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re: New "Aaron Murray" rule protecting QBs
Posted on 7/22/13 at 11:31 am to Monticello
Posted on 7/22/13 at 11:31 am to Monticello
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My biggest worry in terms of the new ejection rule for targeting is for when defensive players come in for the sack too high and their helmet barely bumps the QB's helmet. That one seems to always get called because the QB flops and raises hell about it. I guess the refs are allowed to look at replay for "conclusive evidence" that the hit to the helmet was not intentional, but I highly doubt it gets overturned much. Gonna be very inconsistent. It's going to be really pathetic seeing star players suspended for SEC and national title games because of inadvertent bumps to the helmet during a sack.
Those poor defensive linemen. Look at it this way. On the next level, they won't get ejected, they'll just be fined tens of thousands of dollars for a single poor decision.
This post was edited on 7/22/13 at 11:32 am
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Posted on 7/22/13 at 11:40 am to TxTiger82
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Those poor defensive linemen. Look at it this way. On the next level, they won't get ejected, they'll just be fined tens of thousands of dollars for a single poor decision.
100% of those NFL players getting fined would rather get fined than be ejected for a Super Bowl. I feel like there should be some kind of warning system in place before an ejection. For example, a 15 yard penalty and if the same player is called for another targeting penalty that season he is ejected for a game. A third targeting penalty and he is suspended for the remaining season. That would eliminate the clear thugs who are doing it to hurt people, without unfairly punishing an unintentional mistake.
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