The problem is the players are a lot bigger and faster than they were 50 years ago. Quarterbacks of today wouldn't make it through a half with the rules from 50 years ago.
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Please. :grbac: Either you're joking or you think the world ends where the North American continental shelf falls off to deep water.
What most of the real world calls football is followed by billions. It's not even close.
For that matter, basketball may be more popular worldwide than the NFL.
when i was in jamaica everyone was a soccer fan they love man u there they dont even watch or know about the super bowl lol
I completely agree with you about this.... it is ridiculous. The most ridiculous part is that, if a coach gets a third challenge if the coach wins two challenges in a game... This is monumental stupid as it forces coaches to be by far more judicial with their challenges...
Regardless, I cannot for the life of me understand why NFL refuses to adopt NCAA's review style, especially with having an upstairs referee reviewing.
That no PI call tonight was pretty awful. Kuechly drove him back 5 yards to move him completely out of the way and didn't even attempt to look for the ball.
I could not find the post to directly respond... .nonetheless, I think NFL is attempting to take out the "intimidation" factor out of the game. They are doing it in the name of player safety.... In reality, I think it is more to do with marketing as NFL has been striving to appeal to broader audience, such as women.
Anyway, it reminded me of a quote from the "Little Giants" movie, "Football is 80% mental and 40% physical".
Without that intimidation, offensive players are free to do whatever they want without that particular "fear". It just isn't fun to watch football when offensive players aren't afraid of defensive players. I mean... Ray Lewis leveled Keller a few years ago. On the fourth down, you could see Keller was so fearful of Ray Lewis that he actually ran out bound short of first down; thus, killed his team's drive late in the 4th quarter. (shit, that hit will probably be flagged under today's rule).
Yea, football isn't as fun anymore.
This rule does sound like it came from "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest". You only get two times to tell us we are wrong before you get another. If we screwed up the first time, you do not get to keep the one for being right unless you catch us a second time. So we can be wrong once and you still may only get two chances to make us look like Replacement Refs if you are wrong the second time. Say what?
All Dumervil had to do was not push McCown, the ball had gone and he knew because if it hadn't he would have drilled the guy. The push was cheap and a stupid move. He should know better.
Ngata has had 2 BS Calls against him so far this season. However I watch Flacco get hit after the throw and wonder why the NFL is not making the same call across the board. The NFL should make ALL 15 Yard Calls a Booth Review and FINE the REFS for wrong calls. These are GAME Changing calls that can steal a game by allowing 1st downs when the team was really held to a 4th down.
Yep. And 98% of the time, an independent referee (i.e. not part of that on-field crew) upstairs could have made the correct call before the on-field ref has announced the stupid challenge to the crowd. Pet peeve / obsession of mine, and it will be until they fix it. :)