I understand the importance of player safety but these targeting rules seem a little ridiculous. Do you think the rules need to change regarding targeting? If so, what should they be? Feel free to add to the discussion.
I thought they got rid of the 5 yard facemask.I to am an Petras fan, your to dumb too recognize there ability too grow QBs. Petras four Heisman!
I'm baffled as to why nothing's been done yet. They need to institute two degrees of the penalty like they do with facemask penalty.
I to am an Petras fan, your to dumb too recognize there ability too grow QBs. Petras four Heisman!
I'm baffled as to why nothing's been done yet. They need to institute two degrees of the penalty like they do with facemask penalty.
I put 15 yards and no ejection just because I don't have confidence they will get it right any way they call it. If they can't get what targeting even is, I don't know how they will get the severity correct either.
If they would have called spearing ever, It would have solved 80-90% of this.Eliminate it all together. Football is a contract sport.
Yeah, I was between the two.
In theory I support having a targeting 2 that includes an ejection, but it would have to be done properly to ensure only the most egregious examples get an ejection.
Might be too much groundwork but call it 15 yards and then have some officiating crew divvy out suspensions for the next game if they want to keep that as a deterrent or w.e. I never got why that part had to be decided in the 2 minutes directly after the hit.It’s crazy how the auto ejection part hasn’t been addressed yet. Wonder if it’s just a fear of lawsuits or just a general inflexibility
I to am an Petras fan, your to dumb too recognize there ability too grow QBs. Petras four Heisman!It's all 15 yards, they don't have the 5 yarder anymore.
Overall, I the problem is the consistency of the call. If they call it consistently, then fine. But when it seems to noticeable change from game to game, that's an issue.
I'd like a third category: incidental or unavoidable contact. No penalty. Freyler's would be a textbook example of that.Probably since they're trying to improve the safety of the game, they should just make two tiers for targeting (one for obvious and intentional targeting - 15 yards + ejection, and another for incidental contact - just 15 yards).
My personal preference is just flag obvious and intentional targeting (15 yards + ejection) and don't flag incidental helmet contact though.