2024 NFL Season Thread

As I mentioned in shout I think this is just something that BB agreed he will be a short term guy. Be there a couple years get his son up to speed and his son replaces him as HC. BB is 72 years old he is not going to spend the grind IMO for college ball.
 
I think they need to get rid of the QB gets protected when he slides rule altogether. If you’re a QB and you run you don’t get any more protection than an RB or WR…
 
NFL may look to review the facemask penalty with the replay review assistant next season.
 
BB new contract with UNC will pay him $10 million a year. Makes him a top 10 paid coach in college football despite never having coached at the college level.
 
Cheesedog said:
I think they need to get rid of the QB gets protected when he slides rule altogether. If you’re a QB and you run you don’t get any more protection than an RB or WR…
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i have to disagree with that. quarterbacks wear very little of the protective gear worn by running backs because it would interfere with their throwing motion. they are more vulnerable to injury. i think the slide rule makes sense, but i also think that they should not enforce the rule if the quarterback doesn't give sufficient time for the defender to react. in the end it's a judgement call for the referees, but common sense needs to prevail.
 
realitybytes said:
i have to disagree with that. quarterbacks wear very little of the protective gear worn by running backs because it would interfere with their throwing motion. they are more vulnerable to injury. i think the slide rule makes sense, but i also think that they should not enforce the rule if the quarterback doesn't give sufficient time for the defender to react. in the end it's a judgement call for the referees, but common sense needs to prevail.
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Agree with this. I think there is a lot the league can do to balance this out. First, the attitude on QB slide penalties should be, the league wants to protect you when you can't protect yourself. Every season the NFL sends refs to training camps to guide and teach teams about rule changes and implementations, they should have refs start hammering these points home in OTAs and camps that at a certain point, QBs need to protect themselves on runs - if you're going to slide, you are obligated to slide early; if you're going to fight for yards, you are obligated to protect yourself. That means gearing up to take a hit, lowering your shoulder, diving forward, facing away from the defender. The spirit of the rule should be to protect QBs when they are vulnerable, not to give them a way to taunt the D into penalties.

While I don't think they should get rid of the slide rule, I do think they should adjust it and even add a rule giving the QB a personal foul for a late slide, fake slide, fake step out of bounds etc.
 
rpiotr01 said:
Agree with this. I think there is a lot the league can do to balance this out. First, the attitude on QB slide penalties should be, the league wants to protect you when you can't protect yourself. Every season the NFL sends refs to training camps to guide and teach teams about rule changes and implementations, they should have refs start hammering these points home in OTAs and camps that at a certain point, QBs need to protect themselves on runs - if you're going to slide, you are obligated to slide early; if you're going to fight for yards, you are obligated to protect yourself. That means gearing up to take a hit, lowering your shoulder, diving forward, facing away from the defender. The spirit of the rule should be to protect QBs when they are vulnerable, not to give them a way to taunt the D into penalties.

While I don't think they should get rid of the slide rule, I do think they should adjust it and even add a rule giving the QB a personal foul for a late slide, fake slide, fake step out of bounds etc.
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Agree a fake slide they will be ruled down were the fake slided started no trying to fake so they can get extra yards because the defender pulls up likely when they see them try to fake slide.
 
rpiotr01 said:
Agree with this. I think there is a lot the league can do to balance this out. First, the attitude on QB slide penalties should be, the league wants to protect you when you can't protect yourself. Every season the NFL sends refs to training camps to guide and teach teams about rule changes and implementations, they should have refs start hammering these points home in OTAs and camps that at a certain point, QBs need to protect themselves on runs - if you're going to slide, you are obligated to slide early; if you're going to fight for yards, you are obligated to protect yourself. That means gearing up to take a hit, lowering your shoulder, diving forward, facing away from the defender. The spirit of the rule should be to protect QBs when they are vulnerable, not to give them a way to taunt the D into penalties.

While I don't think they should get rid of the slide rule, I do think they should adjust it and even add a rule giving the QB a personal foul for a late slide, fake slide, fake step out of bounds etc.
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That’s still leaving too much up to ref interpretation during the speed of a game. Unless you’re talking making QB slide three yards away from any defender.

If you want to be a runner then get treated like one. If you’re wearing less pads than an RB then don’t run.
 
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