NFL Helmut-to-Helmut Hit

[vortex]

The Eagles' Trent Cole lightly brushed the Colts' QB, Peyton Manning's Helmut and it was considered a blow to the head. As it erased a sack and a turnover in the fourth quarter it could have changed the outcome of the game! Not Helmut to Helmut but the same problem of the rules not being realistic about the nature of the game.

 

[CigarStone]

Until the NFL stops turning a blind eye to HGH and steroid use this will never stop. These guys get bigger, stronger, faster, and more agile every year.

But then violence and super human athletes puts money the NFL's pocket.

 

[vortex]

Until the NFL stops turning a blind eye to HGH and steroid use this will never stop. These guys get bigger, stronger, faster, and more agile every year.

But then violence and super human athletes puts money the NFL's pocket.

I agree that steriod use may be a factor. But the game has changed drastically since the early days. You've seen the black and white clips. Those guys were tough and savvy. But the emphasis was much more on the team than personal accomplishment. There was no grandstanding or celebration after completed plays. You got up and went back to the huddle. It was just a different attitude. They also knew how to tackle. Go in low and wrap up.

 

[LilBastage]

I'm done with the NFL. It's just not fun to watch anymore. After seeing the hit on Austin Collie on Sunday, I thought he was dead. I don't enjoy sitting down to watch a football game and have that type of stuff come to mind and it is happening more and more.

I know, I know, the chance has always been there. It just seems to me that the brutality of the game has intensified exponentially over the last few years. Football always appealed to me because there was a toughness (both physical and mental) required to play the game well. That toughness has been usurped by a savage viciousness and a tendency towards inhumanity.

I'm not sure half the players have the mental capacity to recognize the true danger to which they are exposing themselves anymore.

Maybe I'm just going soft, but it just doesn't appeal to me at all anymore. I guess I can still go to HS games to get my football fix...for now.

 

[PhatCat]

I'm done with the NFL. It's just not fun to watch anymore. After seeing the hit on Austin Collie on Sunday, I thought he was dead. I don't enjoy sitting down to watch a football game and have that type of stuff come to mind and it is happening more and more.

I know, I know, the chance has always been there. It just seems to me that the brutality of the game has intensified exponentially over the last few years. Football always appealed to me because there was a toughness (both physical and mental) required to play the game well. That toughness has been usurped by a savage viciousness and a tendency towards inhumanity.

I'm not sure half the players have the mental capacity to recognize the true danger to which they are exposing themselves anymore.

Maybe I'm just going soft, but it just doesn't appeal to me at all anymore. I guess I can still go to HS games to get my football fix...for now.

I'm with you, Alan. I enjoy college football much more than pro football these days. I'm sick of the showboating and "Hey look how tough and strong I am!" attitude that many NFL players exhibit.

That and Brett "I can't say and/or spell my last name right" Favre. Retire already. The magic is gone. Sorry but you missed the chance last season. Stars aren't aligned this year.

 

[CigarStone]

I'm done with the NFL. It's just not fun to watch anymore. After seeing the hit on Austin Collie on Sunday, I thought he was dead. I don't enjoy sitting down to watch a football game and have that type of stuff come to mind and it is happening more and more.

I know, I know, the chance has always been there. It just seems to me that the brutality of the game has intensified exponentially over the last few years. Football always appealed to me because there was a toughness (both physical and mental) required to play the game well. That toughness has been usurped by a savage viciousness and a tendency towards inhumanity.

I'm not sure half the players have the mental capacity to recognize the true danger to which they are exposing themselves anymore.

Maybe I'm just going soft, but it just doesn't appeal to me at all anymore. I guess I can still go to HS games to get my football fix...for now.

This is sad to think about Alan because I am also becoming disgusted and I absolutely love football!

I am sick of the pretentious lies about concern for players safety!

I am sick of the constant rules changes!

I am sick of watching penalties called for something that isn't even close to a foul!

And most of all, I am sick of "everybody" pretending like they can't figure out why football has all of a sudden become so brutal! It has become more and more brutal because you now have 270 pound athletes with the cat like skills and quickness of a 185 pound cornerback...........thanks to HGH and steriods!

 

[LilBastage]

This is sad to think about Alan because I am also becoming disgusted and I absolutely love football!

I am sick of the pretentious lies about concern for players safety!

I am sick of the constant rules changes!

I am sick of watching penalties called for something that isn't even close to a foul!

And most of all, I am sick of "everybody" pretending like they can't figure out why football has all of a sudden become so brutal! It has become more and more brutal because you now have 270 pound athletes with the cat like skills and quickness of a 185 pound cornerback...........thanks to HGH and steriods!

That is one factor for sure. I also think that the NFL is a reflection of a coarsening in society, but that's a whole other topic, really.

 

[vortex]

This is sad to think about Alan because I am also becoming disgusted and I absolutely love football!

I am sick of the pretentious lies about concern for players safety!

I am sick of the constant rules changes!

I am sick of watching penalties called for something that isn't even close to a foul!

And most of all, I am sick of "everybody" pretending like they can't figure out why football has all of a sudden become so brutal! It has become more and more brutal because you now have 270 pound athletes with the cat like skills and quickness of a 185 pound cornerback...........thanks to HGH and steriods!

That is one factor for sure. I also think that the NFL is a reflection of a coarsening in society, but that's a whole other topic, really.

Yes, but that whole topic, Alan, is part of why I still watch football. This "coarsening" is almost everywhere so I try to find the exceptions. There are players and coaches that still hold fast to the ideas that gave our society, and the game of football, a certain amount of redemption. I love the story of Michael Vick. Gets caught being horrible, goes to jail, and finds redemption within himself. Now he's playing better than ever and in a way I find appealing. No grandstanding. No finger pointing. Just gets up and goes back to the huddle - or to the hospital.

Our society is in deep doo doo. But, individually, we still have a bit of divinity in us.