Where’s the outrage there? Makes me wonder if the NFL is covering this up because they know they can’t do a thing about it without fundamentally altering the game.

I always find it amusing when people claim Brady gets “all the calls” because the numbers don’t support their argument. Brady has such good pocket awareness and such a quick release in addition to a strong offensive line that it’s very difficult to even land a single hit on him. Unless you’re the Giants that is.

Half of them shouldn’t have even been flagged…

With the regular refs we have the same horrible calls in addition to the usual biases.

Dear Bruce,

Thanks for noticing.

Sincerely, Big Ben

It’s not a cheap shot if they nearly have the ball in hand

I wonder if the NFL has ever considered penalizing this off-field claptrap on the field. That is: if a team engages in this sort of whining and attempted ref-influence during the week, throw a flag at the beginning of the game and penalize those whiners fifteen yards. Then, if the other team wins the toss, that coach could opt to receive a kickoff from the 20 instead of the 35.

On the one hand, that’s just about the dumbest damn thing I’ve ever thought of. On the other hand, it would work.

Luck, RG3, etc. need to understand that when they play like a running back, they’re going to get hit like a running back.

The trend in football is to make it more and more difficult to play defense in the name of “player safety,” and I don’t enjoy that at all.

Arians doesn’t want Luck to take hits?
Tell Luck to do what Peyton Manning does – stay in the pocket and make a quick throw before the pressure arrives. A QB in the pocket can’t be hit above the shoulder, below the knees, or more than a split second after they throw the ball – meaning he’s the most “protected” player on the field.

Peyton Manning has never been a QB who made plays with his legs…yet he’s done pretty well in his career (to put it mildly).

The fine art of playing quarterback rewards a quick release, being conservative with the ball (limiting interceptions and fumbles), limiting loss of yardage (sacks)and low probability plays (third and long), and being able to read defenses. Luck is doing quite well but he is not Brady or Manning quite yet.

Landry’s shot on luck at least as clean than Luck’s tackle on Landry. The quarterback loses their protection once they become a runner; ask Mike Vick or RG3 after his concussion(where he slid too). Landry led with the shoulder and hit him in the head with his elbow because of the way he slid.