Sean McDermott: I told team we wouldn't get calls, but you have to play above it
Sean McDermott: I told team we wouldn't get calls, but you have to play above it
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Sean McDermott: I told team we wouldn't get calls, but you have to play above it
After the Texans lost to the Chiefs in the divisional round of the playoffs, their head coach DeMeco Ryans and players from the team made comments about having to play against both the Chiefs and the officials.
While I'm not exactly rooting for it, I do think if someone actually roughed mahomes it would probably stop some of the flags. There's no incentive to hold back if it's a flag either way.
I'll root for it, especially with his tendency to slow down when running out of bounds in order to try to draw a flag. I bet if he got absolutely trucked enough times he'd cut that shit out.
You're trying to win games, though, and purposely giving up 15 yards is not conducive to that.
What they really ought to do is reassess how QBs are protected. Make it clear that they lose special protections if they slide late, or slow down to create contact. And give the defender some leeway. I have seen fouls called when the defender was clearly aiming away from the head and the runner put his head in the way. Only from QBs though, looking to slide late to draw the foul.
AFAIK, the rulebook doesn't make a distinction between a QB or any other player once they are a runner, but we all know that hits to QBs are more likely to draw flags, because nobody wants to see the backup QB in a big game.
Run an exotic blitz to get your 350 lb nose tackle free and have him drive Mahomeboy into the turf, with or without the football!
He also ran the fuck over Damar Hamlin for a TD so I wouldn't say he's exactly scared of taking a hit if it's the difference between winning and losing. Especially in the playoffs.