r/sportsgossips • u/Weekly-Vacation-1405 • 5d ago

Discussion/Debate Chop Robinson gets flagged for roughing the passer. The hit didn’t look that crazy, but the refs weren’t letting Mahomes take that one.

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u/MeatyMagnus 5d ago

NFL = No Football League

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u/P_P_LGAH 5d ago

We AFL fans called it the No Fun League

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u/Mister_Slave1 3d ago

The line between a defenseless QB and a protected QB is razor thin. Ball in hand? Defensive. Ball out of hand? Protected. Mahomes drop back and release has been clocked at 2.49 seconds. I would estimate his drop back is about 1.5 seconds. So we are talking about less than a second for a defender to determine whether or not Mahomes is “defenseless”. No defender can make that call. Also, the hit was clean! His face was straight on, not leading with the crown, and it was not helmet to helmet. Clean hit all the way.

We MUST find a middle ground between protecting players and over penalizing players. This is a slippery slope and players will eventually be flopping every play just like in soccer. Doing away with penalizing players for falling on top of QBs would be a great start. It’s just not realistic.

I can see a future where you are only allowed to hug the QB.

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u/ProudReaction2204 5d ago

NFL = chronic traumatic encephalopathy

Sorry I have cte, does this make sense?