Why I'm falling out of love with the NFL (slightly)

saintsfan1976 · 11-28-2011, 09:35 PM

Several calls tonight - the roughing call on Eli, the "late" "hit" out of bounds on Porter and hitting defenseless receiver on our safety were each about as poor as I've ever seen. Ever.

It seems as thought the refs aren't allowed to trust their eyes anymore - if it's close, CALL IT.

In an already violent game, I'm all for safety but it's becoming ridiculous.

And as I watch Brandon Jacobs taunt our entire defense in the endzone (without a flag...)

Load of bull...

saintsfan1976 · 11-28-2011, 09:40 PM

And someone please scrape Roman Harper off the 3 yard line.

Ouch

frydaddy · 11-28-2011, 09:54 PM

I agree. Can't stand how they continue to sissify (yeah, sissify) the game in the name of "safety". They should have the qb's in pink tutu's for as much as they baby them

saintsfan1976 · 11-28-2011, 10:02 PM

It's not even that. Look, if the hadn't evolved the NFL would be a league of players like Suh who's man objective seems to be shortening the career of every player he come in contact with.

I get it.

BUT - why the seemingly automatic reaction to heavy hits with a quick flag so often?

If a guy goes over the middle, does he get a free catch now?

I mean they don't mind spend 10 minutes reviewing replays

CharityMike · 11-28-2011, 11:43 PM

This entire year of officiating has been total crap period. The option to not be able to overturn a major penalty is stupid. It needs to be implemented.

As much as I can't stand Steve Young, he said it best, "the rules today do not allow teams to play defense"

neugey · 11-29-2011, 03:10 PM

Originally Posted by CharityMike

This entire year of officiating has been total crap period. The option to not be able to overturn a major penalty is stupid. It needs to be implemented.

As much as I can't stand Steve Young, he said it best, "the rules today do not allow teams to play defense"

I agree. Perhaps they need to give coaches a free challenge or two, that don't affect their time outs, specifically for reviewing 15-yard personal fouls that were complete mistakes at high speed by the refs (I'm thinking the Will Smith call in particular).

arsaint · 11-28-2011, 11:57 PM

Amazing you can powerslam a RB long after his forward progress is done, but you can't hit a WR with your shoulder pads while he's trying to bring in a ball.

I'm good with no leading with the helmet or hitting a receiver that is airborne, but c'mon man!

This is getting too wimpy - let the D play!

AlaskaSaints · 11-29-2011, 12:25 AM

How do you hit with a hard shoulder but NOT a helmet. Where your shoulder hits HARD, your head will follow.

The two safety CRACKS, B.S.

But Porter should never have kept tackling that receiver once he was TOTALLY out of bounds. Stupid on us.

Alaska

jnormand · 11-29-2011, 03:51 AM

Originally Posted by saintsfan1976

Several calls tonight - the roughing call on Eli, the "late" "hit" out of bounds on Porter and hitting defenseless receiver on our safety were each about as poor as I've ever seen. Ever.

It seems as thought the refs aren't allowed to trust their eyes anymore - if it's close, CALL IT.

In an already violent game, I'm all for safety but it's becoming ridiculous.

And as I watch Brandon Jacobs taunt our entire defense in the endzone (without a flag...)

Load of bull...

Agreed! But IMHO after seeing the hit on Jimmy I really didn't see that it was illegal either. Brutal yes but unless I missed something it looked clean to me. The only reason I wanted a flag was because we got a BS call against us for half the hit that was earlier. Don't get me wrong, the hit was horrible to watch and I was really worried Jimbo wasn't going to get up or was really hurt, but I actually thought the hit was clean. In just getting tired if the rules now. It's getting out of hand.

homerj07 · 11-29-2011, 07:00 AM

Originally Posted by jnormand

Agreed! But IMHO after seeing the hit on Jimmy I really didn't see that it was illegal either. Brutal yes but unless I missed something it looked clean to me. The only reason I wanted a flag was because we got a BS call against us for half the hit that was earlier. Don't get me wrong, the hit was horrible to watch and I was really worried Jimbo wasn't going to get up or was really hurt, but I actually thought the hit was clean. In just getting tired if the rules now. It's getting out of hand.

I agree - To me, it looked like he hit with his shoulder first. IN FACT - I don't thik there were any bad hits in the game. Hard - Brutal - OUCH hits BUT except for Porter out of bounds NONE of those should have been called.

11-28-2011, 09:35 PM	#1
saintsfan1976 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Atlanta Posts: 10,995 Blog Entries: 3	Why I'm falling out of love with the NFL (slightly) Several calls tonight - the roughing call on Eli, the "late" "hit" out of bounds on Porter and hitting defenseless receiver on our safety were each about as poor as I've ever seen. Ever. It seems as thought the refs aren't allowed to trust their eyes anymore - if it's close, CALL IT. In an already violent game, I'm all for safety but it's becoming ridiculous. And as I watch Brandon Jacobs taunt our entire defense in the endzone (without a flag...) Load of bull... saintfan, spkb25, RockyMountainSaint and 6 others like this.

11-28-2011, 09:40 PM	#2
saintsfan1976 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Atlanta Posts: 10,995 Blog Entries: 3	And someone please scrape Roman Harper off the 3 yard line. Ouch neugey, jeanpierre and AlaskaSaints like this.

11-28-2011, 11:43 PM	#5
CharityMike Site Donor 2018 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Mid City, New Orleans Posts: 3,556	This entire year of officiating has been total crap period. The option to not be able to overturn a major penalty is stupid. It needs to be implemented. As much as I can't stand Steve Young, he said it best, "the rules today do not allow teams to play defense" neugey likes this.

11-29-2011, 03:10 PM	#6
neugey Hu Dat! Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 6,834 Blog Entries: 13	Originally Posted by CharityMike This entire year of officiating has been total crap period. The option to not be able to overturn a major penalty is stupid. It needs to be implemented. As much as I can't stand Steve Young, he said it best, "the rules today do not allow teams to play defense" I agree. Perhaps they need to give coaches a free challenge or two, that don't affect their time outs, specifically for reviewing 15-yard personal fouls that were complete mistakes at high speed by the refs (I'm thinking the Will Smith call in particular).

11-29-2011, 12:25 AM	#8
AlaskaSaints 1000 Posts + Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Anchorage, AK Posts: 2,484 Blog Entries: 2	How do you hit with a hard shoulder but NOT a helmet. Where your shoulder hits HARD, your head will follow. The two safety CRACKS, B.S. But Porter should never have kept tackling that receiver once he was TOTALLY out of bounds. Stupid on us. Alaska jnormand likes this.

11-28-2011, 09:54 PM	#3
frydaddy 1000 Posts + Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Lafayette Posts: 1,953 Blog Entries: 1	I agree. Can't stand how they continue to sissify (yeah, sissify) the game in the name of "safety". They should have the qb's in pink tutu's for as much as they baby them

11-28-2011, 10:02 PM	#4
saintsfan1976 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Atlanta Posts: 10,995 Blog Entries: 3	It's not even that. Look, if the hadn't evolved the NFL would be a league of players like Suh who's man objective seems to be shortening the career of every player he come in contact with. I get it. BUT - why the seemingly automatic reaction to heavy hits with a quick flag so often? If a guy goes over the middle, does he get a free catch now? I mean they don't mind spend 10 minutes reviewing replays

11-28-2011, 11:57 PM	#7
arsaint Saint Historian Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: deep in the bowels of a hidden bunker, somewhere under the brick & steel of a nondescript building.. Posts: 2,732	Amazing you can powerslam a RB long after his forward progress is done, but you can't hit a WR with your shoulder pads while he's trying to bring in a ball. I'm good with no leading with the helmet or hitting a receiver that is airborne, but c'mon man! This is getting too wimpy - let the D play!

11-29-2011, 03:51 AM	#9
jnormand 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: The Free State of Idaho Posts: 5,745	Originally Posted by saintsfan1976 Several calls tonight - the roughing call on Eli, the "late" "hit" out of bounds on Porter and hitting defenseless receiver on our safety were each about as poor as I've ever seen. Ever. It seems as thought the refs aren't allowed to trust their eyes anymore - if it's close, CALL IT. In an already violent game, I'm all for safety but it's becoming ridiculous. And as I watch Brandon Jacobs taunt our entire defense in the endzone (without a flag...) Load of bull... Agreed! But IMHO after seeing the hit on Jimmy I really didn't see that it was illegal either. Brutal yes but unless I missed something it looked clean to me. The only reason I wanted a flag was because we got a BS call against us for half the hit that was earlier. Don't get me wrong, the hit was horrible to watch and I was really worried Jimbo wasn't going to get up or was really hurt, but I actually thought the hit was clean. In just getting tired if the rules now. It's getting out of hand. homerj07 likes this.

11-29-2011, 07:00 AM	#10
homerj07 In Doh We Trust Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Central Florida Posts: 7,027 Blog Entries: 16	Originally Posted by jnormand Agreed! But IMHO after seeing the hit on Jimmy I really didn't see that it was illegal either. Brutal yes but unless I missed something it looked clean to me. The only reason I wanted a flag was because we got a BS call against us for half the hit that was earlier. Don't get me wrong, the hit was horrible to watch and I was really worried Jimbo wasn't going to get up or was really hurt, but I actually thought the hit was clean. In just getting tired if the rules now. It's getting out of hand. I agree - To me, it looked like he hit with his shoulder first. IN FACT - I don't thik there were any bad hits in the game. Hard - Brutal - OUCH hits BUT except for Porter out of bounds NONE of those should have been called.

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