My post clearly didn't get through. THEY ARE CALLING THINGS JUST TO CALL THEM. If these types of calls continue into the regular season, then you have a reason to be worried. But like I said, this happens EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
5 yards, automatic first down for looking at a receiver. I get it that this is preseason, but seems to me that this is the only thing that was emphasized and the penalty outweighs the offense.
Watch the games and tell me if this wasn't the only thing that got called on, and with a lot more frequency.
My post clearly didn't get through. THEY ARE CALLING THINGS JUST TO CALL THEM. If these types of calls continue into the regular season, then you have a reason to be worried. But like I said, this happens EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
I live in Central Minnesota. I don't watch TV. Maybe that's part of the problem?
No, you said they call everything, which is not true. They only call on defensive illegal contacts more, and introduced new penalties for it. Everything else is the same, offensive illegal contacts don't get called or rarely, no new penalties; offensive holdings don't get called or rarely, no new penalties...
So, what is it about my posts that are not getting through to you?
We have already established the penalties are not new and the refs are setting the tone for the players to adjust.
I take it you haven't watched much basketball. Shaq had great touch and good footwork. Yes it helped he was a monster but he was not without a serious amount of skill.You mean like Shaq with basketball?
You've established WRONG! The 5 yards, automatic first down is brand spanking new. It's designed to facilitate more and easier offensive productions, because 43 - 8.
I wonder when they're going to penalize illegal picks route... :hmm:
I'll wait till the cows to come home.
And with every post you make in this thread, it proves further you have no idea about high level football, or any sport, for that matter. While any professional athlete has the physical gifts required in different sports, they don't have the skills. If you actually think being a professional football player doesn't take extreme skill, you are a moron and have never played football in any capacity.I take it you haven't watched much basketball. Shaq had great touch and good footwork. Yes it helped he was a monster but he was not without a serious amount of skill.
You mean like Shaq with basketball?
this thread is now about shaq. god damn shaq is so awesome.
Why bother to comment thenNFL still exists? I haven't even seen or heard of football since 1998 when Randy Moss was a big thing for the Vikings.
Fuck it - a little shake, a little tingle, a little shake, a little tingle...
PI is if a catchable ball was thrown and illegal contacts are made; this is just any contacts, anywhere after 5 yards from scrimmage. Anyways, can someone care to tell me when the 5 yards automatic first down penalty for illegal contact was first introduced? Because I don't know, and I've never, ever seen then until this year.
It happened quite a lot in the years past. Just off the top of my head (while searching for when the rule was introduced) last year it happened 6 times against the Browns to a total of 30 yards given up.
The only reason it isn't called PI is because you are obstructing the receiver before the QB can even throw the ball. If the ball was already in the air, it would be PI.
No, I get the illegal contact rules after 5 yards from scrimmage and yardage penalties have always been there. I'm struggling to find the automatic first down part, because you know, unless every damn news outlets are wrong and you know something they don't, they all said that it was introduced this year.
That is, of course, if you can produce evidence to the contrary.
I bet you ignored the hundreds of articles about it being a new rule this year to come up with something obscure in your search.
I bet you could park any tall defensive lineman under the basket and he could miss enough free throws to qualify as god's gift to the sport of basketball, and he'd also run circles around Shaq.I take it you haven't watched much basketball. Shaq had great touch and good footwork. Yes it helped he was a monster but he was not without a serious amount of skill.
It is not a new rule, they are just stepping up enforcement. Why does it matter if some shoddy reporter got it wrong? Can you provide links to these hundreds of articles so we know which reporters to ignore?
I don't know, NFL.com, espn.com, sports sites, etc... I'm on my phone, too lazy to search. I thought they even mentioned it during the broadcast, although I could be hearing things... D:
http://www.google.com/m/search?q=il...u&sa=X&ei=bFflU9SPN4T1oAS084GABQ&ved=0CDEQkSU
Leavy told us that NFL brass does not want jersey pulls and tugs from defensive players on offensive players. So if referees see jersey pulls, they are supposed to call it. Leavy said referees used to factor in whether or not the jersey pull impeded the receiver. But now officials cannot factor that into whether or not they will throw a flag.