Derek Carr wants the Dolphins' defender to "land" on him instead of tearing ACL

The increase in NFL penalties, which now include the ban on defenders landing on the quarterbacks with their total weight, has caused an uproar within the league. In the wake of a Miami Dolphins player who tore a ligament of the knee while he was trying to comply with the new rule, even the quarterback he was firing at the same time. time, Derek Carr, expresses it.

"I wish the guy would have just landed on me in addition to tearing his [anterior cruciate ligament]. Honestly, "said William Hayes Carr of Miami at the Las Vegas Journal-Review.

"I've been touched by my fair share, and guys are asking about you and things like that. That's what it is, "continued the Oakland Raiders quarterback. "On this game, for him to try to protect me, which I am grateful – thank you – but for him to tear his ACL, no one wants it. I do not want that.

Hayes is now out for the rest of the season, after clutching his clumsy right leg in Carr's third-quarter victory on Sunday. The veterans' defensive back was trying to avoid landing squarely on the quarter, which resulted in penalties this season, but his right knee sagged and he rolled onto the pitch before being helped off the court.

"Let's be honest, this rule is hard to judge," said Dolphins defensive tackle Akeem Spence. "Will do a game, trying to get the quarterback back, and then roll at the end, without trying to put all his weight and get a bag. He ended up being hurt, and it sucks, as he tries to protect the quarterback while trying to make a game. "

"They do not care about us being hurt. As long as the QB is safe, the 49ers back, Richard Sherman, said that Twitter.

While Hayes has suffered the worst result, the defender that many consider to be the most unfair this season is Clay Matthews, a Green Bay Packer. Until now, at every game, he has had an apparent sack, on a tackle that would have seemed innocuous over the past years, removed and turned into a 15-yard penalty.

"When you're so successful, it's a football match," Matthews said last week in a meeting with Washington Redskins quarterback Alex Smith. "Unfortunately, this league is going in a direction that many people do not like. They become soft. "

In the course of three weeks, 34 flags have been launched, compared to 16 in the same period last year and 20 in 2016. According to Mark Maske of The Washington Post, the NFL Competition Committee should consider changing the Bodyweight rule is applied when it meets next week.

The Dolphins, however, must now move forward with a player described by coach Adam Gase as the team's top replacement. "It hurts, he's one of our leaders," said Gase earlier this week from Hayes. "It will be hard to swallow."

"It's a tough call," said Raiders coach Jon Gruden on Wednesday (via the Journal-Review). "The defensive linemen are really struggling, I think. There was an appeal to us that the smuggler should not agree. You could say that the game cost us a match. I hate to see what happened every time a man is hurt.

"We need more clarity. I think we need more clarity, "continued Gruden. "I think it has been a common theme around a lot of rules, honestly."

For Carr, the controversy over the rule change reflects how the NFL is advancing a "fine line" of "trying to strike the right balance." as "security began to hit people on their knees and ankles".

"It's an imperfect game. We are also trying to understand it, "said the quarterback. "There are 22 guys, chaos at full speed for four seconds, and you're trying to set rules for that. It's difficult.

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