Krazy Koz

i breifly heard about a new qb rule that QB's will now through scuffed balls (is this right can someone clarify this). the other part of this is that manning has been calling other QB's about this new rule because he has posted significantly lower stats with scuffed balls. anyone else got better info or know the whole story? it sounds like this could be a good thing for us.

dryheat44

The only rule change I'm aware of is that visiting teams will get to supply their own balls this year. They have to pass league inspection. I don't know if the league allows scuffed balls though.

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BelichickFan

The rule dryheat referred to was wanted by both Manning and Brady, and maybe others. I'm all for it, Brady's numbers are way better at home. This may have nothing to do with it but maybe it does - regardless, playing better on the road is the last frontier for Brady.

PatsChick87

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BelichickFan

I was referring to :

14 TD / 2 INT at home vs. 12 TD / 12 INT on the road last year.

Krazy Koz

Thanks... I’d consider your suggestion, but I don't care. So, I guess you'll have to deal with it. This is a fan message board for f&*&s sake. If you want to be technical and grammatically sound, then you must know an ellipsis is typed with three periods… that’s three taps of the key not five.

old 55

typos and spelling aren't all that important, but even spell check won't tell you that through is not throw.

DarrylS

It is just respectful to those who choose to read your posts, one of those common courtesy things. There are other places with lower standards.

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dryheat44

Bull. I'll bet you're scuffing them right now.

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shakadave

Basically it boils down to the visiting QB will get to provide his own footballs when he's on offense. This will prevent the home team from giving the visitors slick/slippery brand new footballs to try to throw (resulting in lots of attempts slipping out of QB's hand).

Previously, I'm not sure a team could give the visitors different ones than they were providing for the home team, but for example, if you were the Ravens and were going to do a lot more running than throwing, it would be to your advantage to have both teams use hard-to-throw balls when the Colts came to town.

The "scuffing" referred to is a good thing, sort of like how you rub up a new baseball before putting it in circulation.

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