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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Incubes12" data-source="post: 319080" data-attributes="member: 1689">Of course you can hit him if he runs.  The problem comes when the QB is being treated special by the defense because they want to injure him.  If a QB slides, just touch him, no need to drop a shoulder or fall on him, or hit him.  If he's going out of bounds, no need to push him or tackle him, just make sure he goes out of bounds.  We all know the defense targets the QB and there's nothing anyone can do about that, but when it's really obvious, it falls on the refs.  For a QB like Tom Brady?  If he's even looked at funny, you see flags flying.  Rodgers?  You have to break his rib cage to even give the refs reason.  I'm not trying to use the refs as an excuse for any of our losses, I'm trying to blame them for future damage to our franchise QB.  Yes, Rodgers needs to learn to slide before he gets himself hurt, but the refs need to learn to treat him and every other QB in the league the same.</blockquote>

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