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  • Oviedo
    Legend
    • May 2008
    • 23824
    #31
    Re: NFL: You can no longer hit the QB while he is in the act

    Originally posted by Steelgal
    Originally posted by Dee Dub
    ...THROWING A FOOTBALL!!
    Well, unless that quarterback is Ben Roethlisberger. Then feel free to punch him in the face, break his nose, and still NOT get a penalty for it
    Exactly what I was going to say. Complain to the ref and he will tell you the defensive player "was just trying to tackle you!"
    "My team, may they always be right, but right or wrong...MY TEAM!"

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      • snarky
        Pro Bowler
        • Sep 2008
        • 1198
        #32
        Re: NFL: You can no longer hit the QB while he is in the act

        Originally posted by Dee Dub

        It's what they have been calling the past two years in the NFL. Ryan Clark had one of these this past year. No helmet to helmet. No shoulder to helmet. It was shoulder to mid-section. Also the Steelers actually got a call on I think Joe Flacco in the playoffs for hitting him as he released the ball. The call on the field was not roughing the passer but hitting a defenseless player.
        But there are bad calls in every game. And there is a difference between a bad call and a rule, no?
        In response to his pleas, an officer said: "You think we've never arrested somebody that's made national media? ... We deal with the Bengals all the time."

        [url="http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3880848"]http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3880848[/url]

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          • SteelTorch
            Pro Bowler
            • Jun 2008
            • 1361
            #33
            Re: NFL: You can no longer hit the QB while he is in the act

            Originally posted by snarky
            from the link in the OP

            "We want to be much more clear on what can be a suspendable incident," Anderson said. "The emphasis is on head and neck hits and what a defenseless player is. And we will work hard that people understand what is a repeat offender and what is a flagrant foul."
            The very quote you posted explains why everyone's riled (I even highlighted it for you). It's not just extra emphasis on neck and head hits - they're expanding what defines one as "defenseless". Which means that regardless of where they're hit, it's still a penalty.
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              • snarky
                Pro Bowler
                • Sep 2008
                • 1198
                #34
                Re: NFL: You can no longer hit the QB while he is in the act

                Originally posted by SteelTorch
                Originally posted by snarky
                from the link in the OP

                "We want to be much more clear on what can be a suspendable incident," Anderson said. "The emphasis is on head and neck hits and what a defenseless player is. And we will work hard that people understand what is a repeat offender and what is a flagrant foul."
                The very quote you posted explains why everyone's riled (I even highlighted it for you). It's not just extra emphasis on neck and head hits - they're expanding what defines one as "defenseless". Which means that regardless of where they're hit, it's still a penalty.
                Well, I give up. According to the article they are expanding when a player is considered defenseless. I don't see anything saying that they are expanding the protected 'zones' on a player that is defenseless.
                In response to his pleas, an officer said: "You think we've never arrested somebody that's made national media? ... We deal with the Bengals all the time."

                [url="http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3880848"]http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3880848[/url]

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                  • RuthlessBurgher
                    Legend
                    • May 2008
                    • 33208
                    #35
                    Re: NFL: You can no longer hit the QB while he is in the act

                    Originally posted by snarky
                    Originally posted by SteelTorch
                    Originally posted by snarky
                    from the link in the OP

                    "We want to be much more clear on what can be a suspendable incident," Anderson said. "The emphasis is on head and neck hits and what a defenseless player is. And we will work hard that people understand what is a repeat offender and what is a flagrant foul."
                    The very quote you posted explains why everyone's riled (I even highlighted it for you). It's not just extra emphasis on neck and head hits - they're expanding what defines one as "defenseless". Which means that regardless of where they're hit, it's still a penalty.
                    Well, I give up. According to the article they are expanding when a player is considered defenseless. I don't see anything saying that they are expanding the protected 'zones' on a player that is defenseless.
                    I'm with snarky on this. You can't hit a defenseless player with your helmet or forearm to their head and neck area. Now there are more classifications of defenseless players that you cannot hit with your helmet or forearm to their head and neck area.

                    For example, last year, hitting running backs in the head area was within the rules when they were carrying the ball...if they are trying to catch the ball, it's different, like when Willis McGahee was trying to catch a pass and got knocked the #&@% out by Ryan Clark. RB's carrying the ball tend to lower their heads on contact, so helmet contact is virtually inevitable in many cases. Now you cannot hit running in the head area if he is already in the grasp of tacklers and having his forward progress stopped.

                    The only players on that list that you cannot hit at all would be the kickers and punters in the act of kicking the ball.
                    Steeler teams featuring stat-driven, me-first, fantasy-football-darling diva types such as Antonio Brown & Le'Veon Bell won no championships.

                    Super Bowl winning Steeler teams were built around a dynamic, in-your-face defense plus blue-collar, hard-hitting, no-nonsense football players on offense such as Hines Ward & Jerome Bettis.

                    We don't want Juju & Conner to replace what we lost in Brown & Bell.

                    We are counting on Juju & Conner to return us to the glory we once had with Hines & The Bus.

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                      • hawaiiansteel
                        Legend
                        • May 2008
                        • 35649
                        #36
                        Re: NFL: You can no longer hit the QB while he is in the act

                        Originally posted by Steelgal
                        Well, unless that quarterback is Ben Roethlisberger. Then feel free to punch him in the face, break his nose, and still NOT get a penalty for it

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