17 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Can they even get their own agenda straight? First it was an injury 20% - 25% of the time. Not its 15 times out of 230. 

So they saw a tackle basically once per game, and then that once per game only 6.5% of the time someone missed time for it? Is there a way to find the total amount of tackles for the entire season? 230 out of however many thousands of tackles, and then injuries on 6.5% of that is an insanely low number.

Probably looking at a less than 1% chance of injury per game because of that tackle 

Also, now knowing that they saw that tackle only 230 times across all games last season, now if there's a high number of calls we'll know that either a) the rule is so confusing the refs can't tell in real time or b) it's complete BS.

They've had all offseason to scrub those games and if 230 is the number they're sticking with they can't go "oh well there may have been some we missed during review" when they call 600 penalties or give out 600 fines whatever they're doing.

Don't worry guys, the NFL's officials are top notch when it comes to deciphering what is and isn't a penalty. To make things even more confusing, there are LEGAL hip drop tackles. What's more likely, officials call more penalties erroring on the side of caution or they don't call it because they can't tell what it is? I'm leaning towards more called penalties. Guess what an extra 3 minutes of officials discussing a penalty means...COMMERCIALS.

 

Fans watching games with refs trying to figure out if a defender swiveled

57 minutes ago, TEW said:

So if I understand this correctly, the illegal act is swinging your lower body into a butt facing down "sitting” position while grasping a ball carrier around the waist. But simply dragging the ball carrier down from behind will still be legal as long as your butt remains facing upwards.

Do I have this right?

Face down ass up tackling is NFL approved. 

NFL players trying to argue their case to the ref

1 hour ago, LeanMeanGM said:

The way they keep emphasizing this will mostly be enforced with fines leads me to believe they know it's an impossible ask to get it correctly in game.

They should've approved it such that it was only enforceable via fines after the fact, rather than both in-game and after.

1 hour ago, Sack that QB said:

Finally

Odd, I thought assessment of QB in/out of the pocket on grounding calls was already reviewable. 

I will miss the old NFL...

On 3/23/2024 at 11:30 AM, LeanMeanGM said:

Who do you guys think is a better QB4 than Will Grier right now? 

Not Mariota.

Looking like business as usual for the 2024 Eagles defense.

 

 

 

 

2 hours ago, LeanMeanGM said:

 

 

This will be a disaster in implementation.  

This can only turn out poorly.  Just a matter of which team(s) get screwed over/benefit from this the most.  

2 hours ago, bpac55 said:

"STANDOUT"

Yup.  Standing out in the parking lot.

1 hour ago, LeanMeanGM said:

At what point in the past has it ever even gotten close to that? It's not some recently invented tackle that hasn't been around before, but yea, sure. 

Ain't no man... like a straw man.     

Well, Howie was ahead of the game. If you have a really big RB hes going to be very difficult to tackle, legally these days. Bring in Braelon Allen as well. These guys will just carry defenders on their backs.

1 hour ago, garingovt2000 said:

Sign me up

If Russell Wilson was still good, Id expect Quez to suddenly look like another Lockett.

Just now, Blazehound said:

Sign me up

pretty bad. nice job.

2 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

Well, Howie was ahead of the game. If you have a really big RB hes going to be very difficult to tackle, legally these days. Bring in Braelon Allen as well. These guys will just carry defenders on their backs.

Music to my ears.

15 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

This will be a disaster in implementation.  

This can only turn out poorly.  Just a matter of which team(s) get screwed over/benefit from this the most.  

Just the way they want it. 

This looks really stupid, but theyre just doing an exercise where teams draft for need in this mock draft. So at the eagles pick, Dallas Turner is still on the board. They say the eagles dont have an edge need on paper. They need a guard. There are no guards on the board, so they give the Eagles JC Latham, to play guard.

 

32 minutes ago, Aerolithe_Lion said:

This is what they’re banning. Call it hip drop or not, it’s grabbing the opponent and swiveling your weight so you land on their legs. Thats what happened there and what’ll be called:

 

This will be dumb

They need to allow challenges on every 15-yard penalty.  Facemask, roughing the QB, illegal tackle, etc.

These types of penalties are too impactful not to try to get it right.