Please NFL, No New Rules

In case you missed the game or the highlights of yesterday's predictable 48-24 loss to the Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford suffered a game ending injury after being sacked by Bears defensive end Adewale Ogunleye.

Stafford, who isn't really known for being mobile, proved last week against the Washington Redskins that when the pocket is collapsing around him he knows how to get out of Dodge.

This was the case in the second half when the Bears defense decided to show up. 

They were after Stafford, and as he tried to escape, Ogunleye was able to grasp the back neck line of Stafford's jersey and bring him down for an 11-yard sack.

During the take down, however, Stafford's knee twisted in an unnatural and horrific way. He left the game and would not return. As of writing this, the severity of the injury has not been released, but I'm sure there will be something on the wire by Monday afternoon.

My fear here is that the league will look and see another high paid quarterback going down to injury and institute yet another rule change to protect them. 

A few years ago Jim Kelly (former Buffalo Bills quarterback) claimed they might as well put skirts on the quarterback.

He might not be too far off. In a league that seems to overreact to every injury, especially to those of the QBs, I fear that within a decade they'll either be wearing red jerseys or flags.

Let's face it, loyal reader. Football is a violent game and sadly players get injured. If we change the rules every time this happens, this hard hitting game may loose a lot of its appeal.

It's doesn't look too good for the Lions if Stafford is hurt, but I don't think there is any reason to make yet another change to the ever growing rule book.