The League's safety rules are a farce (1 Viewer)

[Clintonrebel]

Snappers don't just fall forward on their face. Both DT's held and pulled him so he couldn't rise up. Defensive holding. Great coaching if it's not called. Time for full time refs in the NFL, these weekend guys can't keep up with the trickery and schemes that multi-million dollar coaching staffs can come up with each week.

Guaranteed that multiple teams will coach their teams to do this all week long. There will be copycat leaps up the middle until we see a flag.

Having two guys hold the snappers head down certainly breaks the spirit of the rule if not the rule itself as the rule is there to protect a defenseless snapper. An incidental kick seems safer than two DT's forcing his head/neck down.

 

[TheDeparted]

This was definitely the situation to risk such a penalty, since getting the penalty hardly matters to the defending team - and successfully getting away with it keeps the game at a tie. Bonus points for "not stepping out of bounds" and running it back.

 

[baarbogast]

Snappers don't just fall forward on their face. Both DT's held and pulled him so he couldn't rise up. Defensive holding. Great coaching if it's not called. Time for full time refs in the NFL, these weekend guys can't keep up with the trickery and schemes that multi-million dollar coaching staffs can come up with each week.

Guaranteed that multiple teams will coach their teams to do this all week long. There will be copycat leaps up the middle until we see a flag.

Having two guys hold the snappers head down certainly breaks the spirit of the rule if not the rule itself as the rule is there to protect a defenseless snapper. An incidental kick seems safer than two DT's forcing his head/neck down.

The refs don't want to be full-time. Most make much much more during the week.

 

[Day1]

The "pull and shoot" holding rule is already on the books. The Umpire today was fixated on the jump, not the reason the center was staring at ants.

 

[msusaintsfan]

The refs don't want to be full-time. Most make much much more during the week.

Then I'll take the job. Refs make 10,500 per game on average.

 

[Live4theSaints]

Isn't one refs job to just watch the snapper on field goals?

 

[bradman1965]

The refs don't want to be full-time. Most make much much more during the week.

My understanding is that the refs don't want to be employees of the NFL and subject to termination. The full-time thing was in the last collective bargaining agreement.

 

[jarrod74]

With all do respect to the thread starter the saint's should have not even have been in that position on the first place ! The offense came out flat in the first half our D played outstanding today

 

[Bronson]

Isn't one refs job to just watch the snapper on field goals?

yea, but in the ref's defense, the play happened RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM

 

[VPCajun]

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Please let the Steeler's game end the SAME WAY as the Saints game!

;.

 

[TheDeparted]

With all do respect to the thread starter the saint's should have not even have been in that position on the first place ! The offense came out flat in the first half our D played outstanding today

**** happens. We put ourselves into a position to win, but not one but two missed calls stole that from us. Two. On one play.

 

[Clintonrebel]

The LAST opinion that should matter in this conversation is that of the refs. This is a multi-billion business and the dissatisfaction from the customers is bubbling over.

 

[BRsaintS]

Our kicker kick balls too close to the ground,this was bound to happen,which it did and caused us the game!