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Originally Posted by burn_baby_burn
Sounds like the officials are as confused as the rest of us. If you watch that video (or watched the game Monday), Peyton goes into his slide before the first down marker. However he isn't actually down until he has the first down. The ref called him short of the first down marking the ball where he started his slide. The Colts challenged the call and had it reversed.
Now either the ref was told that regardless of the rule the NFL needs Peyton Manning in the playoffs. Or he was wrong about his interpretation of the rule in the first place.
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I tried googling it and while you can find some some rules you cannot find that one.
But the point of the article stands, it is just getting tougher and tougher to get to the quarterback.
For as much as Dis called the personal fouls on hits against Orton dirty, if you watch the replay Orton ducked to try and slip the tackle. So a player trying for a sack can't hit the QB low, can't hit the QB in the head, and then the QB ducks at the last second (resulting in hitting the (now lowered) helmet and a 15 yard personal foul). Guys getting to the QB seem to have about an 18" target to try and hit. I can see how some players are getting frustrated.
You want to protect QBs, other than a WR extending for a catch they are in the most vulnerable positions the most number of times and are the most important player. I understand that. But it almost time to just let them wear flags.