they completely changed an entire rule on hitting qb's to stop it... y'all act like the NFL just figured it out all the sudden. they had NO answers all last season.. from week 1 to the super bowl.. all the tape they had... nothing
off season comes.. they sending def. co. to colleges to get gameplans... think about that for a minute.. that's how scared they was of it..
then come 2 weeks before the season starts.. the NFL releases a new rule and a video on how you can just murder the qb and rb if you'd like... unless they are a pocket passer of course
those are the facts.. you can make up any reason WHY they did what they did... but they damn sure didn't kill the read option with good defense and smart coaches... goddell did that so hopefully they wouldn't have to go through that
and even still.. the read option still averages more yards per carry on rushes then conventional rushing