49ers cornerback Richard Sherman has an idea to solve the controversy surrounding the slew of penalties for roughing the passer.
“My suggestion was to put flags on the quarterbacks,” Sherman said Thursday. “If you don’t want them touched, don’t want them knocked down, these D-ends and D-tackles and linebackers have long arms so they’ll be able to snatch these flags off without touching these guys half the time, so whenever they’re ready to move to that, I’m sure defenses will appreciate it.”
The league is emphasizing keeping quarterbacks healthy this season, which has become the hot-button issue during the first month of the 2018 campaign.