I understand not wanting players to get hurt. But this is getting fucking out of hand. You can’t sack a quarterback from the ground anymore? You know what? Just put a red jersey on him and be done with it. And let’s also soak the red jersey in jellyfish venom, so any defender that touches the quarterback goes into toxic shock for doing so.

So fucking dumb. Yeah, you don’t want every player to be injured. But injuries are part of what make the storyline of a season interesting. I don’t remember the Super Bowl suffering from Tom Brady’s absence last season.

The other rule change that sucks is the elimination of wedge blocking on kickoffs. Not only will this reduce the number of long kickoff returns (and long kickoff returns fucking rule), but other outlets have already noted that it will also make recovering onside kicks more difficult. That’s retarded. I want recovering onside kicks to be MORE likely, not less. Shit, I’d like all punts to also be considered live balls after 10 yards. Why the fuck would you go out of your way to make the game less interesting? All to protect a few special teamers? Fuck that. Those guys play special teams specifically because WE DON’T NEED THEM. Meanwhile, the PAT still exists for no good reason.