New player safety rules approved

[Joe Realist]

Fake the head injury to get a medical timeout?

 

[BoyzfanfromPGH]

I'm all for banning the peel back blocks, always thought it was cowardly anyway when guys try to tee you up only because your head is in the other direction

Totally agree and Hines Ward was good for that.

 

[jazzcat22]

Sometimes the clarification of rules need clarification......

Maybe they need to add a ref at games, a clarification ref....LOL

 

[bayeslife]

the NFL went on very well for 70 years without anything like that rule.

We also went centuries riding horses. People need to move on.

 

[burmafrd]

We also went centuries riding horses. People need to move on.

lame answer. Really took a lot of thought there didn't it?

 

[EST_1986]

Fake the head injury to get a medical timeout?

that was my first thought, I'm sure the Pats will work that into the gameplan

 

[EST_1986]

the NFL went on very well for 70 years without anything like that rule.

thats bad logic, you have to evolve

 

[mahoneybill]

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/03/24/nfl-passes-five-player-safety-rules/



Yuck. No peel back blocks at all, which is one of the best parts of the game. Interceptions can be overturned, I guess, if a receiver is hit in the head by an intercepting DB? No issue with 1, 4, and 5.

The game won't be recognizable in five years.

" Allows an injury spotter to stop the game if a player appears to have suffered a brain injury."

Where's our fans rule to eject an official if it appears he has suffered a brain injury based upon his interpreting a call

 

[bayeslife]

lame answer. Really took a lot of thought there didn't it?

Why don't we play in leather helmets anymore? I mean it worked for so long no reason to fix it.

I'm game for all the safety rules we can get that stops players brains from turning into scrambled eggs.

Really easy to sit on your couch and yell about your traditions and the spirit of the game but I don't see you getting your brain tossed around for 60 minutes.

 

[Hoofbite]

What's a peel back block in this rule?

Offensive player coming back towards the line of scrimmage.



Did Dallas sign Bell?

 

[jrumann59]

Cushing had his knee wrecked with a peel back block by lineman the supposedly ""over shot" his intital block on him and peeled back and went low.

 

[tyke1doe]

the league was right about the Dez incomplete call

Uh, oh! Another multi-page debate coming up.