🚨Saints QB Tyler Shough turns 27 next week.
He’s older than:
• Trevor Lawrence — 6th NFL season
• Amon-Ra St. Brown — 6th
• Penei Sewell — 6th
• Kyle Pitts — 6th
• Brock Purdy — 5th
Shough is only in YEAR TWO 😭
Shough is on pace to take more contacts (hits, sacks, knockdowns) than any QB since at least 2006.
Cost is starting to show. They have to develop a run game.
The goal of rules should *always* be to eliminate as much gray area as possible. That’s what this one does and we should ask for more common sense rule interpretations, not less. If a ball is tipped in the air, offense and defense have equal rights to it.
Also, would have to ask @StickToTheModel to confirm, but, an early assumption one could make looking at the model is that the Saints being so far in the bottom left contributed to the Falcons/Buccaneers being in the top right quadrant.
Meaning these flags are directly influencing divisional play/leaders.
Obviously we'd need the data points to see if that theory holds any water.
In what world is this roughing the passer? Does not hit to the head or neck area, and makes the best attempt to not land on him with his full body weight.
Mahomes and the Chiefs draw the penalty...
I know there is a lot of talk about QBs sliding… I slid my whole career & never took a hit like you see now & that’s when hitting was allowed!
I don’t believe it’s the sliding that’s the problem, it’s the TIMING of the slide! QBs are pushing envelope bc they are more protected & they expect defenders to just assume they aren’t going to keep running… bad assumption!
Go down early or just be a running back - the in-between is the problem IMO!
Get rid of the QB slide. It's incredibly dangerous and expecting athletes on defense to somehow magically be able to break the laws of physics to cater to a QB's slide *in real time* is what is causing these types of hits.
I'm not saying QBs shouldn't be able to protect themselves or go down early, but the slide is an incredibly unsafe position to put yourself into physically. Then, trying to get every last yard out of a play? Sadly these types of things will continue to happen unless the rules are changed.
Also, before anyone says anything, yea I don't think it was sportsmanlike to "gloat" after the hit. That doesn't change what caused the problem in the first place.
I will die on the hill of putting this on the QB. QB can slide whenever he wants and keep himself out of danger. The closer the QB gets to a defender the more that defender is committing to make a hit. Defender doesn’t know if QB is tryna run him over, make him miss, or slide.
Cmon Chase. Be serious. I hate that Dante got injured. As a former player I never want to see any of these young men get hurt.
But Dante and other QBs need to give themselves up earlier. Stop trying to squeeze every yard out of the scramble. Defenders are doing their job. QBs need to do theirs if they want protections of the slide.
Incredible human, who has always showed love whenever we run into each other. When you speak to him it’s like you’re speaking to a superhero in New Orleans. On top of his incredible family and team first-class people that deserve all the support.
True story. Sean would challenge all of us. The question about being coached hard was rhetorical because he was gonna do that anyways. He was a lot tougher on me though because he knew things came easy to me and I got bored. Didn’t bother me at all because we’d go back and forth talkin shit. He always knew when it was time to lock in I was ready though 😂. Forever grateful for you brutha @SeanPayton