NFL Had Better Be Thankful

This being the week that we all should be thankful for what we have and not worry about what we wish we had.  I see the NFL thinking that we are the Kingpin of Sports  we have nothing to worry about.  Of all the people the NFL from the owners to players to ball boys and even the media who covers it they should all get down on their knees and thank the good Lord that they have a business that the USA citizens love.

Our lives we all have rules that we must follow and even the NFL has their share  that just have to be for the safety of all concerned.  Then there are others that if the NFL doesn't change the way they operate only the gamblers will care.  Let's be honest here between betting in Vegas and Fantasy football the game would not be so loved.

They must do something about the pass receivers and the defenders playing bump and push all the way down the field.  They have to go back to receivers have a right to their space and you can't touch them down field.  I'll give you the five yard rule but that's it.  When the flag goes flying and you don't know what they are going to call then there is something wrong.

The receiver having to catch the ball all the way to the ground.  What happened to the ground can't cause a fumble?  Yesterday in the Cincy-Baltimore game a Bengal receiver catch the ball for a touchdown ran two steps had control of the ball until he was knocked out of bounds and the ball came free when he hit the ground.  If that rule applies why then doesn't it apply to a runner who fumbles when he is tackled and loses the ball when he hits the ground?

Last week in the Charger game,  the Chargers had a touchdown taken away when the defender was out of bounds tried to pull the ball away from the receiver who caught the ball in bounds and never went out of bounds.  By rule it was incomplete.  Are you kidding me?

I am all for the helmet to helmet hits they have to go.  But what happens when the runner lowers his head and he is the one starting the contact?

If the NFL wants to stay as the #1 sport on TV in the world except during World Cup they had better make the game so when a play happens it is easy for everybody to see what went on.  The way it is now until until the review who knows what they are going to call?