[detective]

The NFL has changed the rules so much that football is almost painful to watch. Watching a QB run for 20 yards or more in a close game and watching defenders afraid to tackle him because they might get a penalty is ridiculous. I am all for rules that protect defenseless players from late hits and cheap shots but I have seen time after time a QB ducks or evades a tackler and the defender gets penalized for hitting high or hitting low etc. Or a QB runs for the sidelines and as soon as he is about to be tackled he steps out of bounds and gets a 15 yard penalty.

The rules have gotten so stupid that it is almost not tackle football anymore.

[GeronL]

I saw Tony Romo get hit with a helmet when he was already on the ground a few weeks ago, no penalty.

Is it okay to beat up a bad team?

[dfwgator]

How about quarterbacks sticking to passing and handing off the ball? A “running quarterback” may have a spectacular season or two, but their career won’t be long.

[ully2]

Well, Hell just make it flag football.

[tx_eggman]

Candy assed wimps.

[EEGator]

Time for a new league...

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Get rid of the motorcycle helmets and the ballistic armament and go back to what real football players used to wear.

ABS brakes don't make people safer because they just drive faster. Same thing with protective gear. Take away the gear, and the players' sense of self-preservation will take care of the rest.

[fatnotlazy]

Seeing this reminds me of the legendary linebacker, Jack Lambert. When asked for his opinion on new rules to protect the quarterback, he said, “maybe quarterbacks should start wearing dresses.”

[Oliviaforever]

The NFL has to protect their most valuable assets and besides the TV contract and the taxpayer financed stadiums, the QB’s are the most valuable.

It is no different than any other corporation.

[cld51860]

So... From the first sentence, they lost me. On a run of the mill sack, Rodgers broke a collarbone. What does that tell you? No rule change short of banning sacks would have prevented it... Frankly, I was shocked he broke anything after that sack.

[The Sons of Liberty]

Put a dress on them!

[Ingtar]

What are they going to do, outlaw sacks and wrap them in bubble wrap? I’ve seen numerous penalties on defensive players already when the helmet contact came from the offensive player’s action.

[djf]

National Football League?

Lately, National Diaper League is more appropriate!!

[Ransomed]

Maybe rampant HGH use has something to do with super fast 300+lb behemoths that can play so hard because it allows them to quickly recover from both intense training and injury?

FReegards

[cld51860]

So... From the first sentence, they lost me. On a run of the mill sack, Rodgers broke a collarbone. What does that tell you? No rule change short of banning sacks would have prevented it... Frankly, I was shocked he broke anything after that sack.

[metalurgist]

As Jack Lambert said when all this BS started, you might as well put a skirt on the quarterback if you want to protect him so much.

The quarterback is supposed to be a FOOTBALL PLAYER. Not some metrosexual squish that needs afirmative action rules to keep him safe.

More chickification.