One of the elite defensive players in the league has a clear opinion on the NFL officiating doubling down to ultra-protect quarterbacks.
Enough is enough.
“I don’t think they can continue to call the things the way they’re calling them. I think it’s kind of becoming really, really hard for the defensive players to figure out a way to hit the quarterback,” Seahawks All-Pro linebacker Bobby Wagner said Wednesday of strict enforcement of Rule 12, section 2, article 9 of the NFL’s rule book.
The league’s game officials told players and coaches during their annual training-camp tours in July and August they were going to penalize a player 15 yards for roughing the passer if he applies all or most of his body weight onto a quarterback and drives him to the ground.