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JayhawkSD

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7. On a more serious note.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Wed Mar 27, 2019, 12:08 PM

Mar 2019

The NFL wants high scoring games. They want to see scores like 45-38. They believe that fans will become bored and not watch if the defense is allowed to make any sort of valid effort to prevent the other team from scoring.

Pass defense is already a joke. It used to mean trying to prevent the receiver from catching a pass. That's now defined as "pass interference."

Pass defense is now defined as letting the receiver catch the pass and trying to tackle him before he scores.

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NFL will allow pass interference, including non-calls, to be reviewed on replay in major rule shift [View all] Eugene Mar 2019 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby Mar 2019 #1

Good. Now they need to tighten up what gets called as PI in the first place. stopbush Mar 2019 #2

That gives the defense license to interfere. rickford66 Mar 2019 #3

Fine with me customerserviceguy Mar 2019 #4

That'll add another 45 minutes to the game.. Maxheader Mar 2019 #5

This should be expanded. JayhawkSD Mar 2019 #6

On a more serious note. JayhawkSD Mar 2019 #7