Illegal Hits

[Hamwallet]

How about this…

“If you do an illegal hit during a NFL game you are suspended until the player you hurt is ready to play again. You also are responsible for that players salary during that time.”

I think that would stop a bunch of crap.

“**** me, I owe Patrick Mahomes 45 million dollars?!”

[Easy 6]

Sounds good, but good luck getting the union on board

[tredadda]

That would never fly. They do that and it might as well be two hand touch as defenders would be even more leery of tackling a player.

[Hamwallet]

Originally Posted by tredadda

That would never fly. They do that and it might as well be two hand touch as defenders would be even more leery of tackling a player.

2 hand touch and blacking out a QB sliding is a very different conversation jackass.

[tredadda]

Originally Posted by Hamwallet

2 hand touch and blacking out a QB sliding is a very different conversation jackass.

You said illegal hit. What is your definition of that? Is hitting a defenseless receiver illegal? It’s a 15 yard penalty. Which RTP penalties are considered illegal and which ones aren’t?

[Hamwallet]

Trevor Lawrence got smoked today. That’s the only reason I am putting this out there. It was terrible and a 15K fine and ejected is not even close to what should happen.

[UteChief]

I am tired of off setting penalties. Evan Engram was flagged for defending Lawrence. So the hit resulted in an ejection but they replayed the ****ing down.

[smithandrew051]

Each fan base gets to pick its “Punishment Fan”.

The guilty player gets locked in a room with the opposing team’s Punishment Fan for 3 hours.

Hit Mahomes? 3 hours with TheGuardian. No rules. No pants.

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by Hamwallet

How about this…

“If you do an illegal hit during a NFL game you are suspended until the player you hurt is ready to play again. You also are responsible for that players salary during that time.”

I think that would stop a bunch of crap.

“**** me, I owe Patrick Mahomes 45 million dollars?!”

The result of the hit should be of no consequence. The intent and egregiousness of the hit should be what you focus on.

[Hamwallet]

Originally Posted by BWillie

The result of the hit should be of no consequence. The intent and egregiousness of the hit should be what you focus on.

I think they go hand in hand with multiplier's. If you intended to knock them out of the game and injure them done for the season. If you intended to knock them out of the game and ended their career your career is also over. Also cover lost salary and a clause for lost monetary advertising revenue.

You cannot have people ruining careers when a team commits half a billion dollars and some asshole decides to do something reckless.

[BlackHelicopters]

Originally Posted by BWillie

The result of the hit should be of no consequence. The intent and egregiousness of the hit should be what you focus on.

How do you police “intent”?

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by BlackHelicopters

How do you police “intent”?

It’s less about policing intent and more about clear guidelines about what is an illegal hit. The rules are largely in place. I tend to agree that maybe the consequences aren’t as severe as they should be. Knocking offensive players out is an easy way to cheat. The saints in their bountygate game knocked Kurt Warner out and crippled Favre in their playoff path. For as much as people freaked out about the hip drop you don’t see people doing it anymore. Just teach good wrap up tackling and playing the ball.

[Rain Man]

Want to hear an amazing fact about how the game has changed? There was not a single face mask penalty called in the NFL for its first 30 years of existence.

[njchiefs]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Want to hear an amazing fact about how the game has changed? There was not a single face mask penalty called in the NFL for its first 30 years of existence.

I see what you did there

[4th and Long]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Want to hear an amazing fact about how the game has changed? There was not a single face mask penalty called in the NFL for its first 30 years of existence.

The NFL came into existence in 1920. Grabbing the face mask was not a penalty through the 1961 season.

It was actually 42 years.