I just checked the discussion and, as I suspected, there is not scintilla of evidence to support the claim that QBs or other players in the act of passing are more susceptible to injury. Sort of like rules against cut blocking downfield, this seems to be supported by "common sense"; i.e. by pretty much nothing at all.
100% agree on Brady. Not on Carr, he was still looking downfield getting ready to pass, had not started a passing motion but that’s not required in the NFL rule. He stepped up in the pocket still looking to throw when Jones hit him from behind on his right side. That’s the interpretation problem. Jones really couldn’t do any more as he took the ball with his right hand and did use his left hand to try and lessen the impact with the ground. Now all that would be hard for the ref to see real time as he is behind the play. NFL will keep protecting QBs regardless.
Odds of who gets one first in week 6
Sylvain left his feet to hit him. It was a clean hit. Unless you know of a way to defy gravity, he was going to come down to earth once he left his feet. Since the Duke QB was between him and the ground, he was going to land on the QB. It was a bad call.
I think it was a horrible call. I love hitting the QB hard and often. However, I will admit that Sylvain could have avoided the call by not bringing his full body weight down on him, driving him into the ground. It's football, but it is called excessive today. Sylvain lets him go on the way down and braces with his arms and there's no call and the QB still gets hit hard. That's just my opinion.
Fair enough. I watched it again and he does put his weight on him. I still think it is a clean hit, but now there is too much sensitivity on not hurting the QB.
Spearing was fun; that's how I was taught to block and tackle and it worked just fine. But this is about the only one of the "prevent injury" rules that actually has evidence behind it and makes sense. The number of neck injuries, some severe, was a major problem and met Tukey's Interoccular Trauma Test (the results hit you right between the eyes). The others don't.
Maybe a flying clothesline into the QB‘s body would be a way to avoid the BS roughing calls on blindside hits. They’ve turned one of the most exciting plays in fb And one of the best plays a defensive player can make into a huge liability that can cost your team bigtime.
I knocked myself out cold making a spear tackle once. I remember lining him up as he came around the end and it was just the two of us. I was determined to stop him and took a full head of steam as I launched at his mid-section with my head. I then remember looking up at the sky with a bunch of people standing around me with worried expressions. Evidently I was out for a minute or so. It was how it was taught when I learned to play in the 70s.