Deacon Jones Is My Hero

[ghost1986]

Okay so I looked up the head slap rule because I thought it was the most ridiculous call of my life and found out it was created because Deacon Jones of the Rams used to do it to confuse linemen. Unless he broke someone's neck with the move, which I really doubt, this guy is my hero and so is Suggs. I've seen people do it all the time and thought of it as just part of a pass rush move because I've never seen it called. Then Suggs had it called against him when he got the only sack against Rivers and I laughed. I still laugh. Here are all these big guys hammering each other for a living and they ban a move that taps some of the biggest players in the game in the head? But I hope Suggs keeps doing what he's doing and doesn't let that get him down. And I also hope I can watch some professional football instead of this two-hand touch pee wee football. This is mostly a rant from frustration of losing, but I also hate watching a man's sport turned more and more into a kids' sport. It's like boxing. I used to love it, but now they just throw a few punches, hug each other. Throw a few punches, hug each other. It's getting to be too civilized for me.

[jus'_crAzy]

I mean, it's really not that much of a stretch to believe this rule exists, especially in today's NFL. Blows to the head are a no-no.

[PuRock]

[quote name='jus'_crAzy' timestamp='1324313913' post='913413']
I mean, it's really not that much of a stretch to believe this rule exists, especially in today's NFL. Blows to the head are a no-no.
[/quote]

Yea, playing football in the 60's is a lot different than now. You can hit somebody's head like that.

I don't think it was planned either. He was going for the swim move on the shoulder.

(right when I'm typing this, 105.7 said the exact same thing).

[Purple Punishment]

Dude for the broncos back in the 70s or 80s used to do it and it knocked people unconscious sometimes. Accidental happenings should be overlooked but it doesnt belong in football if its blatant

[George70]

I can recall Deacon Jones doing that, and it drove the offensive linemen from opposing teams crazy. It cuold have gotten dangerous, as has been eluded to earlier in this thread.

Deacon, we hardly knew that you would become an underground legend for doing that.

[FerrariFan87]

I loved Sizzle's head slap... one of the few highlights for Sizzle, albeit a negative one.

[H8R]

I see why it's a penalty.... i see wht people say it's lame.. That's today's NFL.

[RavensAllTheWay]

Funny how players and coaches slap each other in the helmet all the time in pregame to try and get into it, but during the game itself, it's a 15 yard penalty.

[BenDufusberger]

Technology could fix this , allowing head slaps and helmet-to-helmet hits , but only those calibrated not to cause severe injury. Both sides would get more of what they want.

Fit all helmets with the right load cells , accellerometers and the like , and wirelessly transmit the data to a program on the ref's I-Pad. The program flags a helmet-to-helmet violation , but only when the impact is above a certain threshold.

There are a million ways tech could automate and standardize some of the now-subjective decision-making by the refs , things like goal line sensors that detect when the football breaks the plane. Sensors that measure a players' physical state could be used to help coaches decide when to make a substitution.

Apparently , the battle about tech-upgrading the NFL has been going on for some time in the league front offices. Most people think it's only a matter of time before it happens. The question is , will it make the sport better , or worse ?

My guess is that the way people answer that question would be a strong function of their age. The young video-gamers would love the idea of a high-tech NFL , while the old-schoolers would continue to long for the days of Deacon Jones.

[757RavensFan]

[quote name='jus'_crAzy' timestamp='1324313913' post='913413']
I mean, it's really not that much of a stretch to believe this rule exists, especially in today's NFL. [b][u] Blows to the head are a no-no[/u][/b].
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But helmet to helmet contact involving a running back and a defender are ok? Why is that?
Not questioning you, but the rules as imposed by the NFL. I'm pretty sure it will be illegal
in the next 2 years for helmet to helmet contact involving the running backs.

[EdReedFTW]

"With no remorse, every time I tackled him, I tried to put him in the hospital" How can you not love the man who coined the term "sack"

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[Bltravens]

When they did it in slow motion it was just crazy the force that Suggs generated with that head slap. I mean he knocked a 260 pound TE on his butt, flat on it.

[jus'_crAzy]

[quote name='757RavensFan' timestamp='1324399553' post='916246']
But helmet to helmet contact involving a running back and a defender are ok? Why is that?
Not questioning you, but the rules as imposed by the NFL. I'm pretty sure it will be illegal
in the next 2 years for helmet to helmet contact involving the running backs.
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