The roughing-the-passer rule is terrible, no doubt. The intention for creating the rule is valid, I.e., to protect the most important position in football.....the QB. However, the thing that irks most fans is the INCONSISTENCY in the way it is enforced. A slight brush of Tom Brady’s helmet will result in a penalty, whereas a sledgehammer blow to a backup QB will not. I’m sure that the intention of the rule makers was to eliminate the egregious slamming down of a QB with the full weight of a 300-plus pound defensive lineman that resulted in QB injuries in the past. The tremendous subjectiveness of the rule has resulted in too much controversy.

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