I'm glad you get to do what you love as your career. Now if you could only learn how to say DaRon Bland's name correctly, especially 1) as a professed Cowboys fan, 2) as someone who reports on the NFL, and 3) when discussing the potential DPOY and someone who holds an NFL record for pick 6s in a single season.
In discussions with a former Pats receiver, he confirmed Brady's commitment to avoiding certain throws. In addition, my friend was trained by the Pats to stay low and go to the ground on crossing routes. Brady's job was to throw it low on those routes. I remember when Wes Welker left the Pats to play for the Broncos. Wes had 3 concussions that year!! Up to that point, Wes had only 3 concussions in his previous 9 years in the NFL. This is not meant to say anything bad about the Broncos or Manning. But simply to say that protecting your receivers by avoiding certain throws and/or throwing low balls, rather than high ones across the middle was a conscious decision of Brady's and the Pat's organization.
Yes brady and belichick, to create consistency, decided to prioritize safety over everything else. Winning is probably second. I am glad other people finally are seeing why brady throws certain throws, takes the sack or throwing it away instead of trying to force a play, etc. Having a 165 lbs person block multiple linemen (tank dell) isn't probably a smart thing to do to avoid injuries. Having throws that put a player in any vulnerable type of hit, isn't smart either. Throwing them low allowed them to never get hit with a full on tackle otherwise that would be a penalty. Throwing them at man to man coverage where they are both going at the ball (that's why gronk was so important) means that the other player will not go to them full speed run lest they hit their teammate. It's pretty much grab the ball and then let the person wrap their arms around you. Avoiding an idiot coming in full speed from a blind spot. Then we have the lovely throws near the sidelines which force them not to go in at full speeds because if you go out of bounds and are hit, that's a penalty.
@@Poopinatorism Rofl, you would think that if you only see the surface. Look deeper and you'll see the truth. It's not about talented players making big plays. If that was the case Falcons should have walked away with an SB win.
The officiating is a result of all the new rules added and changed every season, to protect the players. You don’t have to mention the officiating, becaaauuuussee……….(loop back to top 😉)
When my Pats faced the Giants last month, rookie wr/punt returner Demario Douglas literally got clotheslined when returning a punt that took him out for 2 weeks with a concussion. Not only was the Giants player never penalized, but the clothesline was PRAISED by the commentators Kenny Albert and Jonathan Vilma, and he never got fined because the NFL determined that he "did nothing wrong". Yet some other player got fined like $15k for celebrating the game-losing field goal miss by white Roberto Aguayo Chad Ryland. Whoever is enforcing all this crap needs to take off the clown wig and red nose ASAP.
As a die hard fan I have Sunday ticket and yeah when I saw that I was kinda speechless, they barely glazed over the irate sideline, and what’s really nuts, two weeks or a week before they play the dolphins, and I believe it was davante parker who got knocked out. The fact these little things happen and the nfl does not acknowledge them shows me what I was actually blind to as a patriots fan, if you know you know
The NFL has zero consistency in all areas. Just look at how they hand out suspensions. You can be suspended for 6 games for violating the leagues personal conduct policy even before a guilty verdict or no guilty verdict, but when there is video evidence with Kamara, he gets nothing or a slap on the wrist. Also, you can be suspended longer for violating the leagues drug policy or PED policy than if you were involved in domestic violence. It is absolutely ridiculous
It actually had me wondering if I knew the rules as nonchalant as anybody in production was, then even had trouble finding clips on TH-cam, it’s like hold on here
What Tom Brady said has been happening in the NFL for as long as I can remember. QBs did not throw it in certain areas to protect their players and it said QB did throw in a certain area and the receiver catches it and gets hit sticked, the wide receiver usually goes off on the QB asking him why he threw the ball in that area because nine times out of 10 the receiver doesn't see the defender he's taking the quarterbacks word for it that it's a safe pass to catch. And this is another reason why when you watch a game and you see a receiver open and you're screaming for the QB to throw the ball throw the ball but the QB hesitates and scrambles out the pocket and throws a ball away and you keep screaming at the TV wondering why the QB didn't throw it to the wide open receiver, but what you didn't pay attention to was the safety right on top of the receiver closing in and the QB saw that and probably didn't want to throw the ball and get his receiver hurt. So covering the receiver isn't necessarily being on his hip, sometimes, it's the DBS job just to be in a certain area coming at the player at a certain angle is enough to get the QB to not throw the ball because the QB knows what the consequences are going to be
I think it is also important to mention that he was attacking the ball with his shoulder! That is EXACTLY what you are taught. Lead with your shoulder and attack the ball. It was routine. If anything Garnder threw a hospital ball that compromised his WR's safety. I think a flag is understandible. Throwing him out of the game is BIG questionable. Suspending him for the rest of the season is INSANE
Exactly, and if Kazee does not lower his body, it was highly likely that we would have seen a helmet-to-knee hit, which would have led to the same concussion anyway plus a knee injury to Kazee.
@@sneakerbay1836No it won't! 8yrs old straight to Div1 NCAA football, Free Safety & CB, you don't hit a defenseless receiver foo! I did 2 times in my career! Not hard to run by foo!
Two times we nearly broke a 57 year old record. Potentially 3 if the Bills could hold onto the picks Dak threw. This isn't including all the 40+ scores this year. Defense really is getting to a tragic point of being...just there. Granted the 63 points was on Chargers offense, Raiders still had sub 400 yard. But point stands.
What's been weird to me is since they started playing "safety" football and bend over backwards to protect offensive players, they NEVER call a ball carrier for lowering their head and hitting someone while they run. If the defense can be called for lowering their head and leading with the crown, a ball carrier should also be called for that. The defense is tackling with possibly getting a penalty in mind, so they do tend to let up and not deliver the hit they want (should be) only to have the running lower their head and try to run over the defender. What's good for one needs to be good for the other.
don't forget to mention those quarterbacks who run to the sideline and then try to turn up field for an extra couple of yards. This matter was brought up to the NFL, years ago because QB's like Aaron Rodgers were notorious for doing it and then getting upset if a defender hit them. The NFL ruling should state, if they are headed out of bounds and you don't want the defender to hit them, then turning up field should be a penalty, like grounding............... if your aim is player safety
Part of the problem was that people like James Harrison who played "rhino ball" (hitting with the crown of his helmet on every occasion he could) and NEVER being suspended. When called out about the way he played, he said "I'm playing the way I was told". This put the onus directly on Mike Tomlin, and he was not the only one, remember the New Orleans Saints bounty scandal? On the other hand some of the hits that get flags are cases of asking a defense player to violate the laws of physics and momentum. I do not know the answer, but potentially the issue of CTE could bring the league down if they just pretend that it is not happening.
This is crazy, I’ve had to turn off games because the calls have pissed me off. And it’s not even the refs, they are trying their best to follow an insane rule book
Make NFL HITS GREAT AGAIN 1. Eliminate defenseless receiver n below the waist qb hits Eliminate those rules COMPLETELY 2. Soften rules on pass interference allow defenders some contact 3. Move the kickoff back TO THE 30 AND Eliminate touchback rules I think 20 for kickoffs n 20 for punts is fair 4. Reckless hits should be fined first offense n ejection from the game if especially egregious Any subsequent hits over a 3 year period that are ejectable are 2 game additional suspension no pay 5. Fighting is a 2 game suspension automatically and 4 games for subsequent violations over 3 years 6. Upon the 3 year period expiring from their latest offense the player will be considered a first time offender again
The Kazee suspension is the biggest attack on a player in NFL history, out the rest of the year for a mildly brutal hit where much worse hits have gone without suspension is just outrageous, Kazee was targeted by the league there’s no reason he should’ve been suspended for that hit.
As a Colts fan, I am glad they called it a penalty because we needed it. That said, I don't even understand why he was ejected. That was a bang bang play, he did what he was supposed to do. This was an awful decision by the NFL.
@@WindmeelWhen you lower your body to brace for impact your head tends to follow what your body is doing. He didn’t lead with his head he led with his shoulder. His head was pointed in a different direction from the receiver.
The hardest position to play is DB I played for almost 20 years I love being DB but it’s damn near impossible to stop a WR without some kinda contact 💯
I played Free Safety, CB, DB from 8 yrs old straight to Div 1 NCAA football. You have 5 yards to bump a receiver, I had speed but no hands so I was a DB, I played like glue without touching a receiver, touch the ball, your getting hit, instantly, but not on the way down! I'm Morse High vs Lincoln High Marcus Allen era, UCLA, we played hitting football era without penalties!
I agree with you on holding QBs accountable. I also feel the get out of jail cards might make a higher score but a much less exciting and boring game. I feel the refs get a bad image because there constantly forced to make calls that are not clearly defined and change the definition of from week to week sometimes . It's a mess and I find my self watching less games on TV and just listening to a broadcast or highlights instead because of it.
I like how people are now realizing the highly paid, highly protected, most important player on the team has a responsibility to his teammates and not throw the ball in problematic situations like this
I agree with Tom Brady about the passing in tight situations which may cause concussions. It just makes for concussion cases for the NFL. You lose a lot of good and great players to hits like this
In my opinion... The unfortunate outcome the NFL is not anticipating with all this, is the lack of inspiration future football generations will have regarding defensive positions/overall game performance. Nowadays the NFL is only about one thing... MONEY. In 5 years, the players, the fans, and the future generations, ETC. Their love for the game won't matter anymore!! In 5 years... all that will matter, is who is willing to play what position/role for what dollar figure... And who is willing to pay what price for what type of ticket/experience. THERE IS NO MORE INTEGRITY LEFT IN THE NFL.
I thought Kazee deserved it initially, but I looked back on the replay and it really looks like he did every thing in his power to follow the rules while still doing his job. It feels really unfair to him
rest of the game, sure. rest of the season, hell no! this is coming from a colts fan and i don't think he was head hunting. it was just the speed and placement of the ball that did the damage.
If you watch the replay you can see him clearly lowering his helmet and dipping his shoulders to make contact with MPJs head, had he not done that there wouldn't have been much contact at all. Not to mention that he knew MPJ was going to be defenseless before he did anything, so shouldn't have went for the tackle in the first place.
I disagree, He could in went in arms first to grip him, the receiver was diving forward very vulnerable, and he choose to go in with head and shoulder, his head snapped back causing his entire body to fold mid air, he could have been paralyzed.
I think his hit was helmet to helmet which should be avoided for concussion reasons. I agree with Tom Brady about throwing over the middle. That's kind of been an unwritten rule for QB's since I began watching football 30+ years ago. That being said, football is a dangerous game and the people playing it know the chance for injury exists. Most of them have been playing since they were pre-teens. Defenders are losing their edge with all of these rules. There should be some fear involved! Players like Dawkins, Lott, Lewis, Seau, etc. made their living out of being feared.
In the old days WRs were bigger and could take the hits, their weights ranged from 185 lbs - 225 lbs. Nowadays we got WRs that weigh a mere 160 lbs. and run over the middle of the field with impunity. It's not football.
being in the weakess division,dee ford stepping in the neutral zone,tuck ruleBS,early whistle on a JAgs TD,spygating,inflating footballs,seahawks not giving the ball too LYNCH,Falcons not sitting on the ball at the 20 trying a fg,drop pass by the ravens in the end zone and missing a chip shot fg,pass interference at the 2 yd line vs rams SB NOT CALLED,pass interfence vs the packers vs TB not called turning into a td for TB,and the most obvious having the refs in your back pocket has HELPED your career TOMMY!!much more,but i think i got my point across!
The thing about Kareem Jackson, is he’s been playing a long time. And he’s only just now starting to get suspended and fined for some bad hits. He hasn’t been playing this way his whole NFL career, this is a new way of playing for him.
In discussions with a former Pats receiver, he confirmed Brady's commitment to avoiding certain throws. In addition, my friend was trained by the Pats to stay low and go to the ground on crossing routes. Brady's job was to throw it low on those routes. I remember when Wes Welker left the Pats to play for the Broncos. We had 3 concussions that year!! Up to that point, Wes had only 3 concussions in his previous 9 years in the NFL. This is not meant to say anything bad about the Broncos or Manning. But simply to say that protecting your receivers by avoiding certain throws and/or throwing low balls, rather than high ones across the middle was a conscious decision of Brady's and the Pat's organization. When my Pats faced the Giants last month, rookie WR/punt returner Demario Douglas literally got clotheslined when returning a punt that took him out for 2 weeks with a concussion. Not only was the Giants player never penalized, but the clothesline was PRAISED by the commentators Kenny Albert and Jonathan Vilma, and he never got fined because the NFL determined that he "did nothing wrong". Yet some other player got fined like $15k for celebrating the game-losing field goal miss by white Roberto Aguayo Chad Ryland. Whoever is enforcing all this crap needs to take off the clown wig and red nose ASAP. What Tom Brady said has been happening in the NFL for as long as I can remember. QBs did not throw it in certain areas to protect their players and it said QB did throw in a certain area and the receiver catches it and gets hit stuck, the wide receiver usually goes off on the QB asking him why he threw the ball in that area because nine times out of 10 the receiver doesn't see the defender he's taking the quarterbacks word for it that it's a safe pass to catch. And this is another reason why when you watch a game and you see a receiver open and you're screaming for the QB to throw the ball but the QB hesitates and scrambles out the pocket and throws a ball away and you keep screaming at the TV wondering why the QB didn't throw it to the wide open receiver, but what you didn't pay attention to was the safety right on top of the receiver closing in and the QB saw that and probably didn't want to throw the ball and get his receiver hurt. So covering the receiver isn't necessarily being on his hip, sometimes, it's the DBS job just to be in a certain area coming at the player at a certain angle is enough to get the QB to not throw the ball because the QB knows what the consequences are going to be I think it is also important to mention that he was attacking the ball with his shoulder! That is EXACTLY what you are taught. Lead with your shoulder and attack the ball. It was routine. If anything Garnder threw a hospital ball that compromised his WR's safety. I think a flag is understandable. Throwing him out of the game is BIG questionable. Suspending him for the rest of the season is INSANE I agree with you on holding QBs accountable. I also feel the get-out-of-jail cards might make a higher score but a much less exciting and boring game. I feel the refs get a bad image because they're constantly forced to make calls that are not clearly defined and change the definition from week to week sometimes. It's a mess and I find myself watching fewer games on TV and just listening to a broadcast or highlights instead because of it. I like how people are now realizing the highly paid, highly protected, most important player on the team has a responsibility to his teammates and not throw the ball in problematic situations like this QBs sliding late is also a big issue that I don't hear people talking about; why do we blame defenders for these hits when QBs are sliding last sec Everything you said and the comment section has got me thinking a lot about this. These guys are men who care more about pride than their bodies. I’m for a QB taking responsibility and not putting a wr in a bad position to be killed but at the same time, the league is full of Diva receivers who want the ball thrown to them no matter what even if they know damn well the qb won’t place the ball perfectly to their hands or chest. I can already create a conversation in my head if Josh Allen told Diggs nah man if I threw that safety was going to take your head off and then Diggs just starts yelling and spitting IT doesn’t MATTER IM OPEN! Or Tyreek Hill opted not to go for the ball because it was in between a corner and linebacker and is as well as the media questioning his motives for playing football. Love your videos Mike, keep doing what you’re doing❤
As Jack Tatum said “I will apologize for what happened, but I will never apologize for the way I play.” And I agree with Tom because the qb needs to know who will pancake the wr and who won’t.
Think it was pointed out here 1st , that Brady was calling out qb play . Everyone else called Brady a hypocrite since he benefited more then any one from ref calls . There is a responsibility by qb for the hits too . The leader should not be leading into danger . You know the defense has a questionable hitter ,protect your guys.
100% agree. Minshew did his receiver dirty. Some times its drawn up and the WR or TE knows he's gonna get hit sticked as soon as he catches. But other times it shouldn't be up to the WR to make a "good business decision" about passes from the QB. If you can read a defense you can make a better throw than that or use your eyes to pull the safety elsewhere so that catch can be a safer for your receiver. That is QB play at its finest and only guys like Dak, Mahomes, Burrow, Allen, Rodgers, Purdy are really capable of doing that
Everything you said and the comment section has got me thinking a lot about this. These guys are men who care about more about pride than their bodies. I’m for a QB taking responsibility and not putting a wr in a bad position to be killed but at the same time the league is full of Diva receivers who want the ball thrown to them no matter what even if they know damn well the qb won’t place the ball perfectly to their hands or chest. I can already create a conversation in my head if Josh Allen told Diggs nah man if I threw that safety was going to take your head off and then diggs just starts yelling and spitting IT DON’T MATTER IM OPEN! Or tyreek hill opted not to go for the ball because it was in between a corner and linebacker and is as well as the media questioning his motives for playing football.
DB's suppose to disrupt the play, there is no way they can predict the skill players movement while going full speed, it's common sense. This will continue to be ongoing issue in today's NFL because of the incompetency from the league.
I agree with Tom 100%. Growing up playing quarterback, I was taught to stay away from throws that would’ve gotten my receivers crushed. Defenders have to worry about protecting their own bodies as it is, and now they have to worry about protecting the offensive players, too? Na, it shouldn’t be that way. Agreed, every player should be responsible for their own actions and hits, so should there be some sort of a middle ground here? Absolutely. We shouldn’t have major helmet to helmet collisions all the time. Maybe they look at a hit afterwards and determine whether the defensive player had time to make a different kind of hit, or hit a player in a different area of the body. Like a third option hit. So like you said, Mike, if the defensive player is left with only two options, he should be allowed to make the hit. However, if they determine that the defender had a third option hit, then penalize him. Idk, just a thought. It’s hard because plays and players are so fast at that level, but there has to be something better than this.
How about the Receivers not dive in the middle of the field…. Offensively players used to know that…. Alligator arms used to be a term for a reason…. Afraid of getting railed….
"kind of out of his control?" no, completely out of his control. Asking defensive players to change the laws of physics is a bit too far. You can't hold the defender responsible for the receiver diving.
Idk if we played football different as kids /teens but I was taught to go for the ball first and if I couldn’t make the play on the ball, then you hit/tackle the WR , TE , or RB..try to jar the ball out..and some big a** hits too..when I played on offense and got laid out by a LB, I was like ooooohhhh shit this is fun/hurts too 💯💯 but now it’s turned into baby shit
It looked he was trying to go low as possible to avoid the head to head contact and in a split second couldn’t have expected the receiver to also dip his head, didn’t look like he was trying to headhunt for sure
I LOVE seeing people speak truth. Truth sets you free. Truthfully, it was a CLEAN HIT. he’s doing his JOB TO GET PAID. Like all NFL players do. QB was responsible for that hospital pass. It’s that simple. Brady is 100% correct.
i hate the notion that higher scores means a better game…defense is a huge part of the game and the NFL shouldnt have to pander to people who dont know it… what they should do is educate the “normies” so they can enjoy the full spectrum of the game.
Look I get football is a violent game. Most of us played it growing up. But for the love of God can we stop treating them like they are kids. "Sacrifice their bodies", what does the military do? What does law enforcement do? They have to be just as in shape if not more and they will lose alot more if they are injured. How about we start polarizing and celebrating the people that matter. Because when you boil it down. These people get paid millions of dollars to play a game we play in our yards. Ask any vet what they get paid while deployed. Don't worry I'll answer for you, I got paid just over 60k for a combat tour. Our military, our first responders, you know the people who SHOULD be getting paid alot, get paid shit and are asked to do things that these people couldn't dream of doing. All while staying in peak physical condition. But just like the military you know what you signed up for. So stop turning this sport soft.
That spear on Dobbs was definitely brutal, but I can see Brady's argument. The reason that even happened was because Kevin O'Connel was getting too cutesy on his playcalling. It's his responsibility to not allow that kind of thing to happen in his plays. I would even contribute Dobbs' fall from grace partly to that exact hit. It's like it shook him up and he stayed leashed inside the pocket, but missed tons of reads all game vs the Raiders. Another thing is that KOC was a QB, and supposedly a guru who understands that position and could communicate that to him. Well, he did an awful job. Dobbs threw hospital passes to both receivers weeks apart (KJ Osborne and Justin Jefferson). Point is, KOC is in a lukewarm seat off scholarship from last season. Those 11-0 one-score games were a razor thin margin and his playcalling as well as decision making skills are blatantly costing us games. If the rest of the season persists like this, next year is all hot seat.
@@cjackmond That is definitely fair. Even with the current protections, there will still be hospital balls. Removing them now would only place more pressure on youth talents who already have no margin of error in a league that goes through them like socks. If you're a 1st round QB, you're starting NOW. I think the best compromise is keep what we have but emphasize the personal responsibility of the QB and coaches.
Dobbs fall from grace is that he has a panic attack every time a team forces him to stay in the pocket and face a rush. His hospital balls are ones where he threw late and off-target. KOC's main issue is his loyalty to underwhelming and underperforming high-culture players like Mattison, Dobbs, and KJ Osborn. Chandler/Akers, Mullens, and Powell have been outperforming them when given the chance, and offer more upside than their known commodity counterparts.
@@baddadjoke2197 I said his was fall was "partly" to blame for that. Getting rocked is bad. Doesn't help when film on you shows that anytime you plugged the specific gap he had a tendency to run backwards. Getting sacked that far back made your star O Line look way worse than they are. Also seemed like he was leashed inside the pocket by KOC more than anything trying to force a dual threat QB to be a Pocket Passer in the Kirk style offense. It just didn't work. And I only pointed out one thing of issue with KOC man. I can go on with this dude. You'll see me preaching it on channels like Mikerophone, that one Benchwarmer shorts dude, the Vikings Raider post-game speech video on their channel. Been saying that too. He admits Chandler is more explosive but starts Mattison because he's keen on keeping his word on him being their "guy". Yeah? Well, things change, and KOCs insistence is losing us games. Vs. Broncos, one of the worst run defenses in the league, Mattison finally has a decent game. The few times we saw Chandler, he diced them up. Then KOC runs Mattison into a brick wall 3 times in the classic Vikings "play-not-to-lose" loser instinct way and we lose the game. For any real contending team that would've been a cinch of a drive, but is apparently too high an ask for the supposed offensive guru KOC. Dude, I know. Been seeing it, been saying it. His playcalling in the least is in question here. The telegraphing of plays (even the triple sneak and lose vs Cincinnati was telegraphed with Powel standing there with his hands up) is just God awful. As for that Bengals game? Watch Browning score an undeserved payout like that Giants QB who knocked them out of the playoffs because the Vikings insist on making mediocre talent look like superstars. It was like KOC forced B Flo to switch to wide open gap Umbrella coverage with what, 1 Linebacker? Of course they got picked apart. God, he is the same shit different flavor. If he don't clean it up and grow into a more hard ass role and stop kissing the boo-boos on the hands of his receivers after they drop balls then he's hot seat ass out - but if he does, maybe this amazing team can go somewhere. Here's to losing a 7th NFC title boys. Vikings legit could've been undefeated all season. Oh well, undefeated don't make a difference when you're one and done anyways. Curse of Ed Thorp baby.
The NFL does not get the fan base. If I wanted to watch a high speed high flying game for its entirety, I'm watching the NBA. When I watch football, I am there for the grit and grind and the intellectual matchups between coaches and quarterbacks. Real NFL fans want the real NFL back. You can keep the Taylor Swift fans that want 100 dash catches and acrobatics.
The NFL is so big worldwide; they could hire "the three blind mice" it doesn't matter how bad they are bc people will always watch it. They aren't held to any quality standards bc they know the same fans complaining are the same fans coming back every Been hearing ppl complain about Madden for 4 or 5 years now. Those same ppl go out the next year to buy it again.
Okay, but where did he hit the player? because that also matters. Hitting a defenseless player who is not capable of protecting themselves in the head or neck area makes it not a clean hit.
@@johndeckard7306The receiver laid out his body and dove head first. Where else do you expect him to hit him? The Colts QB and receiver put him in a no win situation. Had he pulled off and not hit the receiver, the receiver would have made the catch and dude would have been in the Pittsburgh headlines for giving up on the play. Now he’s suspended for the rest of the season for doing his job. I don’t see anyone blaming the receiver for diving head first in the middle of the defense.
You let him catch it and touch him down, He wasn't going any where on the ground. He got beat, he should take the L and play another down. The Receiver didn't dive "head first" either He was going for the ball. The fact is he still hit a defenseless player in the neck which could paralyze him is the problem. @@driller7714
The 2 QBs you named both played a decade ago where QBs was not as protected as much and yet they still played . To say they would not of played as long as just a assumption not based on fact. . dirty hits are not allowed but hard hits is just part the game
Let’s not pretend the NFL actually cares about the health and safety of the athletes. Maybe they do but only to the extent of how it would impact their $$$. The fact of the matter is The athletes are compensated well, and deservedly so, to sacrifice their bodies. They are the essential material that constructed an amazing Product, the NFL.
There’s a lot more going on the people think. The last 2 generations where different then Gen X, the next few generations have gotten injured way more then we used to. There was a stretch of concussions because the NFL changed the helmets, that’s different, I’m talking about the body. It’s just not the same. I has to be what they are putting in the food or can even be the shots the babies get. Something is just different. No disrespect to anyone, I’m just saying.
My biggest gripe is when a defender goes in for a tackle and the offensive player lowers their helmet and the two helmets collide causing a flag on defense for helmet to helmet contact
As a colts fan, when I saw that play, I thought 2 things 1. You can’t lead your receiver like that! 2: Pittman shouldn’t have layed out for a ball that you have 3defenders around you. I think a good fix for this is if a player is diving for a ball, head non helmet to helmet hits will be protected. Think about is this way, why should an offensive player have the rite to lead with his head without consequences.
I mean he led with his shoulder, what else should of Kazee do. If Pittman hadnt been leaping, that woulda been a clean hit to Pitman's midsection or legs. The NFL def is favoring Offenses more and more, and the officiating is getting so bad, games are becoming unwatchable anyway.
"Well the alternative is to let them make the catch!" Yes. If you need to make an illegal hit to prevent a reception, you've already lost. Either you get a personal foul *and* potentially injure someone, or you run into them at something less than full speed and you don't give someone a concussion. The NFL has basically said that hard hits are no longer acceptable defensive technique. The refs could be more consistent, sure. There could be penalties on the offense too. However, all Kazee had to do was not continue to run headfirst full speed into Pittman's head. Could he have pulled up fully? No. Did Kazee make the collision worse than it had to be? You bet.
I shared the hell outta this video. Excellent takes-- it should almost be required viewing for modern NFL fans. Offenses get away with murder while defenders get more and more penalized. As a Steeler fan, I was so annoyed to hear that Kazee got a SEASON-LONG suspension for that hit. Honestly I'd like to see Brady take Goodell's job. He really could fix the NFL. Props to him for calling this out
These new rules by NFL is missing something very important. Flags for all players. You pull the flag, it's consider a tackle. Let's just pay them millions more to play with flags...
Hey Mike, huge fan of your content. Truthfully I hope this gets a shout out at some point. But on to business. I can't say I agree with the NFL's decision as of late. Few reasons. 1. Tom Brady is in my opinion correct. The NFL relies on the opposing team to protect the other while on defense. Which if you watch football as much as I do has resulted in so many big plays or extra yardage, first down situations. Scrambling QBs can tiptoe a sideline and you see defenses hesitate to hit them because they don't want the flag. Receivers go up for the ball and come down with it now because safeties had to stop their momentum (which I my thoughts would be considered timing and position to make a play while giving wiggle room to make an error but not give up a td) 2. The caliber of defensive play has been awful due to the rules and anyone could see that with some simple research. If you look up average points scored in the nfl in 2010 you're going to find that between both teams the average combined points was 45.5 and yet in 2023 its currently at 43.4. Which will show it wasn't the hard hit or lack of protection that creates exciting games but the caliber of players. Watching players like Lewis, Lott, Reed, Lynch, alstott were the reason games were exciting and those are just few names. 3. I also think the NFL and society puts too high a value on players and keeps them too long. No one should be playing after 12 years. That's so much wear and tear and dangerous. Look at boxing for instance. Studies show late term brain damage is due to getting knocked about for many years instead of something more simple like the ufc (short or nate diaz) where you take the hit and you're done. Idk if this will even reach you Mike. But I hope this does and maybe we can talk more. I'm open to your thoughts on this. Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Happy New Year, and any other holiday I missed on here.
You know I was thinking about how the niners get away with throwing down the middle and then I realized its cause other receivers actually block for each other for YAC.
When talking about protecting the QB, it should begin with paying the QBs less and paying others on the team more whose literal jobs are to protect the QB.
Funny, he brings this up now that he is retired. However, most of these offensive rules changed in the early 2000 while he winning superbowls. We seen players lose their careers just because they couldn't tackle without using their head or even because they couldn't horse collar. Ronnie lott retired almost a decade before he even played. Just because one of the best organizations in 2000s did things the right way other organizations didn't know what the hell they were doing and they still don't today. This isn't black and blue football anymore this is the passing league that's put Tom Brady in the hall of fame so he's a hypocrite. Steven A has been running with a narrative that players are soft since Draymond Green got suspensed because he does see fights in the NBA anymore. It's sad he wants a game that it obsolete.
He had multiple of these penalties... one in every month. These come with fines AND A CONFERENCE CALL. The league literally explains why and holds essentially a Q&A session to try to help the player eliminate these issues. So at the 5th time in a single season this is what happens.
Michael Pittman Jr dove for the ball which makes him the exact definition of a "defenseless receiver". Kazee has been flagged for penalties like this multiple times this season and although he didn't lead with his head.. He still put his shoulder into Pittman's head/neck area and honestly I don't see the difference between the head and shoulder on a play like this. I miss seeing the big hits we all were accustom to growing up and watching the NFL but players that repeatedly hit other players in awkward/unsafe positions need to be penalized because at the end of the day the goal is to go home to your family at the end of the day.
To piggyback off what Tom Brady said, I never played past high school. However, we also practiced protecting yourself. Good coaches talk to those things. They still need to be taught. I do think you can play within the current rules and still be a more intense player and have less mediocre players. I do miss a big hit NFL though. Players are much better protected now though.
Let me be blunt: the product provided this season by the National Football League is, by far, *the worst I have seen in all of the years I've watched this game.* It's not even close, and I KNOW I'm not the only one who feel this way. There's a whole lot of factors behind it (man, are coaches TRASH nowadays...), but, hands down, the main reason for it is the referring. It has to be the worst in all the North American professional sport leagues out there, and, IMO, it shouldn't even be a close contest. Something has to change: either make umpires respect the rulebook at all time, update said rulebook to help them out or built an AI program to ref the games (yeah, it will piss the old refs off, but 'don't care, it would save football as we know it!) But I guarantee you that nothing will happen for the simple reason that there's absolutely no incentive for the Shield to do anything about it - American football is still the most popular sport in NA, and the owners are literally printing money none-stop. Why would they want to do something about making sure the product doesn't turn into *complete garbage* in the foreseeable future? Based on their earnings, people are eating it up! Only way meaningful changes would happen is if fans actually start boycotting those miserable games, but that ain't happening any time soon, so... 'better learn to live with it, 'cause it's going to get worst - _way worst_ - before it gets better...
Tom Brady talking about the rules and the nfl and how one sided it is to offense of players is like Donald trump coming out and talking about the tax codes and exposing Hilary like yea Ik this rules are dumb cuz i abuse them for years 😂
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I'm glad you get to do what you love as your career. Now if you could only learn how to say DaRon Bland's name correctly, especially 1) as a professed Cowboys fan, 2) as someone who reports on the NFL, and 3) when discussing the potential DPOY and someone who holds an NFL record for pick 6s in a single season.
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Another inconsistency was the Devito hit in the gmen game, got rocked while sliding and no flag or nothin.
In discussions with a former Pats receiver, he confirmed Brady's commitment to avoiding certain throws. In addition, my friend was trained by the Pats to stay low and go to the ground on crossing routes. Brady's job was to throw it low on those routes. I remember when Wes Welker left the Pats to play for the Broncos. Wes had 3 concussions that year!! Up to that point, Wes had only 3 concussions in his previous 9 years in the NFL. This is not meant to say anything bad about the Broncos or Manning. But simply to say that protecting your receivers by avoiding certain throws and/or throwing low balls, rather than high ones across the middle was a conscious decision of Brady's and the Pat's organization.
Yes brady and belichick, to create consistency, decided to prioritize safety over everything else. Winning is probably second. I am glad other people finally are seeing why brady throws certain throws, takes the sack or throwing it away instead of trying to force a play, etc. Having a 165 lbs person block multiple linemen (tank dell) isn't probably a smart thing to do to avoid injuries. Having throws that put a player in any vulnerable type of hit, isn't smart either.
Throwing them low allowed them to never get hit with a full on tackle otherwise that would be a penalty. Throwing them at man to man coverage where they are both going at the ball (that's why gronk was so important) means that the other player will not go to them full speed run lest they hit their teammate. It's pretty much grab the ball and then let the person wrap their arms around you. Avoiding an idiot coming in full speed from a blind spot. Then we have the lovely throws near the sidelines which force them not to go in at full speeds because if you go out of bounds and are hit, that's a penalty.
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@@Poopinatorism Rofl, you would think that if you only see the surface. Look deeper and you'll see the truth. It's not about talented players making big plays. If that was the case Falcons should have walked away with an SB win.
Throwing behind Welker, to keep him from getting wrecked, cost the Patriots a Superbowl. Manning sent Welker out to the wolves.
@@RatusMax YOU A MEAT RIDAAAAA
You forgot to say officiating as one of the problems of the NFL
That's why I think the NFL should hire full-time referees.
Nothing new lol
They need to do officiating classes in the off season and score a certain amount to be an official in NFL games
@@michaelf.bender3718how can refs be full time when each game is only once a week and like for 4 hours?
The officiating is a result of all the new rules added and changed every season, to protect the players. You don’t have to mention the officiating, becaaauuuussee……….(loop back to top 😉)
When my Pats faced the Giants last month, rookie wr/punt returner Demario Douglas literally got clotheslined when returning a punt that took him out for 2 weeks with a concussion. Not only was the Giants player never penalized, but the clothesline was PRAISED by the commentators Kenny Albert and Jonathan Vilma, and he never got fined because the NFL determined that he "did nothing wrong". Yet some other player got fined like $15k for celebrating the game-losing field goal miss by white Roberto Aguayo Chad Ryland. Whoever is enforcing all this crap needs to take off the clown wig and red nose ASAP.
Preach brother. The NFL is corrupt greedy and does NOT care about player safety.
As a die hard fan I have Sunday ticket and yeah when I saw that I was kinda speechless, they barely glazed over the irate sideline, and what’s really nuts, two weeks or a week before they play the dolphins, and I believe it was davante parker who got knocked out. The fact these little things happen and the nfl does not acknowledge them shows me what I was actually blind to as a patriots fan, if you know you know
The NFL has zero consistency in all areas. Just look at how they hand out suspensions. You can be suspended for 6 games for violating the leagues personal conduct policy even before a guilty verdict or no guilty verdict, but when there is video evidence with Kamara, he gets nothing or a slap on the wrist. Also, you can be suspended longer for violating the leagues drug policy or PED policy than if you were involved in domestic violence. It is absolutely ridiculous
Yeah even as a Giants fan that was some hit 💀
It actually had me wondering if I knew the rules as nonchalant as anybody in production was, then even had trouble finding clips on TH-cam, it’s like hold on here
4:40 Brady perfectly descibed the NFL's entire problem right here... "I just think the PRODOCT is less than what it’s been"
its product, not prodoct
What Tom Brady said has been happening in the NFL for as long as I can remember. QBs did not throw it in certain areas to protect their players and it said QB did throw in a certain area and the receiver catches it and gets hit sticked, the wide receiver usually goes off on the QB asking him why he threw the ball in that area because nine times out of 10 the receiver doesn't see the defender he's taking the quarterbacks word for it that it's a safe pass to catch. And this is another reason why when you watch a game and you see a receiver open and you're screaming for the QB to throw the ball throw the ball but the QB hesitates and scrambles out the pocket and throws a ball away and you keep screaming at the TV wondering why the QB didn't throw it to the wide open receiver, but what you didn't pay attention to was the safety right on top of the receiver closing in and the QB saw that and probably didn't want to throw the ball and get his receiver hurt. So covering the receiver isn't necessarily being on his hip, sometimes, it's the DBS job just to be in a certain area coming at the player at a certain angle is enough to get the QB to not throw the ball because the QB knows what the consequences are going to be
Good point guilty of wondering that
correction, average QBs didn't. eliteQBs protected their guys....except Peyton. he was known for hospital balls
If the nfl cared about player safety they would get rid of artificial turf. But they really don't care
real tho, I played football in high school and the turf burn hurt so f*cking much.
I think it is also important to mention that he was attacking the ball with his shoulder! That is EXACTLY what you are taught. Lead with your shoulder and attack the ball. It was routine. If anything Garnder threw a hospital ball that compromised his WR's safety. I think a flag is understandible. Throwing him out of the game is BIG questionable. Suspending him for the rest of the season is INSANE
Because ultimatley if this is how it will be you can just lay out for every ball and just be unable to be touched by rule
Exactly, and if Kazee does not lower his body, it was highly likely that we would have seen a helmet-to-knee hit, which would have led to the same concussion anyway plus a knee injury to Kazee.
As a Steelers fans I agree 100%
I hate the defenseless reciever rule tbh, half the time, the hits are while the guy is falling and the only other option is to let him go untouched
Which will get you cut/traded
@@sneakerbay1836No it won't! 8yrs old straight to Div1 NCAA football, Free Safety & CB, you don't hit a defenseless receiver foo! I did 2 times in my career! Not hard to run by foo!
the league goes thru and issues fines and holds calls after the fact regardless of whether dome of these hits were penalized in game.
@@sneakerbay1836 Which people who don't know anything about sports don't understand
@@jordandennis6794 it’s funny reading the “fans” comments sometimes, like yall can’t be serious right ?
This is probably one of your most important videos Mike. Good stuff.
It should be impossible in the NFL to score 63 or 70. To me, those scores are indicative of how hard it has become to play defense
Two times we nearly broke a 57 year old record. Potentially 3 if the Bills could hold onto the picks Dak threw.
This isn't including all the 40+ scores this year.
Defense really is getting to a tragic point of being...just there. Granted the 63 points was on Chargers offense, Raiders still had sub 400 yard. But point stands.
What's been weird to me is since they started playing "safety" football and bend over backwards to protect offensive players, they NEVER call a ball carrier for lowering their head and hitting someone while they run. If the defense can be called for lowering their head and leading with the crown, a ball carrier should also be called for that. The defense is tackling with possibly getting a penalty in mind, so they do tend to let up and not deliver the hit they want (should be) only to have the running lower their head and try to run over the defender.
What's good for one needs to be good for the other.
@@johnomalley7211he said offensive players are supposed to protect themselves lol
@@johnomalley7211 Defensive players do protect themselves. They have alarmingly less key injuries than offense despite having to contort their bodies.
@@LilyMaeBlossom ok so then what’s the issue?
@@johnomalley7211read the original comment
@@jamiesherrill1590 yeah he ain’t wrong
Let’s goo bro thanks for all the uploads have a great holiday season!
QBs sliding late is also a big issue that I don't hear people talking about; why do we blame defenders for these hits when QBs are sliding last sec
don't forget to mention those quarterbacks who run to the sideline and then try to turn up field for an extra couple of yards. This matter was brought up to the NFL, years ago because QB's like Aaron Rodgers were notorious for doing it and then getting upset if a defender hit them. The NFL ruling should state, if they are headed out of bounds and you don't want the defender to hit them, then turning up field should be a penalty, like grounding............... if your aim is player safety
Emmitt Smith's entire career @@bobmatthews6918
Part of the problem was that people like James Harrison who played "rhino ball" (hitting with the crown of his helmet on every occasion he could) and NEVER being suspended. When called out about the way he played, he said "I'm playing the way I was told". This put the onus directly on Mike Tomlin, and he was not the only one, remember the New Orleans Saints bounty scandal? On the other hand some of the hits that get flags are cases of asking a defense player to violate the laws of physics and momentum. I do not know the answer, but potentially the issue of CTE could bring the league down if they just pretend that it is not happening.
People attack the defender for making a play, instead of the QB for throwing a hospital ball.
This is crazy, I’ve had to turn off games because the calls have pissed me off. And it’s not even the refs, they are trying their best to follow an insane rule book
Make NFL HITS GREAT AGAIN
1. Eliminate defenseless receiver n below the waist qb hits
Eliminate those rules COMPLETELY
2. Soften rules on pass interference allow defenders some contact
3. Move the kickoff back TO THE 30 AND Eliminate touchback rules I think 20 for kickoffs n 20 for punts is fair
4. Reckless hits should be fined first offense n ejection from the game if especially egregious
Any subsequent hits over a 3 year period that are ejectable are 2 game additional suspension no pay
5. Fighting is a 2 game suspension automatically and 4 games for subsequent violations over 3 years
6. Upon the 3 year period expiring from their latest offense the player will be considered a first time offender again
The Kazee suspension is the biggest attack on a player in NFL history, out the rest of the year for a mildly brutal hit where much worse hits have gone without suspension is just outrageous, Kazee was targeted by the league there’s no reason he should’ve been suspended for that hit.
This crap is BS fire the commissioner now!
I’m glad his ass got suspended because of that asshole I lost fantasy playoffs by nine points. Pittman was on paste to give me 20 points that Game.
As a Colts fan, I am glad they called it a penalty because we needed it. That said, I don't even understand why he was ejected. That was a bang bang play, he did what he was supposed to do. This was an awful decision by the NFL.
I dislike both of these teams but you can’t lower your head the way that he did
@@WindmeelWhen you lower your body to brace for impact your head tends to follow what your body is doing. He didn’t lead with his head he led with his shoulder. His head was pointed in a different direction from the receiver.
The hardest position to play is DB I played for almost 20 years I love being DB but it’s damn near impossible to stop a WR without some kinda contact 💯
Where at the NFL? Jesus that's a long career.
I played Free Safety, CB, DB from 8 yrs old straight to Div 1 NCAA football. You have 5 yards to bump a receiver, I had speed but no hands so I was a DB, I played like glue without touching a receiver, touch the ball, your getting hit, instantly, but not on the way down! I'm Morse High vs Lincoln High Marcus Allen era, UCLA, we played hitting football era without penalties!
which league?
@@robertdouglas3174 8 to 22 is 16 years and that's it your telling the truth.
@@HandsomeGuy24 And?
I agree with you on holding QBs accountable. I also feel the get out of jail cards might make a higher score but a much less exciting and boring game. I feel the refs get a bad image because there constantly forced to make calls that are not clearly defined and change the definition of from week to week sometimes . It's a mess and I find my self watching less games on TV and just listening to a broadcast or highlights instead because of it.
I like how people are now realizing the highly paid, highly protected, most important player on the team has a responsibility to his teammates and not throw the ball in problematic situations like this
Wrong people are still asleep.
Brady’s been out of the NFL for 2 years 😅
I’m ready for the Christmas themed intro music. Love you Mike
As a lifelong broncos man so glad tj ward ain’t have to play in this bullsh** him and that 15 defense woulda been most penalized
I agree with Tom Brady about the passing in tight situations which may cause concussions. It just makes for concussion cases for the NFL. You lose a lot of good and great players to hits like this
In my opinion... The unfortunate outcome the NFL is not anticipating with all this, is the lack of inspiration future football generations will have regarding defensive positions/overall game performance. Nowadays the NFL is only about one thing... MONEY. In 5 years, the players, the fans, and the future generations, ETC. Their love for the game won't matter anymore!! In 5 years... all that will matter, is who is willing to play what position/role for what dollar figure... And who is willing to pay what price for what type of ticket/experience.
THERE IS NO MORE INTEGRITY LEFT IN THE NFL.
I thought Kazee deserved it initially, but I looked back on the replay and it really looks like he did every thing in his power to follow the rules while still doing his job. It feels really unfair to him
rest of the game, sure. rest of the season, hell no! this is coming from a colts fan and i don't think he was head hunting. it was just the speed and placement of the ball that did the damage.
If you watch the replay you can see him clearly lowering his helmet and dipping his shoulders to make contact with MPJs head, had he not done that there wouldn't have been much contact at all. Not to mention that he knew MPJ was going to be defenseless before he did anything, so shouldn't have went for the tackle in the first place.
I disagree, He could in went in arms first to grip him, the receiver was diving forward very vulnerable, and he choose to go in with head and shoulder, his head snapped back causing his entire body to fold mid air, he could have been paralyzed.
@@ronaldwilliams9635 he also could've put hands on him first to soften the blow while still hitting him hard enough to keep him from the catch.
@@hallowedjake - It looks a lot like Burfict's hit on Brown.
I think his hit was helmet to helmet which should be avoided for concussion reasons. I agree with Tom Brady about throwing over the middle. That's kind of been an unwritten rule for QB's since I began watching football 30+ years ago. That being said, football is a dangerous game and the people playing it know the chance for injury exists. Most of them have been playing since they were pre-teens. Defenders are losing their edge with all of these rules. There should be some fear involved! Players like Dawkins, Lott, Lewis, Seau, etc. made their living out of being feared.
In the old days WRs were bigger and could take the hits, their weights ranged from 185 lbs - 225 lbs. Nowadays we got WRs that weigh a mere 160 lbs. and run over the middle of the field with impunity. It's not football.
being in the weakess division,dee ford stepping in the neutral zone,tuck ruleBS,early whistle on a JAgs TD,spygating,inflating footballs,seahawks not giving the ball too LYNCH,Falcons not sitting on the ball at the 20 trying a fg,drop pass by the ravens in the end zone and missing a chip shot fg,pass interference at the 2 yd line vs rams SB NOT CALLED,pass interfence vs the packers vs TB not called turning into a td for TB,and the most obvious having the refs in your back pocket has HELPED your career TOMMY!!much more,but i think i got my point across!
The thing about Kareem Jackson, is he’s been playing a long time. And he’s only just now starting to get suspended and fined for some bad hits. He hasn’t been playing this way his whole NFL career, this is a new way of playing for him.
In discussions with a former Pats receiver, he confirmed Brady's commitment to avoiding certain throws. In addition, my friend was trained by the Pats to stay low and go to the ground on crossing routes. Brady's job was to throw it low on those routes. I remember when Wes Welker left the Pats to play for the Broncos. We had 3 concussions that year!! Up to that point, Wes had only 3 concussions in his previous 9 years in the NFL. This is not meant to say anything bad about the Broncos or Manning. But simply to say that protecting your receivers by avoiding certain throws and/or throwing low balls, rather than high ones across the middle was a conscious decision of Brady's and the Pat's organization.
When my Pats faced the Giants last month, rookie WR/punt returner Demario Douglas literally got clotheslined when returning a punt that took him out for 2 weeks with a concussion. Not only was the Giants player never penalized, but the clothesline was PRAISED by the commentators Kenny Albert and Jonathan Vilma, and he never got fined because the NFL determined that he "did nothing wrong". Yet some other player got fined like $15k for celebrating the game-losing field goal miss by white Roberto Aguayo Chad Ryland. Whoever is enforcing all this crap needs to take off the clown wig and red nose ASAP. What Tom Brady said has been happening in the NFL for as long as I can remember. QBs did not throw it in certain areas to protect their players and it said QB did throw in a certain area and the receiver catches it and gets hit stuck, the wide receiver usually goes off on the QB asking him why he threw the ball in that area because nine times out of 10 the receiver doesn't see the defender he's taking the quarterbacks word for it that it's a safe pass to catch. And this is another reason why when you watch a game and you see a receiver open and you're screaming for the QB to throw the ball but the QB hesitates and scrambles out the pocket and throws a ball away and you keep screaming at the TV wondering why the QB didn't throw it to the wide open receiver, but what you didn't pay attention to was the safety right on top of the receiver closing in and the QB saw that and probably didn't want to throw the ball and get his receiver hurt. So covering the receiver isn't necessarily being on his hip, sometimes, it's the DBS job just to be in a certain area coming at the player at a certain angle is enough to get the QB to not throw the ball because the QB knows what the consequences are going to be I think it is also important to mention that he was attacking the ball with his shoulder! That is EXACTLY what you are taught. Lead with your shoulder and attack the ball. It was routine. If anything Garnder threw a hospital ball that compromised his WR's safety. I think a flag is understandable. Throwing him out of the game is BIG questionable. Suspending him for the rest of the season is INSANE I agree with you on holding QBs accountable. I also feel the get-out-of-jail cards might make a higher score but a much less exciting and boring game. I feel the refs get a bad image because they're constantly forced to make calls that are not clearly defined and change the definition from week to week sometimes. It's a mess and I find myself watching fewer games on TV and just listening to a broadcast or highlights instead because of it. I like how people are now realizing the highly paid, highly protected, most important player on the team has a responsibility to his teammates and not throw the ball in problematic situations like this QBs sliding late is also a big issue that I don't hear people talking about; why do we blame defenders for these hits when QBs are sliding last sec Everything you said and the comment section has got me thinking a lot about this. These guys are men who care more about pride than their bodies. I’m for a QB taking responsibility and not putting a wr in a bad position to be killed but at the same time, the league is full of Diva receivers who want the ball thrown to them no matter what even if they know damn well the qb won’t place the ball perfectly to their hands or chest. I can already create a conversation in my head if Josh Allen told Diggs nah man if I threw that safety was going to take your head off and then Diggs just starts yelling and spitting IT doesn’t MATTER IM OPEN! Or Tyreek Hill opted not to go for the ball because it was in between a corner and linebacker and is as well as the media questioning his motives for playing football. Love your videos Mike, keep doing what you’re doing❤
Love your videos Mike, keep doing what you’re doing❤
As Jack Tatum said “I will apologize for what happened, but I will never apologize for the way I play.” And I agree with Tom because the qb needs to know who will pancake the wr and who won’t.
Think it was pointed out here 1st , that Brady was calling out qb play .
Everyone else called Brady a hypocrite since he benefited more then any one from ref calls .
There is a responsibility by qb for the hits too . The leader should not be leading into danger . You know the defense has a questionable hitter ,protect your guys.
100% agree. Minshew did his receiver dirty. Some times its drawn up and the WR or TE knows he's gonna get hit sticked as soon as he catches. But other times it shouldn't be up to the WR to make a "good business decision" about passes from the QB. If you can read a defense you can make a better throw than that or use your eyes to pull the safety elsewhere so that catch can be a safer for your receiver. That is QB play at its finest and only guys like Dak, Mahomes, Burrow, Allen, Rodgers, Purdy are really capable of doing that
Everything you said and the comment section has got me thinking a lot about this. These guys are men who care about more about pride than their bodies. I’m for a QB taking responsibility and not putting a wr in a bad position to be killed but at the same time the league is full of Diva receivers who want the ball thrown to them no matter what even if they know damn well the qb won’t place the ball perfectly to their hands or chest. I can already create a conversation in my head if Josh Allen told Diggs nah man if I threw that safety was going to take your head off and then diggs just starts yelling and spitting IT DON’T MATTER IM OPEN! Or tyreek hill opted not to go for the ball because it was in between a corner and linebacker and is as well as the media questioning his motives for playing football.
Wrong they care about money and their quality of life. Thats why they signed contracts to play sports entertainment. Wake up!
DB's suppose to disrupt the play, there is no way they can predict the skill players movement while going full speed, it's common sense. This will continue to be ongoing issue in today's NFL because of the incompetency from the league.
I agree with Tom 100%. Growing up playing quarterback, I was taught to stay away from throws that would’ve gotten my receivers crushed. Defenders have to worry about protecting their own bodies as it is, and now they have to worry about protecting the offensive players, too? Na, it shouldn’t be that way. Agreed, every player should be responsible for their own actions and hits, so should there be some sort of a middle ground here? Absolutely. We shouldn’t have major helmet to helmet collisions all the time. Maybe they look at a hit afterwards and determine whether the defensive player had time to make a different kind of hit, or hit a player in a different area of the body. Like a third option hit. So like you said, Mike, if the defensive player is left with only two options, he should be allowed to make the hit. However, if they determine that the defender had a third option hit, then penalize him. Idk, just a thought. It’s hard because plays and players are so fast at that level, but there has to be something better than this.
How about the Receivers not dive in the middle of the field…. Offensively players used to know that…. Alligator arms used to be a term for a reason…. Afraid of getting railed….
Brady isn't wrong - I think we all know the quality of play is down significantly this year. His explanation for why is as good as any.
He’s not wrong but he’s one of the softest players In nfl history
@@Yur194 Yet he played before they soften the NFL 😂
"kind of out of his control?" no, completely out of his control. Asking defensive players to change the laws of physics is a bit too far. You can't hold the defender responsible for the receiver diving.
That receiver left his feet, and that is when bad things are gonna happen
You very well deserve that 800k subs mike, i appreciate what you do. Keep it up ❤
MIKE THAT TURTLENECK IS SO GOOFY lmaooo
Idk if we played football different as kids /teens but I was taught to go for the ball first and if I couldn’t make the play on the ball, then you hit/tackle the WR , TE , or RB..try to jar the ball out..and some big a** hits too..when I played on offense and got laid out by a LB, I was like ooooohhhh shit this is fun/hurts too 💯💯 but now it’s turned into baby shit
It looked he was trying to go low as possible to avoid the head to head contact and in a split second couldn’t have expected the receiver to also dip his head, didn’t look like he was trying to headhunt for sure
I LOVE seeing people speak truth. Truth sets you free. Truthfully, it was a CLEAN HIT. he’s doing his JOB TO GET PAID. Like all NFL players do. QB was responsible for that hospital pass. It’s that simple. Brady is 100% correct.
Preach!
Refs make the call based on the betting line.
i hate the notion that higher scores means a better game…defense is a huge part of the game and the NFL shouldnt have to pander to people who dont know it… what they should do is educate the “normies” so they can enjoy the full spectrum of the game.
Yo Mike love the content your the main source for sports news and updates
They used to get paid big bucks to make the big hits and take the big hits.
Now they're getting paid big bucks to essentially play tag football.
It's funny how Brady is talking about softness, but his second half of his career was completely benefited by rule changes.
Look I get football is a violent game. Most of us played it growing up. But for the love of God can we stop treating them like they are kids. "Sacrifice their bodies", what does the military do? What does law enforcement do? They have to be just as in shape if not more and they will lose alot more if they are injured. How about we start polarizing and celebrating the people that matter. Because when you boil it down. These people get paid millions of dollars to play a game we play in our yards. Ask any vet what they get paid while deployed. Don't worry I'll answer for you, I got paid just over 60k for a combat tour. Our military, our first responders, you know the people who SHOULD be getting paid alot, get paid shit and are asked to do things that these people couldn't dream of doing. All while staying in peak physical condition. But just like the military you know what you signed up for. So stop turning this sport soft.
Brady is one of the main reasons why the NFL is so crummy today. Brady his whole career hid behind refs
That spear on Dobbs was definitely brutal, but I can see Brady's argument. The reason that even happened was because Kevin O'Connel was getting too cutesy on his playcalling. It's his responsibility to not allow that kind of thing to happen in his plays. I would even contribute Dobbs' fall from grace partly to that exact hit. It's like it shook him up and he stayed leashed inside the pocket, but missed tons of reads all game vs the Raiders.
Another thing is that KOC was a QB, and supposedly a guru who understands that position and could communicate that to him. Well, he did an awful job. Dobbs threw hospital passes to both receivers weeks apart (KJ Osborne and Justin Jefferson).
Point is, KOC is in a lukewarm seat off scholarship from last season. Those 11-0 one-score games were a razor thin margin and his playcalling as well as decision making skills are blatantly costing us games. If the rest of the season persists like this, next year is all hot seat.
I kind of call BS on Brady, who got Welker and Gronk hit plenty of times. He claims he was omniscient enough to know the outcome of every ball?
@@cjackmond That is definitely fair. Even with the current protections, there will still be hospital balls. Removing them now would only place more pressure on youth talents who already have no margin of error in a league that goes through them like socks. If you're a 1st round QB, you're starting NOW.
I think the best compromise is keep what we have but emphasize the personal responsibility of the QB and coaches.
Dobbs fall from grace is that he has a panic attack every time a team forces him to stay in the pocket and face a rush. His hospital balls are ones where he threw late and off-target. KOC's main issue is his loyalty to underwhelming and underperforming high-culture players like Mattison, Dobbs, and KJ Osborn. Chandler/Akers, Mullens, and Powell have been outperforming them when given the chance, and offer more upside than their known commodity counterparts.
@@baddadjoke2197 I said his was fall was "partly" to blame for that. Getting rocked is bad. Doesn't help when film on you shows that anytime you plugged the specific gap he had a tendency to run backwards. Getting sacked that far back made your star O Line look way worse than they are. Also seemed like he was leashed inside the pocket by KOC more than anything trying to force a dual threat QB to be a Pocket Passer in the Kirk style offense. It just didn't work.
And I only pointed out one thing of issue with KOC man. I can go on with this dude. You'll see me preaching it on channels like Mikerophone, that one Benchwarmer shorts dude, the Vikings Raider post-game speech video on their channel. Been saying that too. He admits Chandler is more explosive but starts Mattison because he's keen on keeping his word on him being their "guy". Yeah? Well, things change, and KOCs insistence is losing us games. Vs. Broncos, one of the worst run defenses in the league, Mattison finally has a decent game. The few times we saw Chandler, he diced them up. Then KOC runs Mattison into a brick wall 3 times in the classic Vikings "play-not-to-lose" loser instinct way and we lose the game. For any real contending team that would've been a cinch of a drive, but is apparently too high an ask for the supposed offensive guru KOC.
Dude, I know. Been seeing it, been saying it. His playcalling in the least is in question here. The telegraphing of plays (even the triple sneak and lose vs Cincinnati was telegraphed with Powel standing there with his hands up) is just God awful.
As for that Bengals game? Watch Browning score an undeserved payout like that Giants QB who knocked them out of the playoffs because the Vikings insist on making mediocre talent look like superstars. It was like KOC forced B Flo to switch to wide open gap Umbrella coverage with what, 1 Linebacker? Of course they got picked apart. God, he is the same shit different flavor. If he don't clean it up and grow into a more hard ass role and stop kissing the boo-boos on the hands of his receivers after they drop balls then he's hot seat ass out - but if he does, maybe this amazing team can go somewhere. Here's to losing a 7th NFC title boys.
Vikings legit could've been undefeated all season. Oh well, undefeated don't make a difference when you're one and done anyways. Curse of Ed Thorp baby.
The NFL does not get the fan base. If I wanted to watch a high speed high flying game for its entirety, I'm watching the NBA. When I watch football, I am there for the grit and grind and the intellectual matchups between coaches and quarterbacks. Real NFL fans want the real NFL back. You can keep the Taylor Swift fans that want 100 dash catches and acrobatics.
I just farted so hard my back cracked
Real
The NFL is so big worldwide; they could hire "the three blind mice" it doesn't matter how bad they are bc people will always watch it.
They aren't held to any quality standards bc they know the same fans complaining are the same fans coming back every
Been hearing ppl complain about Madden for 4 or 5 years now. Those same ppl go out the next year to buy it again.
He hit him with his shoulder and back didnt lead with helmet. Clean tackle!
Okay, but where did he hit the player? because that also matters. Hitting a defenseless player who is not capable of protecting themselves in the head or neck area makes it not a clean hit.
@@johndeckard7306maybe the QB shouldn't put his WR in that situation. MEDIOCRE QB PLAY
@@johndeckard7306The receiver laid out his body and dove head first. Where else do you expect him to hit him? The Colts QB and receiver put him in a no win situation. Had he pulled off and not hit the receiver, the receiver would have made the catch and dude would have been in the Pittsburgh headlines for giving up on the play. Now he’s suspended for the rest of the season for doing his job. I don’t see anyone blaming the receiver for diving head first in the middle of the defense.
You let him catch it and touch him down, He wasn't going any where on the ground. He got beat, he should take the L and play another down. The Receiver didn't dive "head first" either He was going for the ball.
The fact is he still hit a defenseless player in the neck which could paralyze him is the problem. @@driller7714
It's almost like there is a reason his QB is supposed to be a backup. @@Manderenn
Who remembers all those hospital balls Peyton Manning threw to Austin Collie?
Tom Brady really sat there and said the nfl is worse off for rules changed to benefit him🤣🤣🤣
I know, right?? The irony!
This was a really good video bro. Love your content man
Tell the zebras to pick up their laundry and get out of the way.
Let em play, let em play, let em play!
The 2 QBs you named both played a decade ago where QBs was not as protected as much and yet they still played . To say they would not of played as long as just a assumption not based on fact. . dirty hits are not allowed but hard hits is just part the game
Let’s not pretend the NFL actually cares about the health and safety of the athletes. Maybe they do but only to the extent of how it would impact their $$$. The fact of the matter is The athletes are compensated well, and deservedly so, to sacrifice their bodies. They are the essential material that constructed an amazing Product, the NFL.
That dmo hit on swift was a clean hit shoulder to the chest
Imagine the gawl of Brady saying the league is mediocre now… It’s because of him. Brady is the reason the these goofy rules exist now.
Love your video Mike and keep up the great work
Yes! I totally agree with Tom! The Colts and the play caller (OC) should be fined!
There’s a lot more going on the people think. The last 2 generations where different then Gen X, the next few generations have gotten injured way more then we used to. There was a stretch of concussions because the NFL changed the helmets, that’s different, I’m talking about the body. It’s just not the same. I has to be what they are putting in the food or can even be the shots the babies get. Something is just different. No disrespect to anyone, I’m just saying.
My biggest gripe is when a defender goes in for a tackle and the offensive player lowers their helmet and the two helmets collide causing a flag on defense for helmet to helmet contact
As a colts fan, when I saw that play, I thought 2 things
1. You can’t lead your receiver like that!
2: Pittman shouldn’t have layed out for a ball that you have 3defenders around you.
I think a good fix for this is if a player is diving for a ball, head non helmet to helmet hits will be protected.
Think about is this way, why should an offensive player have the rite to lead with his head without consequences.
I mean he led with his shoulder, what else should of Kazee do. If Pittman hadnt been leaping, that woulda been a clean hit to Pitman's midsection or legs. The NFL def is favoring Offenses more and more, and the officiating is getting so bad, games are becoming unwatchable anyway.
Branch literally leaded with the crown of his helmet lmao clean hit on swift good call lead with his shoulder
"the straw that broke the camels back" is crazy
"Well the alternative is to let them make the catch!"
Yes.
If you need to make an illegal hit to prevent a reception, you've already lost. Either you get a personal foul *and* potentially injure someone, or you run into them at something less than full speed and you don't give someone a concussion.
The NFL has basically said that hard hits are no longer acceptable defensive technique. The refs could be more consistent, sure. There could be penalties on the offense too. However, all Kazee had to do was not continue to run headfirst full speed into Pittman's head. Could he have pulled up fully? No. Did Kazee make the collision worse than it had to be? You bet.
You have no idea how to play football and i can tell by everything you just argued. Let the men discuss this topic
Kazee lowered his head. Improper technique.
@@natea2006The impact was with his shoulder.
@@Boozeblues You have no idea how to play NFL football either. If you did, you wouldn't be replying to TH-cam comments.
I shared the hell outta this video. Excellent takes-- it should almost be required viewing for modern NFL fans. Offenses get away with murder while defenders get more and more penalized. As a Steeler fan, I was so annoyed to hear that Kazee got a SEASON-LONG suspension for that hit. Honestly I'd like to see Brady take Goodell's job. He really could fix the NFL. Props to him for calling this out
Best example of this issue is steophon diggs playoff catch vs the saints. Williams played him soft to avoid a penalty.
These new rules by NFL is missing something very important. Flags for all players. You pull the flag, it's consider a tackle. Let's just pay them millions more to play with flags...
The more the product is diluted, the less palatable it becomes.
If this problem persist I am done with the NFL.
Hey Mike, huge fan of your content. Truthfully I hope this gets a shout out at some point. But on to business. I can't say I agree with the NFL's decision as of late. Few reasons.
1. Tom Brady is in my opinion correct. The NFL relies on the opposing team to protect the other while on defense. Which if you watch football as much as I do has resulted in so many big plays or extra yardage, first down situations. Scrambling QBs can tiptoe a sideline and you see defenses hesitate to hit them because they don't want the flag. Receivers go up for the ball and come down with it now because safeties had to stop their momentum (which I my thoughts would be considered timing and position to make a play while giving wiggle room to make an error but not give up a td)
2. The caliber of defensive play has been awful due to the rules and anyone could see that with some simple research. If you look up average points scored in the nfl in 2010 you're going to find that between both teams the average combined points was 45.5 and yet in 2023 its currently at 43.4. Which will show it wasn't the hard hit or lack of protection that creates exciting games but the caliber of players. Watching players like Lewis, Lott, Reed, Lynch, alstott were the reason games were exciting and those are just few names.
3. I also think the NFL and society puts too high a value on players and keeps them too long. No one should be playing after 12 years. That's so much wear and tear and dangerous. Look at boxing for instance. Studies show late term brain damage is due to getting knocked about for many years instead of something more simple like the ufc (short or nate diaz) where you take the hit and you're done. Idk if this will even reach you Mike. But I hope this does and maybe we can talk more. I'm open to your thoughts on this.
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Happy New Year, and any other holiday I missed on here.
You know I was thinking about how the niners get away with throwing down the middle and then I realized its cause other receivers actually block for each other for YAC.
When talking about protecting the QB, it should begin with paying the QBs less and paying others on the team more whose literal jobs are to protect the QB.
Funny, he brings this up now that he is retired. However, most of these offensive rules changed in the early 2000 while he winning superbowls. We seen players lose their careers just because they couldn't tackle without using their head or even because they couldn't horse collar. Ronnie lott retired almost a decade before he even played. Just because one of the best organizations in 2000s did things the right way other organizations didn't know what the hell they were doing and they still don't today. This isn't black and blue football anymore this is the passing league that's put Tom Brady in the hall of fame so he's a hypocrite. Steven A has been running with a narrative that players are soft since Draymond Green got suspensed because he does see fights in the NBA anymore. It's sad he wants a game that it obsolete.
He was saying all of this _while_ he was playing. Knock it off.
He had multiple of these penalties... one in every month. These come with fines AND A CONFERENCE CALL. The league literally explains why and holds essentially a Q&A session to try to help the player eliminate these issues. So at the 5th time in a single season this is what happens.
Football isn't "more exciting" because of scoring. It's because of the hits and difficulty to score. If you want scoring you can watch basketball.
The big hit also makes players drop future balls when they hear foot steps or when they anticipate the contact.
Sean Taylor had TO afraid like I never saw before as an example.
@@Clownlife432Haha I remember Ray Lewis daring TO to run through the middle before the game. The good old days.
no good answer to the problem. either play to just down the WR or play to seperate the ball from the player.
Just say “NO” to turtlenecks
If you don’t wanna get CTE play basketball or baseball heck even hockey u chose this live don’t complain
Can you do a video on worst and fakest roughing the passer calls
Michael Pittman Jr dove for the ball which makes him the exact definition of a "defenseless receiver". Kazee has been flagged for penalties like this multiple times this season and although he didn't lead with his head.. He still put his shoulder into Pittman's head/neck area and honestly I don't see the difference between the head and shoulder on a play like this. I miss seeing the big hits we all were accustom to growing up and watching the NFL but players that repeatedly hit other players in awkward/unsafe positions need to be penalized because at the end of the day the goal is to go home to your family at the end of the day.
Isn’t this why these guys get millions to play football they know the risks
To piggyback off what Tom Brady said, I never played past high school. However, we also practiced protecting yourself. Good coaches talk to those things. They still need to be taught. I do think you can play within the current rules and still be a more intense player and have less mediocre players. I do miss a big hit NFL though. Players are much better protected now though.
Let me be blunt: the product provided this season by the National Football League is, by far, *the worst I have seen in all of the years I've watched this game.* It's not even close, and I KNOW I'm not the only one who feel this way.
There's a whole lot of factors behind it (man, are coaches TRASH nowadays...), but, hands down, the main reason for it is the referring. It has to be the worst in all the North American professional sport leagues out there, and, IMO, it shouldn't even be a close contest.
Something has to change: either make umpires respect the rulebook at all time, update said rulebook to help them out or built an AI program to ref the games (yeah, it will piss the old refs off, but 'don't care, it would save football as we know it!)
But I guarantee you that nothing will happen for the simple reason that there's absolutely no incentive for the Shield to do anything about it - American football is still the most popular sport in NA, and the owners are literally printing money none-stop. Why would they want to do something about making sure the product doesn't turn into *complete garbage* in the foreseeable future? Based on their earnings, people are eating it up!
Only way meaningful changes would happen is if fans actually start boycotting those miserable games, but that ain't happening any time soon, so... 'better learn to live with it, 'cause it's going to get worst - _way worst_ - before it gets better...
I could have sworn Wes welker got lit up all the time Tom.
Tom Brady talking about the rules and the nfl and how one sided it is to offense of players is like Donald trump coming out and talking about the tax codes and exposing Hilary like yea Ik this rules are dumb cuz i abuse them for years 😂