Cam Newton Relevance: Egregious Hits To Head = Automatic Ejection

[Darth Biscuit]

I mean this is nice and all, but they already had rules on the books about this and they flat out ignored the rules when it was Cam getting hit, so why should we expect anything different?

[pantherj]

We're probably top 3 in most disrespected teams in the NFL as far as refs are concerned. Hopefully this will help Cam a little. They flat out allowed open season for headhunting in 2016.

[CRA]

4 minutes ago, pantherj said:

We're probably top 3 in most disrespected teams in the NFL as far as refs are concerned. Hopefully this will help Cam a little. They flat out allowed open season for headhunting in 2016.

That rule if it was applied last year would have done nothing for Cam.  Refs didn't view those as flag worthy....so they wouldn't be ejection worthy 

[Proudiddy]

Said it when they were discussing it...  i dont care - it's not going to change things for us or Cam.  But, i fully expect one of our guys to get tossed for an incidental hit to the head before any of our opponents' get it.

[Ivan The Awesome]

So which teams will benefit this the most?  

 

The Pats or the Saints? 

[SOJA]

Remember when Cam got a penalty vs. the Redskins after voluntarily sliding and, not only getting hit, but getting hit in the HEAD ....good times good times. 

[SOJA]

I just want to reiterate how asinine the sentence above I just typed is, it still dumbfounds me.

[tiger7_88]

1 hour ago, Saca312 said:

Cam Newton has been beaten, and battered throughout most of the 2016 season. Without a healthy o-line, Cam Newton appeared to have gotten hit the most last year throughout his whole career. The first Bronco game comes to mind when this subject comes up. The NFL, and the refs, appeared to not give any fugs about Cam whatsoever.

Now, egregious hitting to the head is an automatic ejection from the game.

Although refs are likely to ignore such in the case of Cam, it still is a small step. 

Thoughts?

I guess you forgot all about The Running Posture Gambit.

[Saca312]

9 minutes ago, tiger7_88 said:

I guess you forgot all about The Running Posture Gambit.

Ah. Forgot Cam Newton is an exception to the sliding rule protection.

[pantherclaw]

A rule change?

Will the refs even acknowledge the rule, just cause it's been changed? 

I'm with the majority here. I'm very bitter on how the refs, and the NFL as a whole, handled the head hunting last season. 

They won't start calling it just cause the rule has changed. The refs got to give a damn.

As far as I can tell, they don't.

[Wyank]

Unfortunately Cam Newton is too young for this rule.

[truthjuice]

I have 0 faith that this will benefit Cam. He said not old enough, he's too big, his posture, he dances, and he smiles. I'm sure I'm forgetting something. 

[PhillyB]

it's well-documented that the refs have made some flagrant no-calls on cam, but you guys are crazy if you think cam's targeting didn't drive this rule change. the owners know he's an asset to the league and they'd all be worse off if he went down. 

this will absolutely affect cam. this is a victory.

[Saca312]

Basically, the new rule means next time Cam Newton gets hit in the head, he'll be ejected for harming a defenseless defender.