Some NFL pass-rushers think they have been reduced to putting their “full body weight” into crossing their fingers and hoping their sacks are judged to be clean.
The Falcons’ Grady Jarrett and the Chiefs’ Chris Jones were called last week for roughing the passer penalties that set the league ablaze on Twitter because both plays looked like standard sacks. Jones even ripped the ball out of Raiders quarterback Derek Carr’s hand before they fell together.
So, now what? Post Sports+ asked a few Jets and Giants as well as FOX Sports’ NFL and college football rules analyst Dean Blandino.
“As crazy as it is to say,” Jets defensive tackle Sheldon Rankins said, “sometimes you just have to play football and hope you don’t see yellow [flags]. Some of the flags they are throwing, everything falls within the rules of what they are asking you to do to protect the quarterback, but they still don’t view it that way.”
