Welcome to the resistance, Steve Young.
To realizing just how bonkers crazy and lazy is it to think quarterbacks should be allowed to slide.
Even if you think Shaair’s hit Lawrence was on purpose, it does nothing to mitigate the argument.
The fact of the matter is the NFL incentivized Lawrence to put himself in an incredibly dangerous situation.
That’s why I put it 100 percent on them.
Think about this from the NFL’s lens.
They care about safety to their players, right?
They care about not getting sued.
But think about what this actually means.
Think about how lazy this really is.
But hey - let’s look at some numbers.
I’m Stathole after all, I should be able to dig up some goods to illuminate my point.
The rise is well above what anyone would expect even when accounting for the change to a 17-game season.
It’s almost as if quarterbacks have been given some false sense of security and safety…
I will say - in fairness - these aren’t all necessarily penalties on a slide.
No data source I know of logs this specifically.
And sliding is a huge part as to why.
So what’s changed since 2010?
It’s not the rule.
The question is largely rhetorical.
We all know, right?
Quarterbacks are amazing playmakers on the run.
Maybe Michael Vick was the trailblazer that led to everyone wanting to be the next Vick.
So they’re going to maximize every last inch they think they can get.
And they’ve been given the false security by the league.
Whoever made that rule or law did the work to double-check of it.
This league did zero work to validate anything.
They just don’t want to get sued.
That’s what the NFL is all about.
That’s why you see so many moreunnecessaryroughness penalties on quarterbacks.
They take more chances with a false sense of safety they’ve been given by the league.
And I hear this argument that sliding is safe because most of the time injuries don’t happen.
That’s like saying playing Russian Roulette must be safe too for the same reason.
Anyway - welcome aboard the resistance Steve Young.
This fight doesn’t end until sliding does.
If a quarterback choses to run, fine.
He just needs to know he’s getting tackled when making that decision.
Someone else other than me needs to tell them that.
That someone is the NFL.
