E Belichick Unum
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First, let me state up front, four interceptions lost the game yesterday, the officials played a bit part in that disaster.
It has become impossible to play defense in the NFL today. The "competition committee" has decided to take the competition out of the NFL and has turned a somewhat finesse game into a ballet. Watch any game on any Sunday and you will see the defensless reciever rule called repeatedly. The defensless reciever rule is the one that states a defensive player can't hit a reciever until after he has caught the ball and even then you can't hit him hard and dislodge the ball. The roughing the passer rule has become such a coin flip, so inconsistent, that hitting the QB might/might not cost your team the game. Pass interference, a rue that has always favored the offense, has become a game changing rule and the horse collar rule is an over reaction to an injury that happened once or twice every 5 years.
The NFL is quickly becoming too frustrating to worry about. The rules used to be consistent and logical, but not any longer. Even the tuck rule which was a mistake, took the decision out of the officials hands and codified it to remove any confusion. I blame this change on Roger Goodell and the executive committee. They are trying to protect players from getting hurt in what is essentially as violent a game as is played in America, they have taken away any defensive aggression and replaced it with a pansy approach. Their solution has been to ruin the sport instead of trying to remedy the issues that haven't really happened yet.
The NFL today SUCKS!
It has become impossible to play defense in the NFL today. The "competition committee" has decided to take the competition out of the NFL and has turned a somewhat finesse game into a ballet. Watch any game on any Sunday and you will see the defensless reciever rule called repeatedly. The defensless reciever rule is the one that states a defensive player can't hit a reciever until after he has caught the ball and even then you can't hit him hard and dislodge the ball. The roughing the passer rule has become such a coin flip, so inconsistent, that hitting the QB might/might not cost your team the game. Pass interference, a rue that has always favored the offense, has become a game changing rule and the horse collar rule is an over reaction to an injury that happened once or twice every 5 years.
The NFL is quickly becoming too frustrating to worry about. The rules used to be consistent and logical, but not any longer. Even the tuck rule which was a mistake, took the decision out of the officials hands and codified it to remove any confusion. I blame this change on Roger Goodell and the executive committee. They are trying to protect players from getting hurt in what is essentially as violent a game as is played in America, they have taken away any defensive aggression and replaced it with a pansy approach. Their solution has been to ruin the sport instead of trying to remedy the issues that haven't really happened yet.
The NFL today SUCKS!