinals kickoff in January's NFC Championship Game was ruled to have gone out of bounds even though it was recovered in bounds by Arizona. Replays showed the ball never hit or crossed the sideline. The owners eliminated a rekick after an illegal onside kick, immediately awarding the ball to the receiving team. The draft order for playoff teams was reworked and will be based on where teams were eliminated in the postseason. Last season, the Chargers (8-8) beat the Colts (12-4) in a wild-card game, but San Diego will pick before Indianapolis in next month's draft because it had a worse regular-season record. The new procedure begins in 2010. A waiver period during the first two weeks of training camp was established. Owners also reworded when the postseason waiver period begins -- previously it was after the Pro Bowl. In the future, the Super Bowl will be played after the Pro Bowl in some seasons, and the waiver period will begin after the final postseason game. Finally, on all fumbles and laterals that go out of bounds, the clock will start when the referee signals ready for play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skilly Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 I would be interested to hear what the players think about these changes. Seems like 100% of fans and media think these rules suck and are diminishing the game. If the players feel the same way, I wonder if they could implement some kind of bargaining of rule changes into the next CBA, where the players would have a vote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TitansFan Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 I would be interested to hear what the players think about these changes. Seems like 100% of fans and media think these rules suck and are diminishing the game. If the players feel the same way, I wonder if they could implement some kind of bargaining of rule changes into the next CBA, where the players would have a vote. Pereira, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and the two heads of the competition committee -- Atlanta Falcons president Rich McKay and Tennessee Titans coach Jeff Fisher -- repeatedly have emphasized that the players themselves sought many of these alterations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazinib1 Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 So the players are getting soft huh? The grid-iron greats from the 40's and 50's are rolling in there graves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaterMan Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 So the players are getting soft huh? The grid-iron greats from the 40's and 50's are rolling in there graves. Some players are so soft they won't be playing for the same team this next season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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