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re: Qb scrambling beyond line of scrimmage should be 15yd penalty

Posted on 1/14/24 at 8:36 am to
Posted by Colonel Flagg
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Member since Apr 2010
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Posted on 1/14/24 at 8:36 am to
Just take away the slide and giving yourself up. Then QB can decide if they want to brave scrambling past the line of scrimmage. The easy thing is to take away the protection.
Posted by wildtigercat93
Member since Jul 2011
112485 posts
Posted on 1/14/24 at 9:10 am to
Can’t really give up the slide entirely, but I think the responsibility should be on the sliding player to reasonably avoid contact

If you’re a half inch away from a 270 pound line back about to lay the wood, you don’t get to flail down to get a flag

Same with the sideline. If you simply change it from giving the benefit of the doubt to the QB to giving the benefit of the doubt to the defender, it balances out perfectly

Also they should use the instant booth call in system to negate obviously dog shite calls

QBs should also have much more of a responsibility / skin in the game for passes over the middle. If you throw a hospital ball over the middle to put your slot WR into a car crash, at the very least they need to start a fining/punishment system that they’ve done with the players making the big hits

Only way to have player safety is to find the balance of risk for both parties. Making it safer in one area for one side will inevitably have an unintended consequence that’s likely worse
This post was edited on 1/14/24 at 9:12 am
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