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Protection coming for defensive players
Article about the new "Hines Ward" rule and other potential changes made in rules.
A few months ago, when then-Baltimore Ravens linebacker Bart Scott was recounting all of the fines that had been levied against defensive players in the 2008 season, he turned his ire to the NFL at large.
"Look at the rules," said Scott, now a member of the New York Jets. "It’s garbage. You can’t touch this offensive player after five yards [beyond the line of scrimmage]. You can’t hit any of them in the head. You can’t hit this one below the knee. You can’t hit this one if he’s supposedly defenseless. You can’t hit them away from the ball. Everything is designed to protect [the] offense. The [NFL] could care less about defensive players. Was anyone out there saying ‘Oh boy, we need to protect [Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Keith Rivers] when he got his jaw broke and never saw [the hit] coming?’ No. People were all like ‘Oh, that’s tough play.’ Maybe if you are going to protect supposedly defenseless offensive guys, you should protect defenseless defensive players, too."
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Miles Austin Highlights from the Bolts game. Someone over at RanchReport compiled this so i'm just linking to the video.
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2nd year players
by Scoobay on May 19, 2008 9:25 AM EDT
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It's been discussed over and over again, but not more recently due to the excitement of bringing in new talent through the draft. But what about yesterday's song, the sophomores who are returning this year? Perhaps more than the rookies, they have the potential to improve our already good team since they have a year of experience under their belt, have had some playing time, and are practicing regularly against our pro-bowl laden squad of talent. Time will tell but it's time for them to start producing...
While we're on the subject, can anyone think of recent players who have had their breakout season in their 2nd year? Do we really need to wait until the 3rd year to see some fruit?
For purposes of this poll, I decided to include Tank Johnson who of course is not a 2nd year player, but it'll be his 2nd year with the Cowboys. I didn't include Ken Hamlin who has for all intents and purposes 'broken out' already. Same for Nick Folk.
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Ware a Scheme Buster
by Scoobay on Oct 10, 2007 6:43 PM EDT
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Well how's that for getting some respect? ESPN has an article detailing different players in today's game that are notable for opposing teams needing to significantly alter their gameplan to stop them.
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