With ?Brady Rule,? roughing-the-passer calls on rise, even some QBs say NFL is too protective

Even some QBs say NFL protects them too much Brett Favre certainly appreciates the NFL’s concern for his safety. Still, even he thinks the league and its officials sometimes go too far to protect quarterbacks. “It’s something that has maybe been overemphasized a bit, because there are some (calls) that are very questionable,” the 40-year-old Minnesota Vikings [...]

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