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Hey, thanks for this information Kirkendall. Finally ... the detail I have been looking for:

Note the emphasis (repitition) in the text concerning the responsibility of the QB and making his intent to slide early and obvious.

All NFL clubs were reminded today of two important aspects of the sliding quarterback rule:

1. When a runner begins to slide feet-first, a defensive player must pull up and avoid unnecessary contact. Rule 7, Section 4, Article 1 provides that the ball is dead and the down ended when any part of a sliding runner's body, other than his hands or feet, touches the ground. This rule was created in 1985 to provide additional protection for a sliding runner by ending the down prior to contact by a defensive player. Therefore, as our Officiating Department has conveyed to coaches, players, and officials at league meetings and clinics for many years, a sliding quarterback should be treated the same as a runner who has been downed. Though it is not necessary for a defensive player to touch the runner to end the down, this does not mean that all contact by a defender is illegal. If a defender has already committed himself, and the contact is unavoidable, it is not a foul unless the defender makes some other act, such as helmet-to-helmet contact or by driving his forearm into the runner.

2. Quarterbacks who desire to take advantage of the protection provided to a sliding runner are responsible for starting their slide before contact by a defensive player is imminent. After the current rule was passed in 1985, some quarterbacks began using a "late slide." Whereas the rule was intended to provide protection for a quarterback who elects to end a run in order to avoid potentially injurious contact, some quarterbacks sought to gain as many yards as possible before beginning a slide when defenders were already close at hand. In the 1989 Competition Committee Report, the committee addressed this problem and reminded the clubs that the sliding quarterback had the obligation "to make his intentions clear;" if he did not, and waited until the last moment to begin his slide, he put himself "in jeopardy of being tackled like a regular ball carrier."

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All NFL clubs were reminded today of two important aspects of the sliding quarterback rule:

2. Quarterbacks who desire to take advantage of the protection provided to a sliding runner are responsible for starting their slide before contact by a defensive player is imminent. After the current rule was passed in 1985, some quarterbacks began using a "late slide." Whereas the rule was intended to provide protection for a quarterback who elects to end a run in order to avoid potentially injurious contact, some quarterbacks sought to gain as many yards as possible before beginning a slide when defenders were already close at hand. In the 1989 Competition Committee Report, the committee addressed this problem and reminded the clubs that the sliding quarterback had the obligation "to make his intentions clear;" if he did not, and waited until the last moment to begin his slide, he put himself "in jeopardy of being tackled like a regular ball carrier."

And that, as we say, is that.

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The right decision was made be the only people who have an opinion that counts (and surprise, surprise... it's not CT STiller). We can move on now. QB's now know to slide a little earlier against the Bengals, because we're not soft anymore.

Your damn right buddy. I'm so glad that he wasn't fined, it makes the hit worth it all. That hit helped win the game in my eyes, you never know if Trent could've turned it on.

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The right decision was made be the only people who have an opinion that counts (and surprise, surprise... it's not CT STiller). We can move on now. QB's now know to slide a little earlier against the Bengals, because we're not soft anymore.

Your damn right buddy. I'm so glad that he wasn't fined, it makes the hit worth it all. That hit helped win the game in my eyes, you never know if Trent could've turned it on.

Don't confuse my statement with yours. I am not at all happy that Trent Green was hurt, and would have preferred he stayed healthy... even if it would have meant a loss. When it comes to the game of football, the only thing that's more important to me than a victory, is that good guys like Trent Green don't have incredibly serious injuries.

He's okay... so the point is a bit moot, but I'm not rejoicing in the injury, as much as the fact that punishment was not handed out arbitrarily because of an injury.

I think we were just flat out the better team, and that is why we won. If the injury contributed to the win... so be it, but I in no way think that the absence of a fine "makes it all worth it," and I think Geathers would agree with that.

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your absolutely right, don't get me wrong either. I'm going by what I know now and that is that Trent isn't hurt terribly. I would never bloat about that. Whenever you put a QB out of the game it's a huge loss. Us as Bengal fans have learned that in first person, unlike most of the Steelers fans who think Palmer going out of the playoff game had nothing to do with the winning the game.

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