NFL Might Suspend Players for Violent Hits

[SBXVII]

Originally Posted by 12thMan

The way I understand it it's all about "intent" to hit with the helmet. I think there's a fine line between two large athletes running at full throttle, leading with the helmet and a violent collision that makes helmet contact first.

I hope the refs won't go to the extreme with this new ruling and penalize a player simply because he laid somone's ass out. It is still football.

Yeah me either. Would the hit a year ago on Portis fall into the catagory?

Safety is one thing but to inact rules that keep defenders from doing their job is crazy. Can't touch the WR, can't hit WR, can't horse collar WR, soon to be can't try to take WR's legs out from under him. Hey why don't they just put flags on the WR's? every one else is fair game, but QB's and WR's will wear flags as in flag football. No hitting. Get the flag before the ball is thrown it's a sack. touch a flag prior to the WR catching the ball it's a foul. Grab it after and he's down where the flag was grabbed.