NFL new rules...

[Slug Fest]

I hope their not going to turn it into flag football :nonono:

I missed Brady as much as anyone in New England last year,but this new rule seems a little overboard to me....

 

[canibus]

are you going to atleast tell us the new rules?

 

[cobra_4]

are you going to atleast tell us the new rules?

+1

 

[N2DAMYSTIC]

+1 as well, Link?

 

[MassCobra]

Got this off Yahoo.

NFL passes 4 player safety rules for 2009 season - NFL - Yahoo! Sports

 

[vertcobra99]

I mean come on ... we all missed tom last season... but football is football... and injuries happen... its part of them game... to say that a pass rusher cannot lunge towards the QB after he is knocked down is rediculous. Also they other rule that they made because of the vicious hit on Welker by the stealers last season... there doensn't need to be a rule for it... it just should have been a personal foul and 15 yards... end of story... enough with the rules.

 

[BigSweezey]

LOL...brandy got hurt so you can't hit a quarterback while your on the ground. Why not just make a rule...No touching Tom Brandy. HAHA

I can see the headlines in 2020 "NFL MOVES TO TWO HAND TOUCH RULES"

 

[Outlaw99]

I really liked the rules in the XFL

no fair catch rule FTW !

 

[LSUstang05]

For the people that are too lazy to click the link, here you go:

— The initial force of a blindside block can’t be delivered by a helmet, forearm or shoulder to an opponent’s head or neck. An illegal blindside block will bring a 15-yard penalty.

— Initial contact to the head of a defenseless receiver also will draw a 15-yard penalty.

“Our clear movement is to getting out of the striking in the head area,” Pereira said. “We’re reading about injuries that say spinal and vertebrae. We’ve got to try something.”

— On kickoffs, no blocking wedge of more than two players will be allowed. Again, it will be a 15-yard penalty.

— Also on kickoffs, the kicking team can’t have more than five players bunched together pursuing an onside kick. That will cost a team 5 yards.

The kickoff wedge rule is bullshit as is the you can't blindside hit somebody with your shoulder. Shoulder ≠ head.


And what's the saying...NFL = No Fun League? I think I'd have to agree. College ball ftw!

 

[carrrnuttt]

LULZ

This "new rule" about quarterbacks wouldn't exist, if this was any other quarterback that went out last season. Here's a great quote from a football forum:

It is kind of funny how the league didn't even blink when this happened to Carson Palmer--in the playoffs vs. Pittsburgh with gazillions watching, yet when Brady goes down vs. KC in a meaningless game the rule is changed.

 

[65fastback2+2]

this is ridiculous....didnt know the nfl was the pansy league...they should start the bull riding nfl league where anything goes cuz ur tough as nails and make millions of bucks

 

[deadpres]

Only thing that will change next year is more fines and penalties. That's the way I see it.

 

[FX4 SAPPER]

Sweet. Pro sports need less rules not more.

 

[SnkBtn99]

The pussification of America continues. Enjoy watching your "manly" game.

Bunch of homos running around playing grab ass = the NEW NFL.

 

[CSD]

to say that a pass rusher cannot lunge towards the qb after he is knocked down is ridiculous.

why not just make a rule...no touching tom brandy.

nfl = no fun league?

this is ridiculous....didnt know the nfl was the pansy league.

only thing that will change next year is more fines and penalties.

the pussification of America continues.

Quoted for truth.

 

[MassCobra]

LULZ

This "new rule" about quarterbacks wouldn't exist, if this was any other quarterback that went out last season. Here's a great quote from a football forum:

It was probably made because they BOTH had the identical type of injury.

I'm not accusing anyone but there are some people (haters) that like to think Tom Brady made this rule.

 

[canibus]

shitty rules or not, i'm still waiting for september.

 

[AntiHeightPunk]

I mean come on ... we all missed tom last season... but football is football... and injuries happen... its part of them game... to say that a pass rusher cannot lunge towards the QB after he is knocked down is rediculous. Also they other rule that they made because of the vicious hit on Welker by the stealers last season... there doensn't need to be a rule for it... it just should have been a personal foul and 15 yards... end of story... enough with the rules.

everyone who wasent from Mass thought it was clean:dw:

 

[Niks97cobra]

Those new rules are pretty lame. I was pissed when I saw this on espn last night.

 

[carrrnuttt]

It was probably made because they BOTH had the identical type of injury.

I'm not accusing anyone but there are some people (haters) that like to think Tom Brady made this rule.

Riiiight. The injury to the NFL's Golden Boy of the Decade had absolutely nothing to do with this.

Yeah. I'm sure the NFL would have reacted the same way, if it was say, Jay Cutler who was injured the way Brady did. Or even worse, Kurt Warner, since his being "injury prone" would be blamed.