Make It Official

By: Bill Stevenson

I know that the NFL is trying to protect the Quarterbacks, but in the first Monday Night Football game their officiating was once again, an abomination.

There were two roughing the passer calls against the Patriots that were game changing calls. They also happened be two of the cleanest tackles on a Quarterback I've seen. If players can't be allowed to tackle the Quarterback the way the Patriots did on Sunday I don't know what else they can do.

The only other option I can think of is giving each Quarterback a set of FLAGS! Ya! There's an idea right up the NFL's alley. You want to protect the Quarterback? You want to call roughing the passer every time they hit the dirt? Just make it OFFICIAL and give them flags! At least then we can't get pissed off when you call roughing the passer every time a Quarterback get's tackled.