Video: This is now roughing the passer

[Ring Leader]

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[Jeffkills]

You don't see the last second drive into the turf?

That’s called football..

Just disgusting..

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Ehhh....I don't even think that's what they would call roughing. That's just a bad call.

 

[Hardline]

Those pile driving sacks cost Romo a lot of injuries.

 

[G2]

That was a good penalty called. Not only can a defender NOT land his weight on him, but at the end he left his feet and drove him to the ground. He could have avoided that.

 

[Titleist]

Why is this in the fan zone? I get why people are upset about the call, but this is drama zone or nfl zone material.

 

[erod]

That was a good penalty called. Not only can a defender NOT land his weight on him, but at the end he left his feet and drove him to the ground. He could have avoided that.

Politically correct tackling.

Actually, we can't say tackle anymore because that denotes violence. We have to call it assisted standing prevention.

 

[Kevinicus]

That’s called football..

Just disgusting..

Actually, that small part is not. That's been illegal for quite some time. Would have been a perfect sack if he hadn't pointlessly done that.

 

[DallasEast]

I assume it was the driving into the turf.

He didn't just hit and take him down, he drove him into the turf. I assume that was the call.

Not particularly vicious, but this was not a tick tack call. The defender made the choice the league didn't want him to make. So he got a penalty.

The "blow to the head" calls are much worse. Incidental touches count. This was not incidental.

Those pile driving sacks cost Romo a lot of injuries.

That was a good penalty called. Not only can a defender NOT land his weight on him, but at the end he left his feet and drove him to the ground. He could have avoided that.

Good reads. Always nice to see anyone who can differentiate types of tackling. Many observers incorrectly see tackling as generic--where a player is deemed physically unfit if injured from such tackling and not due to the cause-and-effect of elementary physics.

The best advantage for any team is for their starting quarterback to remain as healthy as possible. If that precaution is not painfully obvious in today's multi-billion dollar NFL, nothing is. Franchises want their starting quarterback on the field and not on the sidelines nursing avoidable injuries.

 

[endersdragon]

If I remember correctly

So for the Dallas Cowboys it will be the usual
For years...this is what has happened....

We finger touch a QB we get called for roughing the passer

Romo got practically murdered and nothing is called.

So it does not effect the usual game called against us.

Romo never had a roughing the passer penalty the 4th quarter and only had one once or twice in the second half

 

[guag]

His momentum drove him forward. That was a textbook form tackle. The play isn't over until after the whistle is blown.

Exactly what I thought, I didn't see him being driven at all after the initial contact... looked like momentum to me.

 

[Beaker42]

I assume it was the driving into the turf.

He didn't just hit and take him down, he drove him into the turf. I assume that was the call.

Not particularly vicious, but this was not a tick tack call. The defender made the choice the league didn't want him to make. So he got a penalty.

The "blow to the head" calls are much worse. Incidental touches count. This was not incidental.

Like when Jordan Hicks turned Tony in mid air and drove his shoulder into the ground to break his clavie the first time? I hate that dude.

 

[Beaker42]

His momentum drove him forward. That was a textbook form tackle. The play isn't over until after the whistle is blown.

It was textbook until the extra “giving him the business” dump at the end.

 

[Avery]

I've had sex rougher than that.

Did you pay extra?

 

[DoctorChicken]

Pretty bad call. We have to remember that rules like this are added every year though and they always get over called in preseason.

 

[AtlCPA]

Ridiculous! It’s football!

 

[zrinkill]

I've had sex rougher than that.

Nobody believes you had sex

 

[Old'Boyfan]

Enjoy football as it is now because in 5-6 years we won't even recognize it.

 

[JBS]

Enjoy football as it is now because in 5-6 years we won't even recognize it.

This statement is 5 years old...it's now 5 years later

 

[Shinaoi]

You don't see the last second drive into the turf?

Absolutely not, I see his shoulder and weight leaning down while both are mid air for half a second. This is so micromanaged to the point of absurdity. Are we now judging psychics? That’s now driving someone into the turf? He tackled him in such a text book manner.