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Re: Rule Under Review after Manning, Polian Complain
I didn't see it in the Saints game so I can't comment. My point was that the Colts will be the only team to get called for it in the regular season. That is because only the Colts will be looking to push the limit of the rule. But even they will eventually figure out how to push it without being called.
When you use the "this ain't Pop Warner" line, you are supposed to comment on the physicality of the game...not the ability to quickly dance to the line and yell "Ha! Caught you!" when the defense can't get their players in position or even on the field. In fact, I've known coaches in Pop Warner that pull stuff just like this. So you are correct that the NFL isn't Pop Warner. Adapting the rules to suit a team trying to avoid lining up and beating a team straight up, I don't see how that helps the league.
Do I feel that contact is a good strategy in the NFL? Yes. Yes I do.
I think it was fairly recent. Regardless, the rule was adopted to avoid the very kind of behavior that the Colts are prevented from doing with the umpire positioning.
So please list what the offense can't do now with the new umpire position. That list should tell you all you need to know. The Pats have also done the quick snap to catch a team with too many men on the field...not to play quicker but to specifically get the penalty. Don't like it but at least the Pats do it infrequently enough that it doesn't bother me.
I saw it twice tonight in the Saints game, and I wasn't even watching most of it.
I didn't see it in the Saints game so I can't comment. My point was that the Colts will be the only team to get called for it in the regular season. That is because only the Colts will be looking to push the limit of the rule. But even they will eventually figure out how to push it without being called.
This ain't Pop Warner. I have no problem with a team doing everything they can within the context of the rules to win whether that's the Patriots or the Colts.
When you use the "this ain't Pop Warner" line, you are supposed to comment on the physicality of the game...not the ability to quickly dance to the line and yell "Ha! Caught you!" when the defense can't get their players in position or even on the field. In fact, I've known coaches in Pop Warner that pull stuff just like this. So you are correct that the NFL isn't Pop Warner. Adapting the rules to suit a team trying to avoid lining up and beating a team straight up, I don't see how that helps the league.
Did you feel the same way when the Patriots defensive strategy was "hit the WR's as much as you can and if the refs don't call it, keep doing it"...? Was that "nibbling around the edges of sportsmanship", or was that a legitimate strategy?
Do I feel that contact is a good strategy in the NFL? Yes. Yes I do.
I don't think that was a terribly recent rule change.
I think it was fairly recent. Regardless, the rule was adopted to avoid the very kind of behavior that the Colts are prevented from doing with the umpire positioning.
Why do I have a feeling your definition of douchebaggery is "things teams not named "New England" do"..?
So please list what the offense can't do now with the new umpire position. That list should tell you all you need to know. The Pats have also done the quick snap to catch a team with too many men on the field...not to play quicker but to specifically get the penalty. Don't like it but at least the Pats do it infrequently enough that it doesn't bother me.