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League commissioner Roger Goodell is on a crusade to rid the NFL of "foul play" from the league's hardest hitting players, and this has some of the game's most talented players being vilified for the very type of play that once made them celebrated.
Any time a player goes down hard, the possibility of suspension will hang over the defending player's head for the remainder of the contest, leading said defender to play more tentatively and take their foot off of the gas, so to speak.
Roger Goodell's Rule Against the Iron Fist: The NFL May Never Be the Same Again
Topping all of the intriguing story lines that Week 6 brought us—the Minnesota Vikings playoff hopes remain alive by killing the Cowboys' run at glory, Philadelphia Eagles QB Kevin Kolb keeping quarterback controversy alive in the city of brotherly love, the Houston Texans getting back on track by beating the AFC West leading Kansas City Chiefs—is the recent rash of bewildering, bone-crushing hits that have rocked the NFL to it's very foundation.
The pass was [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] caught at the Jets 29-yard line, and Leonhard was flagged for a personal foul despite no helmet to helmet contact being made, bringing the Broncos inside the Jets' 15-yard line. With this new rule, Leonhard could face a possible suspension for a routine play such as this.
Offensive players are ridiculed for taking plays off, and now it appears that defenders are going to be required to do just that. Defenders are going to have to pull up on tackles that could possibly be deemed as "devastating." This leads me to my next point of contention with the new rules.
This basically has made it so that any player who leaves the ground is assured a reception or a 15-yard penalty and a first down for the receiver's team if the pass is properly defended. This was made evident in the Week 6 game between the Jets and the Broncos, and it almost cost the Jets a victory.
The list of players who were knocked out of games in Week 6 is a pretty long one.
On Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2010, the NFL is going to set into motion a chain of events that will forever change NFL football as we know it. Roger Goodell and his staff has come up with a very dangerous, and possibly league-damning solution, to deter the headhunting player's lust for blood.
In 2007, the [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] league began to focus on stopping hits on defenseless receivers and hits that are made by a player leading with his helmet. While these hits are dangerous and potentially injury-causing, they are sometimes unavoidable if players are to play hard and never let up.
This policy laid the ground work for the new 'punishment era' that will debut in Week 7. Defenders have their hands tied any time a receiver goes into the air to make a catch. With the language of the rule prohibiting defenders from "launching themselves" at any player who leaves the ground, it takes away the opportunity for the defender to have a chance to cause an incompletion by dislodging the ball from receivers.
All of the players that took the hits left their games with concussions with the exception of Heap, and Dunta Robinson also was apparently concussed by making the hit on Jackson.
Players such as Tennessee Titans safety [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison and Cleveland Browns safety T.J. Ward have dominated NFL headlines in 2010,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but it hasn't been for their incredible talents.
On a long pass down the sideline from Broncos QB Kyle Orton to WR Brandon Lloyd, Jets DB Jim Leonhard hit Lloyd in the chest in an attempt to force Lloyd out of bounds while he was coming down in-bounds with the ball.
The NFL is constantly evolving. The players are stronger and faster than they've ever been, the talent pool is wider than was ever imagined, and as a result, the hits just keep on coming—and getting harder. Week 6 of this young 2010 season seemed to be even more violent than usual, and that has led the league's rules to evolve to keep up with the players.
This type of overreaction from the referees has become commonplace in the NFL. Now that suspensions have been added to the mix, the ramifications of over-policing NFL players will cost teams more than just 15 yards and the possibility of one loss.
Browns WRs Josh Cribbs and Mohammed Massaquoi were both knocked out of their game against the Steelers by James Harrison.
Colts RB Joseph Addai was knocked out of their contest against the Redskins at the end of a run up the middle.
New England Patriots safety Brandon Meriweather hit Baltimore Ravens TE Todd Heap in the head after a pass play that was obviously over, leaving Heap in a heap on the field.
The hardest hit of all was actually a clean hit delivered to Philadelphia Eagles WR DeSean Jackson by Atlanta Falcons CB Dunta Robinson.
Some time today, the [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] league will announce the implementation of a new policy banning "devastating hits and head shots" by giving players immediate suspensions for any hit deemed to fall into this category. This sounds good in theory, but let's explore the possible ramifications of such a ruling.
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