darthtenbiscuits posted:Seeing the Denver Broncos in anything besides orange and blue seems very wrong. Their 80s era uniforms were the best.
DT421 posted:Here is a little more on CNNSI in an article - HERE Tom Brady hasn't even thrown a pass in his comeback, and he's already affected change for the 2009 NFL season. In part because of the season-ending left knee injury that Brady suffered in the Patriots' 2008 season opener against the Chiefs, the league's Competition Committee adopted a clarification of the current rule on hits to a quarterback in the knee area or below. The clarification specifically prohibits a defender on the ground who hasn't been blocked or fouled directly into the quarterback from lunging or diving at the quarterback's lower legs. Brady tore his left ACL and left MCL in the first quarter of the Patriots' 17-10 win over the Chiefs Sept. 7. As Brady stepped into a 28-yard completion to Randy Moss, Chiefs safety Bernard Pollard made a desperation dive into Brady's left knee after he had been blocked to the ground just short of Brady by running back Sammy Morris. Pollard was not flagged or fined for the hit. Under the revised rule, a play like his would be penalized, according to Titans coach Jeff Fisher and Falcons president Rich McKay, co-chairmen of the committee. "I think all the quarterbacks in this league are critical to what the game is about," said Patriots owner Robert Kraft. "It's like if Peyton Manning were gone for a season, I think the whole NFL suffers, the same way the NFL suffered with Tommy out. So whatever we can do to protect quarterbacks and to minimize the opportunity of them being taken out with a year-ending injury I would support. "It's not good for the league. What makes it special is special players. It's like going to see a great movie and the star isn't in the movie. It's the same principle." Honestly, it's not that I want anyone to get hurt, but come on already. I mean, why not just put flags on the QB's and and when the defenders get one of the flags the play is over. EDIT: Actually, the more I think about this, the more it pisses me off. Where was this **** when Carson Palmer had his knee tore up in pretty much the same play. No, they do this **** after pretty boy Brady gets his knee tore up. What a joke this is becoming.
rhonderoo posted:Yeah, I thought that picture up there was old-school Texans. Which, I guess it is...? Confusing! I cannot really understand what the new kicking rule is about. What exactly are we trying to "fix" here?
