Curious how the refs will call games this week.

[prissythecat]

6 hours ago, AuntieEm said:

  It will be interesting to see if they get more nit picky on any excessive physical hits.  I'm talking the ones you can plainly see did not need to be quite so hard.  Ones that are borderline cheapshots.  It will also be interesting to see how players themselves play initially.  Might see a bit of subdued plays at first.  While it wouldn't hurt to have some of the hitting get toned down will the game change  noticeably in the initial games after Hamlins injury. 

 

  What are everyone's thoughts on how the initial games look and if the refs are more active on harder hits or handfighting.

What makes you think a change would happen considering Hamlin was a defender who was hurt by fluke impact on his chest area when he made a tackle on Higgins the Bengals WR.  There were no illegal contact issues

[DCofNC]

3 hours ago, SRQ_BillsFan said:

Then what happens with the Ravens? Still have that issue hanging. 

Nobody cares, they don’t have a QB, they aren’t a real threat.

[AuntieEm]

3 hours ago, prissythecat said:

What makes you think a change would happen considering Hamlin was a defender who was hurt by fluke impact on his chest area when he made a tackle on Higgins the Bengals WR.  There were no illegal contact issues

 

  I know the hit that preceeded the injury was very routine and no illegal contact.  It registers like negative 5 on the Richter scale meaning didn't even look like much as it occurred. 

 

 It's more of seeing such an incident is much different than reading about it or knowing it could occur in abstract.  Ask a student in high school how they feel when the read about 911 versus asking someone who was watching TV that day and saw it live as it was happening and what seeing the 2nd plane hit which made it apparent it was an attack and no accident.

 

 

Edited January 5, 2023 by AuntieEm

[Mr. WEO]

yellow flags have never stopped big hits.  never will.

[Utah John]

I wouldn't be surprised if the play is a little tentative at first, but quite early someone will tackle someone hard, and everyone will snap out of it.  

 

If you don't play full speed, you're more likely to get hurt.  Half the games this weekend will determine playoff entry or position, so there will be some serious hitting by the second quarter of each game.

[Scott7975]

Same way they call the games every week, every year.

[Freddie's Dead]

Poorly, as usual.

[MJS]

Hamlin's situation was unique and rare. No need to change anything or call anything different.