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Brady never runs so I dont know. Whats the point to overly protect Drew Brees who is a couple of years from retirement but to blindly ignore hits on a current and future NFL star? There is no logical explanation to say Cam is targeted by refs.

Who are the Golden Boys though? The rules on hits to a QB who is in the pocket are different than the rules for QB's that are no longer in the pocket and are running outside of the pocket. So yeh, the hits vs a mobile QB are going to be worse b/c defenders can do more when a QB is outside the pocket.

But isn't that the same for any organization in the world across the board?

Thank you for clarifying and sorry if I misread. But for someone (Cam and other posters here) to say that he doesn't get calls like other QB's get calls, then there is an implied conspiracy there. If it's just bad officiating across the board, that's a whole other argument, and one I may agree with.

I agree about the rules getting more complicated to understand and therefore enforce every single year. But why are there more rules in recent years? Because, we the fans, parrot what the media cries about for 24hrs/day whenever there are injuries in the league and say how violent the NFL is how they ignore head injuries, and how football is so violent, violence, violence, violence...So the NFL has to react to the 24/7 bashing it receives by fans and media and attempt to do something about it. The product we have now is partly a result of us complaining about how the NFL was.

I wasn't there and you weren't there. Ed Hochuli denied saying that. It's a matter of he said/she said. I think Cam is an awesome athlete and player. The NFL needs stars at QB. There is absolutely no financial, ethical, or business incentive for the NFL to plot Cam's early demise. Zero. To imply that the NFL has some crusade against Cam runs counter to everything the NFL attempts to build-on as a league: star power, brand power, and revenues. Cam brings the NFL star power, reinforces the brand's popularity, and increases revenues as a result of his star power.

I just dont buy it. Is he sitting there watching every game Brees is playing or every game that Big Ben is playing and keeping detailed stats of how many calls they dont get compared to him? Or is he just giving his biased/subjective view? Again, nobody answered my questions from earlier: 1. If we are saying hes not getting the same calls, then we are implying some systemic bias against him. Why? What incentive does the NFL have to have its young superstar injured? Bc there are so many stars at QB in the NFL and ratings are so high the NFL would rather have Derek Anderson starting. 2. Who benefits from this conspiracy to not flag hits on Cam? 3. Logistically, how does this conspiracy begin? Was the idea floated around at the owners meetings? Is Roger emailing all the NFL refs to ignore hits on Cam?

It was. It was a better game in my opinion. What Im saying is that for those people that are constantly complaining about hits, concussions, injuries, etc and blaming the NFL for everything injury related, today's NFL changed quite a lot and today's game is much softer than it was 20-30yrs ago. Roger didnt invent football; he didnt make it a violent sport.

LOL. i just had to throw a clip in there of Brady getting smashed. And today it probably wouldve been a flag for the defender leaving his feet and leading with the helmet. Unless youre landry. =(

I found it too

I can interpret that you have to earn it as: if its not worth a flag we arent going to flag it. When people claim that Cam doesnt get calls the following logical questions are required: 1. Why? Why do you think hes not getting calls. 2. Is it an actual fact that hes not getting calls at the same rate as other QB's or does it just become the popular thing to say and everyone else parrots the same response? 3. What motivation would there be for the NFL to not protect one of its young superstars? 4. Who benefits from Cam getting injured? 5. If you say that Cam doesnt get calls like other QBs do then you are directly implying that it is a league-wide conspiracy. Please break down that conspiracy for me. On a purely logistical basis, do they get together at the owners meeting and talk about how Cam is going to be put down? Does this happen during ref meetings? Does Roger send out league-wide emails?

Maybe brady releases the ball in under 3 seconds and doesnt get hit as often? Look how many big hits Big Ben takes. If you are a big QB and are known for breaking away from sacks/tackles, defenders are going to come up with creative ways to take you out. You can sack brees with one arm. Hes small.

I only got to watch the first 5min of this game (thankfully). How did Dareus play in his 1st game back? I saw one play where he blew up Blount in the backfield but I had to leave shortly thereafter. Did he have other decent plays?

Why is everything Roger's fault? If someone farts in China the fashionable thing to do is blame Roger directly or indirectly. The NFL has become the softest it has ever been during Roger's tenure. You cant look at a QB without getting flagged nowadays. The NFL has always been a violent sport. Roger has made it less violent. But people still want to complain? If youre that worried about the violent nature of todays pansy NFL then maybe its not the right sport for you. Maybe you should go pick up table tennis. See how much they pay you. And no, Roger is not huddling with refs in a dark room at night scheming ways to blow calls on Cam and favor Brady. Come on people.

You cant hold brady all day?? THE GAME JUST STARTED

My good friend is a skins fan and we made a small bet before the season started as to who was going to have a better w/l record. Neither of us may win the bet at this rate.

Im always amazed at the level of nepotism in the NFL.

Jags promote Hackett to be new OC.

Pats 24 Bills 27 Rex and hoody go full MMA at the 50yd line after the game. I agree. And it will happen.

Thats awesome hahahah

aaaaaaand it never ends. Im surprised this site doesnt crash with the amount of drivel on it.

I wanted them to sit him last week and just be done with it.

How can a ball that hits an NFL WR's hands not be considered a drop? I get the whole YAC argument and can see how a slightly misplaced pass can impact YAC. I 100% get that. But at what point are the other 10 players on the field held accountable for their lack of play-making? If the ball hits you in your hands in the NFL, you should catch it. If you dont, its considered a drop. Again, I 100% dont disagree about YAC though. In the game against us the Jets Wr made 4-5 ridiculous catches. Just jumping up in the air and absolutely attacking the defender for the ball. Its amazing what legit WR can do.

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Damn, imagine that poor analyst who had to sit there and sift through all of those numbers.