re: Lowering Helmet Rule Passes Wow

I agree with that

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I'm seriously beginning to hate the product, if it wasn't for the Saints I would have zero interest in the NFL

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this!!!

You're moving to a place with socialized medicine? Interesting.

So you're saying that you look at your feet when you run.

Gotcha.

Keeping your head up means seeing where you're running and what you're hitting. It's safe football while still being physical.

This rule does nothing but prohibit weaponizing your helmet.

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It will be very difficult to officiate accurately. And, if we use the defenseless receiver example as a model of what we can expect to see, it will be a disaster.

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very true. This is what I'm a little worried about. I mean how many times has an offensive player braced himself for a hit only to end up being hit in the head by a defender. And then, boom a flag comes out. We have no way of knowing what the defender's aiming point was. I mean I'm sure he wasn't trying to draw a flag in the first place... so we can throw that out right?

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The game moves soooo fast

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and when the TV cameras put in slow motion.... it looks so much worse. Those replays do the play no real justice. Some things just can't be avoided.

I don't like this either but again I understand why they are doing it. But lets be real, there are always going to be bad calls. If we weren't bitching about this it would be something else. A pass interference, a holding penalty that had no real effect on the actual play itself, illegal contact, etc.

There is no way to sell this rule. It will be universally reviled and it should be

The NFL is now falling faster then this country