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[Emmz]

But it is now. Them's the breaks.

It was ruled that on the field, but it really wasn't that bad of a hit.

I've seen more devastating hits on the QB go unpunished this year.

Really though, there wasn't even helmet-to-helmet contact or anything. Ponder got blown up in his own endzone against Dallas, fumbled the ball for a TD and there was no flag on the play. It was a helmet-to-helmet hit and refs didn't call it.

Basically, this is football, they wear protective gear and that should be enough. It is in high school and college, but in the NFL it's all about protecting the owners' 100 million dollar investments.

[User Name?]

It was ruled that on the field, but it really wasn't that bad of a hit.

I've seen more devastating hits on the QB go unpunished this year.

Well it's the result of Brees having that unnaturally long neck. It looked like his head was about to snap off.

[Emmz]

The NFL is in a bad situation with the whole 'protecting the players' thing. Look at all the ex-players who are having severe problems with concussions, some of them leading to mental incapacities and suicides. The injury factor in football is no joke. The ugly truth may be that the human body is just not intended to sustain the kind of damage that football hits inflict.

The human body may not be intended to do a lot of things. It may not be intended to take strain on the lower body, it may not be intended to throw 100 pitches every 5-6 days, it may not be able to sit in a car going 200 MPH with the potential of crashing into a wall. It used to be a lot worse, there were no helmets and no pads, then it was leather pads and helmets, not it's plastic.

Honestly someone just needs to come up with a better helmet and this wouldn't be happening.

[yankees228]

It was ruled that on the field, but it really wasn't that bad of a hit.

I've seen more devastating hits on the QB go unpunished this year.

Really though, there wasn't even helmet-to-helmet contact or anything. Ponder got blown up in his own endzone against Dallas, fumbled the ball for a TD and there was no flag on the play. It was a helmet-to-helmet hit and refs didn't call it.

Basically, this is football, they wear protective gear and that should be enough. It is in high school and college, but in the NFL it's all about protecting the owners' 100 million dollar investments.

In many ways college rules are more restrictive than NFL rules when it comes to this stuff, and the punishment is far more severe.

[Emmz]

In many ways college rules are more restrictive than NFL rules when it comes to this stuff, and the punishment is far more severe.

In what ways?

[yankees228]

In what ways?

The new targeting rule being enforced at every opportunity, often when enforcement isn't justified, but not only is the penalty 15 yards -- it's an automatic ejection and a possible suspension for part of next week's game depending on when the foul occurred.

[Northern Star]

Do you think most of the fans really care that football has serious health implications for the players? They bitch about it becoming flag football because they want to see the big hits. BTW, I agree QBs are over-protected but it's staggering how weak the depth of the position is around the NFL, so a few of those big hits and you're down to watching third stringers.

[mvp 78]

Stuck watching Panthers/Dolphins. Yuck.

[redsoxrules]

The refs are totally taking controle of this kc/ san diego game. Unreal. They might as well be wearing kc jerseys.

Edit, and there's another one. Fuck you refs.
You can't enjoy a good football anymore. Refs taking over too many games.

[Jasonbay44]

Steelers somehow have a legitimate chance at making the playoffs still with their 3rd straight win today. If they can beat Ravens on Thanksgiving, things will get very interesting. Whats going to really hurt them though is that dumb ass loss to the Raiders where Suisham missed two field goals.

[Bellhorn04]

How bout them Jets?!?

How bout them again.

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

How bout them again.

Lmao

Some really good games today. Don't know how the Chargers won today. They lose to all the scrubs then beat good teams, how lame.

[Jacoby_Ellsbury]

Why do these dumbass pre-game montages even exist? Who wants to watch these fucking things? I'd rather watch commercials.

I thought it was just ESPN who did this but apparently it's spread to NBC now.

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

Broncos/Patriots game is going to be a high scoring game. Think the Pats come out on top this week.

[Jacoby_Ellsbury]

Lurch Collinsworth