bjornanderson21":2kn7koma said:Actually Harvin will not benefit from it.TwistedHusky":2kn7koma said:The first problem is that "contact" is by nature necessary.
For a defender to be looking toward the ball (to avoid the PI) the defender needs to reach back and be able to feel for the receiver behind him so he can locate the receiver vs the ball.
So how is it materially different when you touch the receiver in front, if you do not alter the route?
The funniest part of this is that with guys like Baldwin and Harvin - the very thing everyone thinks will sting us will probably benefit us. People won't be able to brush guys like Harvin and Richardson to slow them down or screw up their timing. But it still is crap football.
The other area it is crap is that now the play can be called two entirely different ways in the same game and it still is "correct". This makes it much easier for the subjective assessments (and biases) of the refs to literally swing games.
What if we play the 49ers and they continually call any contact on our side but then allow them to defend like everyone could last year. Would that swing a game with teams so evenly matched? Likely. So it once again hammers the credibility of the league because whether we benefit or are punished by this there will be a valid perception that the game was handed to one team. Like an entire season where every game was SB XL.
And it will turn a game into a muddied disaster, a flurry of flags removing any continuity.
I think the league is juicing the baseball, shooting for the HRs and this is the result.
Harvin's average distance from the line of scrimmage on receptions over the last few years is less than 3 yards. I read about it a year ago and the author of the article pointed out that its HISTORICALLY LOW. As in no one else even comes close (for wrs). Harvin doesn't actually go out on routes very often except as an easily-detectable decoy.
Harvin catches at the line of scrimmage and is actually more of a runningback. If you actually pay attention to what he does on the field you would notice that he is actually a rb who simply starts the play lined up as a WR. He even takes handoffs like a rb.
Harvin can be a hell of a rb, but these new rules don't benefit him because he rarely runs real routes as a legit target.
in Minnesota