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    Kirk Cousins is a hoax.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Muddy View Post
    Kirk Cousins is a hoax.
    I honestly doubt he will take the Vikings to the Super Bowl.

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    Roquan Smith finally signed with the Bears.
    I wanted to be a Monk, but I never got the chants.

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    Really? Vikings flagged for new roughing the passer rule on questionable play, freaking everyone out

    by Will Brinson - CBS Sports


    BREAKING NEWS: We have a new penalty that's going to be a problem, and this time it does not involve "leading with the helmet." It does involve a new addition to the rulebook, an addendum that can be called the "Aaron Rodgers Rule," because of the injury that occurred with Anthony Barr driving the Packers quarterback into the ground last year.

    Naturally, it was the Vikings called again for the play, with Antwione Williams sacking Jaguars backup Cody Kessler during the fourth quarter of the matinee game on Saturday during Week 2's preseason action.

    Here's the play in question:

    Now, things get a little bit tricky here, because you can theoretically make a case that this would qualify under the rule changed added to Rule 12 of the NFL Rulebook. Specifically, players are banned from "stuffing" quarterbacks "into the ground or unnecessarily wrestling or driving him down after the passer has thrown the ball."

    Here's the full rule:

    A rushing defender is prohibited from committing such intimidating and punishing acts as "stuffing" a passer into the ground or unnecessarily wrestling or driving him down after the passer has thrown the ball, even if the rusher makes his initial contact with the passer within the one-step limitation provided for in (a) above. When tackling a passer who is in a defenseless posture (e.g., during or just after throwing a pass), a defensive player must not unnecessarily or violently throw him down or land on top of him with all or most of the defender's weight. Instead, the defensive player must strive to wrap up the passer with the defensive player's arms and not land on the passer with all or most of his body weight.

    Referee Pete Morelli explained recently that defensive players need to avoid "plopping down" on quarterbacks when making sacks.

    "Players will have to kind of roll to the side when they make that tackle instead of plopping down on him [the quarterback]," Morelli said. "The Aaron Rodgers [hit] would be a foul this year. As long as he's out of the pocket, established and all that. But if he's running, that's not the same."

    The weirdest thing about this rule is that the league installed it late. There was no mention of the rule change at the owners' meetings, but it was in the rulebook in July and discussed by Morelli earlier this month. (Am I just somehow forgetting that this was a thing at the owners meetings? It sure doesn't seem like something that was heavily discussed.)

    People were not pleased by the call.







    There were plenty more where that came from -- roughly 5,000 people quote tweeted me and said "SHUT IT DOWN" as it relates to the NFL.

    Barr said at the time of Morelli's comments that it would be extremely difficult for defenders to adjust. It may be even worse: if defenders can be flagged simply for tackling a quarterback and then not flying off the body of the quarterback as the tackle is happening, there are going to be a lot of surprising flags that pop out during the regular season.

    And it's only going to cause more controversy. It sure looks like the NFL has a large group of new refs and a couple of difficult-to-understand new rules and it's going to create issues once the regular season begins.

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    If that's now 'roughing the passer' in the NFL, then maybe it IS time to have the QB's wear dresses

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    Aaron Rodgers has just reportedly signed the largest deal in NFL history, a 4 year, $134 million extension

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    Quote Originally Posted by Teh One Who Knocks View Post
    If that's now 'roughing the passer' in the NFL, then maybe it IS time to have the QB's wear dresses
    They're already kneeling to give blow jobs..

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    Sounds about right. The Eagles raised the bar by winning the Superbowl. Now unless they win every down and beat every single other team in the league into oblivion, and win the Super bowl every year, Philly will find fault with the team and let them know about it.

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    Anyone watched QB1 or Last Chance U on netflix? Not a huge football fan but they're decent shows.

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    Also... how do I get into even watching college football I've read a lot about it recently, some interesting points about how it's a better game than the NFL. It's also just so confusing with the NCAA FBS having so many teams. I don't understand the bowl system or how the national champion is determined. Tough sport to get into not growing up around it.

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    short story gf. no bowl matters other than the final 4. the polls decide the final 4 that get to compete for the national championship. every game matters, ranking is part strength of schedule and how badly you beat the opponent in front of you. if a team loses twice, they are pretty unlikely to get a chance to compete in the playoff (usually)

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    Quote Originally Posted by deebakes View Post
    short story gf. no bowl matters other than the final 4. the polls decide the final 4 that get to compete for the national championship. every game matters, ranking is part strength of schedule and how badly you beat the opponent in front of you. if a team loses twice, they are pretty unlikely to get a chance to compete in the playoff (usually)
    Funny that no bowl matters until the final 4, I was just reading on wikipedia how the number of bowls has increased from just a couple to like 40?

    I saw something about a poll too... that seems so bizarre. There must be controversy when teams with the same records don't make it eh? Have they talked about making it more just based on straight records/stats ever? That's so foreign to any other sport I follow.


    Maybe I'll try following the Oregon Beavers this year. My sister in law is down there so I could probably get to a game. Looks like they're pretty awful but could be fun to follow.

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