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Brady on NFL Rules Penalising Defenses

Discussion in 'Miami Dolphins Forum' started by Galant, Sep 4, 2021.

  1. Galant

    Galant Love - Unity - Sacrifice - Eternity

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    Alright, it's coming from Tom Brady, but, put that aside, this is an interesting take on the state of the NFL and its rules on defense:



    And here's Shannon Sharpe offering his perspective as a WR (ignore Skip...):


    And Rich Eisen reviewing some of the plays that might have lead to these sort of changes:


    And here's a link to an official video from NFL Operations about defenseless players:
    Defenseless Player | NFL Football Operations
     
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  2. resnor

    resnor Derp Sherpa

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    Thought that was really interesting take on it by Brady.
     
  3. KeyFin

    KeyFin Well-Known Member

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    I agree, good for him calling that out. I was ranting about the same thing the other day when a QB got sacked and the flag came out for the defender landing on the QB. That's not roughing...it's football. Brady would not still be around without these rules.
     
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  4. OwesOwn614

    OwesOwn614 Well-Known Member

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    The NFL has two problems:
    First, teams are loading 25% of their salary caps into one position. Lose QB late in the season and you are screwed for at least two years. It's bad enough if you have a situation like we had with Tannehill..It's worse if that guy is being paid $40 million+. Brady is not wrong, but he's not the guy who needs to be making his point

    The second problem is they know that it's a matter of time before science devises a way to detect traces of CTE in a living rain and we will probably learn that every player entered the league with some amount of brain damage. The rules are their way of getting in front of it. The league will survive but its talent feeder systems from Pop Warner to the NCAA will dry up. After decades of outright lying about concussions contributing to brain damage and cognitive decline,they're over compensating in order to stave off unwanted Congressional attention.
     
  5. Unlucky 13

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    That happened in our preseason game vs the Bengals. Our DL got to the QB before the ball got there, he took him down, did not hit him dirty or with his helmet, did not drive him into the turf, and it was called roughing. It was complete BS.
     
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