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BSR · 10-08-2009, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by mfaith

These RTP calls (and rules) are getting crazy. It's still football right?

You realize RTP rules have been in place for decades, right?

patological · 10-08-2009, 04:10 PM

Some things just never change. Ole Pencilneck's bias against the Pats doesn't abate just because he's in the big time. In fact, the only change is they've finally made him dress so his wrists don't stick out of the ends of his suit jacket arms by 3 inches and his shirt collars don't overlap from being two sizes too large.

Buchanty · 10-08-2009, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by reflexblue

This whole thing is bizzare.......

In a way i like this because i think BB and the Patriots will take it as an US vs Them situation and feed off of it.

I'm going to have to ressurect my signature fron '07.... Embrace the Hate....

There is a strange echo of 07 about all this as you infer, Collinsworth's rant reminds me of the Inside the NFL session prior to the Patriots-Jets game that year and Collinsworth was given the opportunity to act as Mangini and one of the others (I cant remember but think it was Carter) as Bellichick, each doing the pre-game address. Collinsworth was almost apoplectic in his exhortation to hit Brady as hard and often as possible.

Both diatribes are polarized against the Patriots or Brady and suggest the man is a few sandwiches short of a picnic, even though he is one of the better in-game commentators (but the bar on that one is really low).

Bill B. · 10-08-2009, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by reflexblue

This whole thing is bizzare, Suggs clearly dove at a QB's knees and got flagged, if a pats player did the same thing he would have been flaged for the same thing. But from the coach on down they act like the hurt party.

The same coach curses out the reff's and gets a personal foul, (i've been watching football for forty five years and have never seen that before) then sends the tapes of the games to the league office complaining.

If a Patriot dove at Flaccos knees they would have gotten flagged.

In a way i like this because i think BB and the Patriots will take it as an US vs Them situation and feed off of it.

I'm going to have to ressurect my signature fron '07.... Embrace the Hate....

I went to NFL.com to read some of the message boards over there and it is 90% anti-Patriot. Even if you try to have intelligent discourse over there, the posts just degenerate to namecalling. I think the posters there are 10 years old or younger. Having guys like Sapp and Faulk just fuel the ant-Patriots fervor around the country.

***reflexblue*** · 10-08-2009, 04:41 PM

I don't get the hate because its not like were coming off a SB or two. These people should be hating the Steelers. I thought now that the team wasn't on soem 15 or twenty game winning streak the haters would find a new team to be JEALOUS of.

***reflexblue*** · 10-08-2009, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Buchanty

There is a strange echo of 07 about all this as you infer, Collinsworth's rant reminds me of the Inside the NFL session prior to the Patriots-Jets game that year and Collinsworth was given the opportunity to act as Mangini and one of the others (I cant remember but think it was Carter) as Bellichick, each doing the pre-game address. Collinsworth was almost apoplectic in his exhortation to hit Brady as hard and often as possible.

I remember that, there was a lot of invective tossed the partiots way by a number of these anylists but Collinsworth was particurly nasty.

Like i said earlier i think BB and the team will take this personally and use it as motivation.

***BradyFTW!*** · 10-08-2009, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by mfaith

These RTP calls (and rules) are getting crazy. It's still football right?

Getting? That implies that they're new. None of the hits that were flagged on Sunday were "Brady rule" hits- those have all been penalties since at least 2006.

Seacoast Fan · 10-09-2009, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Bill B.

How come nobody made a big deal when the NFL made it against the rules to do a crackback block? Or when they made a rule saying you can't block a defensive lineman below the knees? These rules were made to protect players and rightfully so. Defensive players did not say anything about the game going soft or being ruined when these rules are enforced.

You hit the nail squarely on the head.
You could also add, the rule against horse collar tackles. That rule protects ball carriers of all kinds....RBs, WRs, even big fat lineman who scoop up a fumble.
People who complian about the game getting soft, or QBs being coddled, ignore teh obvious: the game is not the same as it was even twenty years ago. The players are much bigger, faster and stronger. The rules have to change along with that.