This is the Future of the NFL
 

I watched the Herd last night on YT and he brought this up, and unfortunately i agree.

The NFL is never going to relax their restrictions on how a QB may/may not be tackled, and the league wants QBs protected even more than ever before, as w saw the fallout after the Tua thing.

So forget highlight reels of pass rushers lighting up the screen with a dramatic game-changing sack sooner rather than later, people. It's heading rapidly towards two-hand touch on the QB.

But in the very immediate future, we can look forward to this example of how the league is going to want QBs 'sacked.'

https://www.nfl.com/videos/maxx-cros...ack-on-mahomes

What do you suppose Pat's dress size is anyway?

They will still allow Mahomes to be hit.

We should definitely all freak out

Mahomes is literally the face of the NFL and has already forced 2 OT rule changes in 4 years.

The league doesn't have anything out for Mahomes, you all need to get over your PTSD from pre-Mahomes.

Yup. It's going to be just like when we were kids playing neighborhood ball in the street.

If ratings drop significantly because of this (they won't), the NFL will modify the rules. The league cares about making money above all else.

Mahomes really doesn't allow himself to be hit. I've never seen a Chief QB slide and run away from contact more in my entire life. Now Im happy he does it. He should continue doing it. It will hold large dividends later in his career. Guys like Lamar and Josh Allen routinely let themselves get into harms way and it'll catch up to them

The rule change this year only became a rule because it benefited Mahomes against the Bills. The league had absolutely no problem with the rule when it benefited Brady in the same situation 3 years earlier.

This may be true when he takes off running, but unfortunately he takes a lot of hard hits hanging in the pocket. I'd like to see the team protect him better by improving the Oline and designing more quick short passes and runs for games where mahomes is under heavy pressure, which seems like a lot these days.

The last sack of Mahomes, the defender moved ("Threw?") Patrick from the right side of the defenders body to his left side, the same as the sack of Brady that drew a flag. I'm not saying it should or should not have been called, just that it is not consistent.

He takes a ton of hits throwing the ball. Cardinals, Chargers, Colts, Raiders have all smashed him quite a bit this year. He was very fortunate against the Bucs that his knee or ankle were not ruined on that crazy TD play near the goal line.


https://i.imgur.com/aOqKdWV.jpg

Exactly, they keep letting him get pounded. It ****ing pisses me off.

We're fortunate that Mahomes has double-jointed knees.

Goodells orders.

Exactly, he is the recipient of a lot of late hits. I keep waiting for a flag and they never come.

I predict one coming Sunday

You mean when I was running at top speed for a TD and someone pushed me hard from behind and I went flying to the pavement and when I put my hands out to break my fall that my palms got torn up like they went through a cheese grater and slowly bled all over and I had small pieces of sand all embedded in my palms mixed with oozing blood and then when I checked my knees they have slivers of skin curled up while a nice trail of blood found it's way into my sneakers.

You mean like that? ;)

I don't know. 2 weeks ago I asked my 19 year old son and his buddies "Want to watch Mahomes vs Brady?" They barely paid attention for the 10 min or so that they watched. Yet they are glued to the MLB playoffs and were all glued to the Bruins Caps last night. I straight up ask them why they aren't interested in football and get answers like "It's almost flag football." "It's rigged." "NFL isn't a competition it's a reality show."

I'll probably never stop watching because I've been a fan 40+ years but a lot of people are really getting turned off by the officials completely taking over the game.

That sack also happened after the RTP call on Jones. Still no flag.

If Mahomes played for Dallas, Green Bay, LA or any other league favorite markets/franchises he gets that call the majority of the time.

If 2 hand touch or some form of it had been in place Mahomes’ entire career, how many spectacular plays would we have been denied because the play would be blown dead?

Too many to count.

The league won’t do that.

What?? Do you think Mahomes gets the same RTP calls Brady/Rodgers/Burrow get??

He does not. Though the reality nearly no QB does. Tua will going forward, so long as MIA remains relevant.

no flag for this:
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Yeah, and I loved how they said "it was nearly identical to the Brady sack," okay yeah they were both twisted and thrown down, but as i recall, Brady was almost gently laid to rest, while Pat was pretty violently slung down. Brady gets the flag, Pat, well, apparently **** him.

They never come because MGM prefers tight games...and the Chiefs are the bane of their existence when it comes to point spreads.

They dont want to actively help KC score more...notice how both ridiculous penalties on Jones came on possession changing plays?

It's going to eventually lead to no touching of the QB allowed. No pass rushing, defensive players won't be allowed to cross the line of scrimmage and will just have to sit there by the line waiting to make sure he doesn't run and if the QB does run they still won't be allowed to tackle them. That's the future

How about the Raiders holding penalty on Chiefs missed field goal? KC got 7 points on that drive instead of 0 after the missed kick.

Yes and both games the Chiefs were pretty heavy favorites with most of the Vegas bets placed on them.

Just coincidence I guess. :(

Make up for the ridiculous roughing the passer. That call was just as bad

Yeah, that one was just as bad, maybe worse.

Still don’t know what the refs were looking at on that one.

I think everyone will be wearing giant puffy helmets before long. It'll look like bobbleheads playing football.

If Mahomes becomes seriously injured on a play, they will institute a new rule.

That is how the NFL operates. They are reactionary. Injuries to Brady and Rodgers led to the no sacks at knees and the full weight rules.

The new rules only come around when the star QBs are hurt.

Carson Palmer in 2003 had the same injury as Brady. No response.

But the backlash this weekend probably has the NFL thinking that this protecting the QB has gotten out of hand.

No it was not. It was a text book penalty.

They were looking at a penalty.