NFL wants on-field officials to focus more on “illegal contact” fouls

[CalgaryFan05]

Just call an even game is all I ask. These key penalties at key moments ruin so many games during a season. That last Superbowl was tainted by the officials changing the way they were calling the game for the first 45 minuets. I can think of another Superbowl where the entire game was a farce of bad calls to the point of turning off many fans across the NFL. These "Points of Clarification" usually wane by the 5th game or so. It's a stupid way to change the game. Fans don't want a cascade of flags.

THIS. THIS x 1000.

And don't even get me started on the NERF helmets at pre-season. sooooooooooooooo ugly. Not a good look.

NFL: stop ******* meddling.

 

[Fade]

Teams that are smart would throw more to take advantage of this fact. Otherwise, they'll be at a massive disadvantage intentionally.

But seriously the league's been a dumpster fire for a while, one of these days I'll kick the habit and stop watching.

 

[Death]

I want old school football back, bring back the Joe Nash days.

Though yes I know this is a pipe dream more than anything else.

 

[CalgaryFan05]

I want old school football back, bring back the Joe Nash days.

Though yes I know this is a pipe dream more than anything else.

Amen.

 

[CalgaryFan05]

Teams that are smart would throw more to take advantage of this fact. Otherwise, they'll be at a massive disadvantage intentionally.

But seriously the league's been a dumpster fire for a while, one of these days I'll kick the habit and stop watching.

I'm watching for entertainment purposes only this year. Gotta say - My wife and I have this year off, and I've been looking forward to NFL season. Your "league's been a dumpster fire for a while" - well, seems accurate to me.

If the gamlbing, the Manning-FEST, the weird rules, the weird helmets, the non-football-football play (I believe it was Cam that said "they're trying to turn it into a flag football type of thing") - the owners getting handjobs at stripmalls in florida, and all the other weirdisms and crazy shit don't let up - well, I'll probably join you as the last season to really watch. The ref 'steering' - *ahem* spread-fixing - just seems to be getting worse. And the shit with LA was just over the top last year - annointed from game 1, they were.

I just don't trust alot of it anymore - and the gambling/manningfest and the 4000 ads for MGM sportsbook gold/platinum, whatever the hell they're selling doesn't seem to let up -

Anyhoo - Red zone for the season for the win and assess next offseason. Tried to watch the CFL this year. THAT didn't work.

And, BTW, I've always appreciated your insight. You know your shit. Seriously.

 

[Ruminator]

Well, one thing's for sure. The inevitability of the yellow rag on nearly every "amazing play" has sucked massive amounts of joy out of watching professional football. Yes, I know I don't have to watch it, and I do watch far less than I used to. Just a sad new reality.

 

[sutz]

Meh, they do this every season right at the beginning of the pre. Announce something they're "focusing" on. By the 3rd or 4th game of the season shit usually shakes out to where there's not much difference.

 

[FattyKnuckle]

THIS. THIS x 1000.

And don't even get me started on the NERF helmets at pre-season. sooooooooooooooo ugly. Not a good look.

NFL: stop ******* meddling.

I don't want to see a lot of flags but I want penalties called when they happen. When a WR gets mugged at 7 yards and it impacts the play, you want no flag? I can answer that for a very notinsignificant number of fans (of all teams): they do want that flag, period. It's all fine and dandy to say you want less of the officials' influence in the game but that desire goes right out the window when it's against your team.

 

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The league's peak. In terms of rules. Where you could build and win with offense or defense. Players were allowed to hit and block hard without a hanky coming out was the early realignment years. 2002-2007. I was watching football well before that, so this is not nostalgia talking. I just remember how every year it was getting better and was amazed at how the league kept getting every thing right.
It was a cake and eat it too situation. You could have the Greatest show on turf. AND the Tampa Bay Buccaneers win with defense.

The start of the salary cap era right before it, would be a close 2nd.

Then in 2008ish multiple WRs got cracked hard coming over the middle of the field (as they should) in the same week. The lawsuit on going with the vets was on-going, and in came the defenseless player rules. That was the beginning of the end.

Naive me at the time thought it would be a phase, and once the lawsuit was cleared up in a few years time, it would start to creep back to what it was. The opposite happened of course. I want real football, the league wants the probowl for some reason.

The league has created rules, that all that essentially matters is QB, pass rush, CBs. You get those positions right you'll be fine. WRs are abundant in today's game so they don't matter as much.
Mainstream already knows this about RBs.

But more importantly it is a very soft game compared to back then. Put on a random game from say 1994-2007, and compare a game from 2021. It will look totally different and not nearly as physical, more like basketball on grass.

 

[HawkinNY]

THIS. THIS x 1000.

And don't even get me started on the NERF helmets at pre-season. sooooooooooooooo ugly. Not a good look.

NFL: stop ******* meddling.

Why I can’t stand watching NFL games during the season. Why don’t they ref like they do in the playoffs. I hate they want to hurt the defense by not allowing a player to even touch a receiver at times. But the receiver can almost get away with anything. Just let them both do whatever as long as it doesn’t stop a player from making a play on the ball. Stop making more and more rules to stop the D from playing.