Hit the QB low or not???

[BengalBillyBob]

Should you hit low or not? Thoughts welcomed.

[Stripes]

A rule's a rule. I don't think there's any situation in which potentially injuring a QB when it can be avoided is ever acceptable.

[turningpoint]

hit the motherf**ker and make em work for the TD.

[KimoTherapy]

Hit the QB low?

That's absurd!

[Stripes]

Hit the QB low?

That's absurd!

Only a matter of time until a Steeler fan caught wind of this thread.

I sure hope, for the sake of the credibility of the Bengals fanbase, that this poll ends in favor of not hitting the QB.

[PMThor]

This seems to be a moot question anyway, since the rules committee seems to be suggesting that hitting the QB low in almost any form will be flagged 15 yards...

[BengalBillyBob]

"I sure hope, for the sake of the credibility of the Bengals fanbase, that this poll ends in favor of not hitting the QB"

Why??? Are you saying that you would honestly rather lose a game than take a penalty??? We are not talking about intentionally diving at a guys knees when you can hit him in the chest. We are talking about being on the ground and having a shot at making a play. Technically this is now a penalty, but don't you think most players are going to try and make that tackle and take the penalty instead of losing the game?

If you are that gun shy about hitting somebody maybe you should follow soccer or baseball. Football is about hitting and contact. Players will get hurt in the course of games, making parts of the game penalties wont stop the contact or the injuries, that is the point.

Chop blocks are much more dirty than tackeling a QB below his knees. When you intentionally dive at somebodys legs, spike a guy on his head, gouge somebodys eye at the bottom of the pile, then that is dirty. Tackeling a QB low when you are blocked into the ground is football and these new rules are for pu$$ies IMO....

[Stripes]

"I sure hope, for the sake of the credibility of the Bengals fanbase, that this poll ends in favor of not hitting the QB"

Why??? Are you saying that you would honestly rather lose a game than take a penalty??? We are not talking about intentionally diving at a guys knees when you can hit him in the chest. We are talking about being on the ground and having a shot at making a play. Technically this is now a penalty, but don't you think most players are going to try and make that tackle and take the penalty instead of losing the game?

If you are that gun shy about hitting somebody maybe you should follow soccer or baseball. Football is about hitting and contact. Players will get hurt in the course of games, making parts of the game penalties wont stop the contact or the injuries, that is the point.

Chop blocks are much more dirty than tackeling a QB below his knees. When you intentionally dive at somebodys legs, spike a guy on his head, gouge somebodys eye at the bottom of the pile, then that is dirty. Tackeling a QB low when you are blocked into the ground is football and these new rules are for pu$$ies IMO....

Then I guess I'm a p***y. I personally think hitting a QB low on purpose would be completely unnacceptable, and I don't care how that compares to a chop block. Those suck too. Is saving an injury worth losing a game? Of course it is.

[BengalBillyBob]

"Is saving an injury worth losing a game? Of course it is"

I know of a nice girls softball league you might be interested in. The NFL is obviously too violent for you.

[Stripes]

After a quick browse through your post history, I'm tempted to call you an imposter. I'll refrain, just because of your nice little avatar.

I apologize for having class. Carry on with your little poll, kiddo (though you obviously aren't very fond of opinion differing from your own, making me question why you'd even put this thread up). I'm not about to get into some juvenile argument with someone that compares distaste for intentional injury to girl's softball (which can be good television when it's airing on ESPN 2).

[BigBenBlows]

I agree with TDB. I don't think you should take cheap shots and dirty hits on defensless players. Why play at the level of Denver, Oakland, or s**tsburgh. I remember the sick feeling in my stomach when Palmer went down. No fan should have to go through that.

[redsbengalsbucks]

From what I have read about the new rule, even Kimo's hit on Carson would still not draw a penalty. So go ahead and make the hit but dont grab and twist the QB's leg and try to hurt him while doing it, this would be stooping to the Squeelers level.

[Spain]

like it or not the Steelers used it to win a superbowl. The real ? is will inferior teams like the steelers that cant beat your QB start going at legs in the playoffs now. Cowher a real bastard. The NFl wants this ubnder the rug. Bad publicity when your super farce winner got there dirty.

[ArmyBengal]

I agree with TDB as well... No reason whatsoever to go after a QB who's just standing there after releasing the ball (see Carson). Now, IF the QB still has the ball and is trying to evade the defensive player, you get to him and stop the play. That does NOT translate into going after his knee, it translates into make the play like you would on any other player you would be pursuing...

WHODEY !!!