brbrbrThis an namely borderline by best — some want say that Chancellor buffet Browns quarterback Colt McCoy in the behind with his helmet; I will simply submit that there are plays among which there is incidental helmet contact based aboard the truth that the player leads with his elbow and there's simply not way for players to loosen their heads from their shoulders by this point in due time Maybe Roger Goodell's working aboard that.brbrChancellor does navigate with his helmet" as Jim Mora says on the telecast,but that's for his brain is on altitude of his left shoulder which is what he uses to buffet McCoy. The helmet brushed McCoy's right arm — the very definition of incidental contact. Again, what namely Chancellor alternatively any additional defender) supposed to do? Somehow detach his brain from his shoulders?brbrAlso, kudos to Carey as getting the player's digit bad and inadvertently calling the discipline on cornerback Walter Thurmond. We assume he's quicker with the flags than with the flip charts.brbrAnd finally, the call that a lot of folk are barking almost Monday — the roughing the passer call aboard Green Bay Packers outdoor linebacker Clay Matthews that came with 8:23 left amid the fourth quarter of the Packers' eventual 33-27 victory over the Minnesota Vikings.brbrbrbrbrbrOy vay,Dallas Cowboys jerseys. In the interest of brevity, I'll impartial quote Troy Aikman from the proclaim booth: "I don't know virtually that — I think that's a bad call." Well, to heck with brevity — let's take a closer see along this an First of all, the activity broke down entirely The intended receiver (Greg Camarillo) namely creating his own option routes on the fly, and quarterback Christian Ponder has gone outdoor the pocket and outside the hashmarks.brbrIn this case, the 2011 rule modification makes it clear: Ponder is not a defenseless player if he has apparently opportunity a runner,alternatively namely seasoned of avoiding alternatively warding off the impending contact of an opponent. Now, the existing, pre-2011 rules too mention that any quarterback amid the process of making a throw is defenseless, which seems to be countermanded according the modified conviction.brbrIn this case, it doesn't actually matter -- there namely not explicit indication that Ponder's going to throw the ball at all times Matthews launches himself (legally) by Ponder; this could have equitable as easily been a tackle, which namely why the union doesn't generally call as many roughing penalties aboard mobile quarterbacks prefer Roethlisberger and Michael Vick. The NFL can't have it either ways whether it wants to call these things cleanly and consistently — you either call roughing aboard running quarterbacks the same,alternatively you do not.brbrWhat we hear a lot within barricade of the officials namely that they don't know what to call because the rules are so Byzantine. Well,if the rules are likewise laborious migrate abreast for people who can interpret them correctly. Before the 2011 season started, the NFL sent alter officiating crews out to all the troop facilities to do seminars on the rules changes as the middle I attended the one along the Seahawks' facility, and I must say the characteristic rules changes regarding quarterback contact were beautiful straightforward.br