well you want your linemen to hold a little bit on some plays, just be slick about it, I think its a ref problem because it is subjective, an article put it in better perspective than me, although I disagree about it being the ONLY call that is subjective, just the one that comes up the most:
"Holding, unlike every other call in football, is purely subjective. Sure, there's a textbook definition:
"Article 3: Illegal Block by Offensive Player. It is a foul if an offensive blocker:
(c) Uses his hands or arms to materially restrict an opponent or alter the defender’s path or angle of pursuit. Material restrictions include but are not limited to: I. grabbing or tackling an opponent; II. hooking, jerking, twisting, or turning him; or III. pulling him to the ground.
Penalty: For holding by the offense: Loss of 10 yards."
...but the whole point of blocking is to "materially restrict an opponent," or "alter the defender's path or angle of pursuit."
Then, the rule spells out an incomplete list of specific acts that are definitely holding. But what else is holding? That's a gray area."
So far this season Scott Green has worked seven games and called holding 15 times for 127 yards. Ron Winter has also worked seven games. He's called holding 36 times for 335 yards.
Clearly, holding is in the eye of the beholder.
but reading comments, its affected black players as well, and games so like I said i will have to take a closer look at it. You have to remember refs are human, they are going to make mistakes, but they also probably have personal bias, and as much as they try not to let it affect the game, i am sure it does at some level. There was ref recently fired because of all the pictures of him in Saints gear on facebook, he was just stupid enough to have that on facebook. You can tell by some of the comments on soundfx that some of these refs are no different than dwfs so I dont know what to say.
This is the Woodhead one:
[video=youtube;VKqd_8pAbKw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKqd_8pAbKw[/video] boy does he cover 30 yards quick (well closer to 35), I think he did it in 4 seconds with pads on while pausing waiting for blocking twice and changing direction not going in a straight line ending up closer to the other side, I think thats pretty close to his 40 time, in pads, 35 yards in a straight line would be about 3.8 seconds for a 4.34 40.
just like other rules, its not benefiting Whites. The whole defenseless receiver hasnt really protected our guys, Ive seen White guys still get laid out with no call then a call against a White d player if his helmet even comes close to a black players helmet.
