Or they can wait to see an actual threat instead of just making one up.

I wish I could star this 1 million times.

YES! and so was this. The NFL catch rule is needlessly extends a situation that would have other wise been over when we crossed the goal line.

Many of us completely understand the rule, bit also understand that the NFL catch rule needless continues a play that in all other situations would be over when he crosses the goal line with control of the football. Why two standards?

That man has plain language possession and control of the ball when the play would otherwise be over. The NFL catch rule injects needless complication into the situation.

It’s not that we don’t understand the rule. It’s that the rule is bullshit. James clearly is in control of the football when he breaks the plane; every other football play stops at that moment, why should this one have to continue?

This shit is trivial.

It’s already illegal. (https://operations.nfl.com/the-rules/nfl-video-rulebook/defenseless-player/)Gotta start tossing guys (with loss of game checks) like they do in college before this will stop.

It’s clearly a hit on a defenseless player as defined by the NFL rulebook.

Pretty clearly a hit on a defenseless player, right?

The brick wall decision making is incorrect. Because it is unmoving, I know I can leap into a brick wall and come out bruised and battered but basically unscathed. A more correct thought process would be jumping in front of a moving vehicle because you have no idea how you will be hit due to the movement of the…

Do you imagine this line of questioning will be fruitful?

Looks like anywhere between 2.8 and 3.25 to me.

If QBs are saying the slide was late, the slide was late.

Yes. That is why it is a penalty. I am explaining why Alonso wasn’t tossed.

It is a late slide. Joe was trying to have it both ways; get the first down and be protected. He found out that was a stupid idea.

Dude, you clearly have no idea what was going on. This happened in the second quarter. The game was still very much in the balance.

I am with you. I never said it wasn’t a dirty hit. He didn’t have to crush him and he choose to anyway, but it wasn’t flagrantly dirty just over the line. There are some people acting like this is Marty McSorley all over again. It’s not.

Sure, he could have, but it’s tough playing it cool when 300 pound men are trying to fight you.