So looking at the Clay Matthews flags and the many others that have been called, including ourselves, I'm just wondering how fellow football fans feel?

I get the head shots calls, the NFL has to look like it's trying to address concussions but I'm not sure where the league is going with roughing the passer. The whole body weight issue is in response to Rodgers injury last year and it just feels like the league have decided we want the star QB's protected and it's up to the players to change. I saw Strahan saying that you are taught to tackle like that, it's hard for a player who's played for 20 years to suddenly change how they play.

I also don't quite understand how their seems to be no emphasis on the O players to change the way they play. If you take the Gabbert hit from Sunday, he's scrambling around the pocket, his body is up and down and I don't see how the D player has to take all that into account before attempting the tackle. Surely the O players need to understand when a play is going nowhere and give it up rather than scrambling and risking a hit.

I know the league is doing all they can to take the physicality out of football (who asked?) but I fear well get to practice level protection for QB's (just don't touch them) and every game will finish 49-42 as the D's give up endless big plays for fear of tackling.

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