FoxSports Article Which NAILS it reference Flag Happy Refs & Roughing Calls

[The Gun Of Bavaria]

Hench NAILS it here. Congraulations NFL, you've successfully ruined the league.

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/6305088

Rougher year for refs than passers

Kevin Hench / FOXSports.com

Posted: 22 hours ago

In this holiest season, let's take a moment to ponder, WWDJD?

What would Deacon Jones do?

The man who defined the sack by mauling quarterbacks for 14 years from 1961 to 1974 certainly couldn't play in today's NFL.

Oh, sure, he might be able to overpower offensive tackles and swim through double teams, but there's no way he could cope with Mike Carey, Tony Corrente, Pete Morelli and Co. Today's quarterback-coddling officials would cut down Deacon like a high-low chop block.

You know how frustrated you get watching NFL game after NFL game overly influenced by 15-yard, automatic-first-down, roughing-the-passer penalties on negligible contact with pampered quarterbacks? Well, imagine what it's like for ol' Deacon. He must not even recognize the sport that made him famous.

If he was watching Sunday's Patriots-Jaguars game he saw two roughing-the-passer calls that would have made him think what he used to do to quarterbacks was felonious.

First, Tom Brady took a forearm shiver from Clint Ingram to the spot on his sternum where his shoulder pads come together. Yes, the poke was late, but it was so gentle it not only failed to knock Brady down, it didn't even knock him backward. No matter, referee Walt Anderson

[The Troll]

Agree 100%.

RTP has gotten completely ridiculous this season.

[raffyD]

Hench NAILS it here. Congraulations NFL, you've successfully ruined the league.

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/6305088

Rougher year for refs than passers

Kevin Hench / FOXSports.com

Posted: 22 hours ago

In this holiest season, let's take a moment to ponder, WWDJD?

What would Deacon Jones do?

The man who defined the sack by mauling quarterbacks for 14 years from 1961 to 1974 certainly couldn't play in today's NFL.

Oh, sure, he might be able to overpower offensive tackles and swim through double teams, but there's no way he could cope with Mike Carey, Tony Corrente, Pete Morelli and Co. Today's quarterback-coddling officials would cut down Deacon like a high-low chop block.

You know how frustrated you get watching NFL game after NFL game overly influenced by 15-yard, automatic-first-down, roughing-the-passer penalties on negligible contact with pampered quarterbacks? Well, imagine what it's like for ol' Deacon. He must not even recognize the sport that made him famous.

If he was watching Sunday's Patriots-Jaguars game he saw two roughing-the-passer calls that would have made him think what he used to do to quarterbacks was felonious.

First, Tom Brady took a forearm shiver from Clint Ingram to the spot on his sternum where his shoulder pads come together. Yes, the poke was late, but it was so gentle it not only failed to knock Brady down, it didn't even knock him backward. No matter, referee Walt Anderson

[Ron Mexico]

They can't rough me because I'm more of a rusher then a passer.

[tparich]

Good read. Thank you for posting it.

[Ranger]

Awesome article and I totally agree, everytime I see the Jets hold on 3rd down, I am waiting to see a RTP flag......I understand why they do it, but it's still ruining the league.