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Toaster Beef
Jan 23, 2007

that's not nature's way
drat brock purdy really is that fuckin good, huh

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Toaster Beef
Jan 23, 2007

that's not nature's way

AndrewP posted:

sorry I'm still on this. what is the league trying to prevent with that kind of RTP flag? are these guys not also athletes?

just give them red shirts instead of asking defenders to thread an impossible needle

they're trying to prevent shoulder and collarbone injuries, mostly—from the sorts of hits where a QB comes down on their side and the defender comes down on top of them. but because making the distinction of side versus front versus back would be basically impossible, the rule is just "no coming down on top of the QB"

Toaster Beef
Jan 23, 2007

that's not nature's way

AndrewP posted:

ah. here's an idea: don't get sacked

I understand the safety aspect but literally every other guy on the field is taking huge hits on a regular basis with no protection and it just irks me I guess

you're not wrong, but the league likes ratings and teams don't like spending a third of their salary cap on one injured player and the result is QBs just get treated differently

also QBs are inherently a bit more vulnerable than most other players

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