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ROFL---a new penalty this week?


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The call on the penalty was that Glover was given a personal foul for "falling with his full weight on the QB"...

 

I am not sure how a 340 lb defensive lineman is supposed to fall with anything less than his full weight? Is he only supposed to put half his body on the QB so he only has 170 lbs on him? Perhaps he is only allowed 2/3 of his weight if he weighs more than 300 lbs?

 

Is that a ridiculous call or what?? Can the NFL please stop making pansies out of the QBs?

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To clarify, the ref clearly called a "roughing the passer" penalty, followed by a brief explanation which was when he said the defensive player "fell with his full weight" on the quarterback. It was basically an unnecessary roughness penalty, which when it's inflicted on the QB is considered "Roughing the passer". By giving the explanation, he is letting the home crowd know what exactly the guy did in his mind that was over the line. Inferred in his explanation is that the guy could've held back from landing on TE with his full body weight, but decided to try to hurt him and get away with it. Good call.

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To clarify, the ref clearly called a "roughing the passer" penalty, followed by a brief explanation which was when he said the defensive player "fell with his full weight" on the quarterback. It was basically an unnecessary roughness penalty, which when it's inflicted on the QB is considered "Roughing the passer". By giving the explanation, he is letting the home crowd know what exactly the guy did in his mind that was over the line. Inferred in his explanation is that the guy could've held back from landing on TE with his full body weight, but decided to try to hurt him and get away with it. Good call.

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Couldn't say it better

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Remember years back (think it was the year the Ravens won the Super Bowl) when Tony Siragusa barreled through the line and fell on top of Gannon, knocking him out of the game? Pretty sure it wasn't a penalty at the time but rules additions and extensions made it one in response to that play.

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