NWPATSFAN
Well-Known Member
I didn't read this whole thread, but this is my take.
1. There should be no foul for hand grazing the QB's helmet. If there was a solid shot to the head and looked malicious definitely call it.
2. If you hit a QB between the shoulder pads, and above the knees and the defensive player keeps his head up (not launching or using the crown of his helmet) then it is not a penalty.
3. If the defender runs straight into the QB with his head up and lands on the QB, no penalty as that is the least likely way a QB will ever get hurt getting hit. Yes, it is weight landing on him, but as long as he is not picked up and driven into the ground with the shoulder of the defender, it should never be a penalty.
4. If you grab a QB, have complete control of him, and the defensive player picks the QB up and throws him to the ground like he is throwing him out of a WWF ring, that is a penalty.
5. If a defensive player picks a QB up, and body slams him to the ground with his weight landing on him, that is a penalty.
6. If the defensive player launches himself at the QB while he is in the pocket and makes contact with the front or side of the calves that is a penalty. However, if he hits the QB from behind below the knees it is okay because that is the direction in which the knees bend, so less likely to sustain injury. If the QB is outside the pocket running with the football, normal rules now apply to him as any RB with the ball.
7. Facemasks, crown of the helmet hits and all normal rules still apply.
When are you running for the chairperson of the competition committee? You got my vote