Ever run with the football?

RBs must be able to protect themselves as they run or they will be on the IR rather than the in the starting lineup next week.

If a RBs lower their shoulders to protect themselves at the moment the defensive man is about to deliver a hit, the head is going to go lower too…the head will follow the shoulders…it’s just the way “humans” are made !

Anyone asking RBs to stay upright and take the hit, more than likely have never played the game or run with a football during a game…it is a very unreasonable request from those who have little or no knowledge of the game of football.

If the NFL wants to protect the players, FIX THE HELMETS by adding a padded layer to the outside of the rock hard plastic shell.

Helmets with a padded layer added to the outside of NFL player’s helmets HAS BEEN TRIED, dating back to the 1980s…AND IT WORKED !!!

Yet Roger Goodell and the NFL continues to ignore the ProCap device, which was “successfully used” by several NFL players, in the past.

Some in the media need to show some guts and question Goodell and the NFL on the use of the ProCap…asking why they refuse to even try the ProCap device?… which fits over the existing helmets, without any major modifications.

The ProCap is a cheap, easy fix that has been used by NFL players and it worked, protecting those players who wore it from suffering further concussions….yet Roger Goodell and the NFL refuse “to even test” the ProCap against the competition’s helmets.

The Sports media needs to ask Roger Goodell why the NFL won’t even test the ProCap?

Cut down ticket prices a little. Make that $8 beer $5. Let me cheer my safety that knocks the crap out of the receiver for trying to catch the ball in a dangerous spot. That’s what we’re interested in.

It takes 24 votes to implement.

This is pure ridiculousness. Nobody trying to tackle a RB is defenseless. They are intelligent, athletic guys taking calculated risks.

Everyone on here ranting about how football is so important and this rule change is going to ruin their lives… Grow up and get a life. It’s a game.

Goodell is so scared of lawsuits, he absolutely doesn’t see the end result of these rules. This is no different than their desire to eliminate kickoffs. Kickoffs would be gone for no more than a couple weeks before a punt returner got blown up or somebody got hurt on a big block and they’d then start talking about eliminating punts.

No, I like the sport. I just want to see the safer version of it.

Looking at it from this perspective, I see the intent of this rule, but I couldn’t support it because I don’t see anyway to enforce it with consistency.

That said, I think the vehement detractors are getting a bit bent out of shape here… read the actual text..

National Flag Football League

What worries me the voters that voted yes …have they ever ran the ball threw the line at a serious level. Cannot imagine not being able to lower your head.

Most players in general are blinded by the money and too dumb to take measures to protect themselves unless they are legislated and come with penalties. As much as people complain about these being “grown men playing a kid’s game”, too many of them are only grown physically and don’t have the brains to protect themselves (or their money, but that’s a different issue).

The NFL makes a lot of money. Whether you believe it or not, the NFL does NOT want to see any of that money go away. If they truly feel a change would ruin football, they won’t kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.

WRs and even QBs sometimes try to lay the boom on people to gain a few extra yards.