AubHawk71
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JK, JK, I don't hold myself in that high of a regard. However, this is a brain dump that I hope will inspire some great ideas. I will steal Peter King's "10 things I think I think" template and proceed. I don't claim to have the answers. Please contribute.
1. Really liking the turnaround on the "What is a catch?" this season, erring on the side of it more often being a catch than not. Subjectively it has made for much more fun games regardless of who I'm rooting for, and keeps the momentum moving. Kudos NFL!
2. Also like the toning down of upstairs/New York officiating reviews. I don't watch football for a legal appeals aspect to the higher court. Keeps the game moving, and overturning calls on the field was getting so tedious. Double kudos NFL!
3. Roughing the passer. Gotta keep the superstars safe and also the concussion issue is big right now. Part PR on the NFL's side, but hopefully it will even out over time. Making Clay Matthews the sacrificial goat early on was a bit heavy handed. Which makes me feel manipulated. Which brings me to:
4. We are talking too much about the officiating. Whether it's a reality TV/pro wrestling move to get people emotionally involved, or grandstanding on the officials' part (Let's face it, nobody goes on nat'l TV to play the part of supreme hall monitor out of pure duty to honesty and integrity), cut back on the drama. I know it's there because:
5. Runaway games lose eyeballs, which lose advertising revenue because live sports are the last bastion of traditional TV dollars. Don't patronize us NFL.
6. Complaining about bad calls ESPECIALLY at key moments is not whining. The Hawks basically got shutdown in OT for reasons one can only speculate. I wasn't that happy with the Wagner channeling Chancellor jump/kick block last week. Make up call? Which begs the question:
7. Why are 49er fans coming to the Hawks.net to troll threads about questioning the quality of the officials? Please tell me people here do not go and do that after a win on enemy boards. That just tells me you know you stole the game and feel guilty about it
8. Bring on the NFL refs as full time, fully accountable...employees? of the NFL. I like the idea of the post-game Q&A. At least give it a try. See above: Grandstanding -- with no consequences. 'I can't believe the ref is allowing this!' WWF.
8. Holding. Not sure league issue mittens are the answer (as suggested in another thread), but for starters ANYTHING not evenly remotely related to the play on field (ball 30 yards away) gots to go. And drop the penalty to 5 yards for starters.
9. Pass interference feels too much like a fabricated gun it and hope for the call to make it exciting call. 10 yards, maybe 15 tops. Spot of the foul or half the distance is overkill and way out of proportion to the crime. The NCAA gets it.
10. Last but not least. Get rid of kickoffs all together. Just put the dang ball on the 20 or 25 and be done with it. SO MANY FLAGS. Changing the kickoff team formation was a stop gap at best, couple that with nearly automatic holding or block in the back calls, and it's become pointless. We get it, concussions. just change it.
1. Really liking the turnaround on the "What is a catch?" this season, erring on the side of it more often being a catch than not. Subjectively it has made for much more fun games regardless of who I'm rooting for, and keeps the momentum moving. Kudos NFL!
2. Also like the toning down of upstairs/New York officiating reviews. I don't watch football for a legal appeals aspect to the higher court. Keeps the game moving, and overturning calls on the field was getting so tedious. Double kudos NFL!
3. Roughing the passer. Gotta keep the superstars safe and also the concussion issue is big right now. Part PR on the NFL's side, but hopefully it will even out over time. Making Clay Matthews the sacrificial goat early on was a bit heavy handed. Which makes me feel manipulated. Which brings me to:
4. We are talking too much about the officiating. Whether it's a reality TV/pro wrestling move to get people emotionally involved, or grandstanding on the officials' part (Let's face it, nobody goes on nat'l TV to play the part of supreme hall monitor out of pure duty to honesty and integrity), cut back on the drama. I know it's there because:
5. Runaway games lose eyeballs, which lose advertising revenue because live sports are the last bastion of traditional TV dollars. Don't patronize us NFL.
6. Complaining about bad calls ESPECIALLY at key moments is not whining. The Hawks basically got shutdown in OT for reasons one can only speculate. I wasn't that happy with the Wagner channeling Chancellor jump/kick block last week. Make up call? Which begs the question:
7. Why are 49er fans coming to the Hawks.net to troll threads about questioning the quality of the officials? Please tell me people here do not go and do that after a win on enemy boards. That just tells me you know you stole the game and feel guilty about it
8. Bring on the NFL refs as full time, fully accountable...employees? of the NFL. I like the idea of the post-game Q&A. At least give it a try. See above: Grandstanding -- with no consequences. 'I can't believe the ref is allowing this!' WWF.
8. Holding. Not sure league issue mittens are the answer (as suggested in another thread), but for starters ANYTHING not evenly remotely related to the play on field (ball 30 yards away) gots to go. And drop the penalty to 5 yards for starters.
9. Pass interference feels too much like a fabricated gun it and hope for the call to make it exciting call. 10 yards, maybe 15 tops. Spot of the foul or half the distance is overkill and way out of proportion to the crime. The NCAA gets it.
10. Last but not least. Get rid of kickoffs all together. Just put the dang ball on the 20 or 25 and be done with it. SO MANY FLAGS. Changing the kickoff team formation was a stop gap at best, couple that with nearly automatic holding or block in the back calls, and it's become pointless. We get it, concussions. just change it.
