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    Re: You make the call: Pollard v. Ridley, 2013 rules

    Pollard is in big trouble where ever he plays next year. He has a knack for launching at people with his head first.

    And perhaps this is a good reason NOT to bring Reed back.





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    Re: You make the call: Pollard v. Ridley, 2013 rules

    Quote Originally Posted by Random Thoughts View Post
    I didn't think all fumbles are automatically reviewed, only touchdowns?
    He's right. Originally it was just scoring plays that were given automatic reviews. But prior to this past season they voted to also include any turnover as automatically reviewable.

    For me its moot in this case because it was too close to overturn that call either way. I believe whatever was called on the field would have stood even with the review.





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    Re: You make the call: Pollard v. Ridley, 2013 rules

    this link has a nice summary of the rule changes: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-sh...5532--nfl.html

    It is a foul if a runner or tackler initiates forcible contact by delivering a blow with the top/crown of his helmet against an opponent when both players are clearly outside the tackle box (an area extending from tackle to tackle and from three yards beyond the line of scrimmage to the offensive team’s end line). Incidental contact by the helmet of a runner or tackler against an opponent shall not be a foul

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    Re: You make the call: Pollard v. Ridley, 2013 rules

    Quote Originally Posted by LukeDaniel View Post
    If Frank Gore takes the carry and goes up the middle and lowers his head to try get an extra 1-2 yards, that is not [a penalty] due to not being in "open field". Seems very ambiguous to me, frankly.
    Me too. Which is why I posted the example with Ridley and Pollard. Would you say Ridley is in the open field? He's past the line of scrimmage, at the second level, getting hit by the safety, the position so-named because he is the last line of defense. So, is this in the open field? Is Ridley intentionally delivering a blow with the crown of his helmet?

    Very ambiguous, I'd say.





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    Re: You make the call: Pollard v. Ridley, 2013 rules

    Quote Originally Posted by Shas View Post
    Me too. Which is why I posted the example with Ridley and Pollard. Would you say Ridley is in the open field? He's past the line of scrimmage, at the second level, getting hit by the safety, the position so-named because he is the last line of defense. So, is this in the open field? Is Ridley intentionally delivering a blow with the crown of his helmet?

    Very ambiguous, I'd say.
    they defined it, but yes it will not be without controversy: an area extending from tackle to tackle and from three yards beyond the line of scrimmage to the offensive team’s end line

    Not sure where people keep coming up with 'open field'

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    Re: You make the call: Pollard v. Ridley, 2013 rules

    Quote Originally Posted by HKusp View Post
    The funny thing about that play, Ridley knocked himself out. People who want to put the consequences of that hit on Pollard, aren't being intelectually honest.

    This rule change is another example of them trying to change the fundamentals of the game. These guys have been playing their whole lives like that and now the NFL wants them to change the neurological pathways and muscle memory that they have built for 15 years of their lives. Stupid.
    I don't necessarily agree with the rule change, but this argument against making changes doesn't really work because it's obviously self-perpetuating. That is: you never change because the current crop of players has always done thing one (wrong) way...which means that every other generation to come along learns it the wrong way too and, hey, can't change it then either.





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    Re: You make the call: Pollard v. Ridley, 2013 rules

    For perspective, Andrew Siciliano on NFL Network reported that the NFL coaches were informed that, in the committee's opinion, in week 17 of the 2012 season there were only "5 or 6" cases where a penalty flag should have been thrown on a running back for leading with the helmet.


    It sounds to me like this penalty is only intended to be used rarely (but, effectively, we're all speculating until week 1 of next year).





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    Re: You make the call: Pollard v. Ridley, 2013 rules

    Quote Originally Posted by inexplicable View Post
    in week 17 of the 2012 season there were only "5 or 6" cases
    That doesn't seem like a rare happenstance. That implies it's going to get called in 75% of the games, week-in-week-out. That's just one more annoying, game-stopping, controversial penalty on top of all the other ones we have to endure each week. If this was the only bad rule we'd have to endure, okay, but to my way of thinking it just adds to the three or four frustrating stoppages every week.





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    Re: You make the call: Pollard v. Ridley, 2013 rules

    Quote Originally Posted by Jayc00 View Post
    This is going to be a clusterfuck.
    Yep, and the reason is pretty simple: the NFL doesn't give a damn about "player safety," they just care about creating the perception that they care about it.





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    Re: You make the call: Pollard v. Ridley, 2013 rules

    Quote Originally Posted by inexplicable View Post
    For perspective, Andrew Siciliano on NFL Network reported that the NFL coaches were informed that, in the committee's opinion, in week 17 of the 2012 season there were only "5 or 6" cases where a penalty flag should have been thrown on a running back for leading with the helmet.


    It sounds to me like this penalty is only intended to be used rarely (but, effectively, we're all speculating until week 1 of next year).
    I believe he said 5 or 6 times the whole season.

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    Re: You make the call: Pollard v. Ridley, 2013 rules

    Quote Originally Posted by Ravenswintitle View Post
    I believe he said 5 or 6 times the whole season.

    Hmm, I'll give it a google.





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    Re: You make the call: Pollard v. Ridley, 2013 rules

    Quote Originally Posted by Shas View Post
    Me too. Which is why I posted the example with Ridley and Pollard. Would you say Ridley is in the open field? He's past the line of scrimmage, at the second level, getting hit by the safety, the position so-named because he is the last line of defense. So, is this in the open field? Is Ridley intentionally delivering a blow with the crown of his helmet?

    Very ambiguous, I'd say.
    I'd say that he def not is in the open field, but I might be wrong. It's an awful rule.





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