Rule-makers 'uncomfortable' with roughing the passer calls
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The debate over what constitutes roughing the passer has dominated the early portion of the NFL season, and the people in charge of making and amending rules for the league sound like they are starting to second-guess themselves.Judy Battista of NFL.com reporRule-makers 'uncomfortable' with roughing the passer calls
The debate over what constitutes roughing the passer has dominated the early portion of the NFL season, and the people in charge of making and amending rules for the league sound like they are starting to second-guess themselves.Judy Battista of NFL.com reports that there are several members of the NFL’s Competition Committee who are “uncomfortable” with the amount of flags thrown for roughing the passer through the first three weeks of the season. It’s possible a change to the rule could be coming, but league officials are concerned about the optics of walking back a rule they implemented for safety reasons. As Battista noted, members of the committee are particularly troubled by the roughing the passer calls against Clay Matthews. The Packers linebacker has been flagged in each of the first three games, and the two most recent calls baffled football fans and players. While the new rule states that a defender cannot land with his body weight on a quarterback, it’s hard to tell how Matthews could have avoided Read more