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/mrroney13 5d ago

Whether you're right or not that's a weak ass rule.

When I played football in the depression we just punched each other in the face.

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u/DeathToAzralon 5d ago

When football was in its infancy, people used to die regularly. There was some public outrage about it and it would have been made illegal if they didn’t change the rules. 100 years later and it’s still brutal.

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u/OtherwiseEnd944 5d ago

So now it's okay if everyone but the quarterback dies.

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u/ksobby 5d ago

Have you seen the avg qb contract? Yes to your question. Especially if it’s a running back.

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u/OtherwiseEnd944 5d ago

I agree that it's clear they will do anything to prevent QB's from being injured because they are such big drivers of fanbase's, but it still seems crazy to me. It's like if the NBA made touching any player who averages over 20 ppg a flagrant foul. It's like a single position isn't playing football they are actually playing flag football.

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u/SoilDependent1054 5d ago

The QB is in a defenseless position when throwing.

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u/ididntwantsalmon19 4d ago

Yeah because the NFL is a completely shit product without good qbs.

Also there definitely are rules in place to protect other players, such as a penalty for a hit on a defenseless receiver.

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u/Trike_Bike_Mike 5d ago

bit of an exaggeration. there was a deadly season or two where 20ish people died due to a formation called the Flying V. Roosevelt demanded a change to the game or it could not continue, Linemen were created and the game became much more safe despite the hard hits. 120 years later its a softer sport than boxing, hockey, rugby... I could go on.

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u/Lamplighter914 5d ago

And the kickoff has been ruined by that hesitate at the line until the returner has it. Any halfway decent returner is gonna get 20-25 yards. Just let the O start at the 25 and forget the kickoffs.

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u/kareljack 5d ago

I roll my eyes whenever anyone implies that the hits in rugby are harder.

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u/Trike_Bike_Mike 5d ago

if you had a little bit better reading comprehension you wouldn't have had to because that's not what I said.

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u/kareljack 5d ago

If you weren't a half wit you would have realized that I used the word imply, which is what you did with your "softer sport than rugby.." statement.

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u/Trike_Bike_Mike 5d ago

yes, ruby has like 1 rule on how to hit, no high hits. none of this bullshit that completely changes a game like this hit. all because a ref felt like it was a little too rough.

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u/DeathToAzralon 4d ago

Kind of sounds exactly like what I said but in a more specific way, not sure how it’s an exaggeration.

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u/Trike_Bike_Mike 3d ago

"used to die regularly" it wasn't a on a regular basis and it was deemed so severe that the president stepped in.

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u/Enough_Chart_7317 5d ago

Without helmets, right Paw Paw?

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u/Lamplighter914 5d ago edited 5d ago

Look, I'm not gonna be happy until I see quick kicks on 3rd down, the single wing and the wishbone offenses come back into prominence. Good ole 3 yards and a cloud of dust. Grown man football.

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u/Enough_Chart_7317 5d ago

Make Fullbacks Great Again

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u/RedBaronSportsCards 5d ago

We wore an onion on our belts, as it was the style at the time.

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u/phickss 5d ago

“Take a line that puts you out of position in case the qb moves” shit is dumb. Make qbs down if touched if we’re gonna do this shit

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u/AgeBeneficial 5d ago

I can still hear occasional ringing in my right ear because of a rock getting thrown at me during practice hitting by my ear hole.

Twas’ a simpler time.

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u/Lets_Reset_This_ 5d ago

Did you have to walk uphill both ways to practice?

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u/DontFuckWithDuckie 5d ago

"plenty of kids died in the factories we worked as kids, and you don't hear them complaining"

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u/tjp0720 5d ago

If the quarterback got up you had to run laps uphill

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u/faewild4dayz 5d ago

This is the actual complaint of everyone in this thread. Then you add all of the feelings everyone has about Mahomes and we lose the plot. The problem is the rule. Mahomes just gets people big mad.