09-23-2018, 10:56 AM
(09-23-2018, 10:06 AM)kevin Wrote: I'm glad this was brought up. You can't hit the QB high. You can't hit the QB low. OK, so what about a Can Newton that is also a RB. Is the defense just suppose to let him run 40 yards a pop every time. I'll be very interested to see how the refs call this game in 2018 rules. If the D isn't allowed to touch Cam Newton, then they have ruined football and made it worse than touch football. Once a QB starts to run, he should be treated like a runner. So if Can is running for a TD and Kirkpatrick stuffs Cam into the ground, I don't want to see the penalty flags come out. I'm now interested to see how new rules apply to Cam, because you can't just let this guy run without the D hitting him.
Jeez, Kevin ... the rules ALREADY STATE that when the QB runs, he is considered a runner. That being said you still can't do anything to a QB runner that you might be able to do to a running back.
The way to stop Cam (and any "large" QB, like Worthlessburger, Flake-o, etc.) IN THE POCKET is to wrap them up high and pin their arms, then ROLL THEM to the ground so that THEIR weight is on you (at worst) or that YOUR weight is not on them. Easier said than done, though.
