Your “Aren’t ‘Body Weight’ Penalties Actually ‘Body Shaming’ Penalties?” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

NFL News:

• There were five roughing the passer penalties in Week 4.
  • It’s down from the 11 per week they averaged the first three weeks of the season.
  • Defensive players are still looking for clarify on the “body weight” issue.
    • Richard Sherman has the answer.

My question is why won’t they just put flags on the QBs? They would rarely hit the ground then. Guys would be able to grab the flags and that would be a sack. Guys are losing thousands of dollars just doing their job. Something has to change.

— Richard Sherman (@RSherman_25) October 1, 2018

• After last night’s performance, including that ridiculous left-handed shotput pass, people are starting to use terms like “gunslinger” and “Favreian” about Patrick Mahomes.
  • If, of course, you’re willing to ignore – like the refs did – the time clock running out beyond the “one-beat” most linesmen give the QB.
    • As apparently confirmed by the ref to several Broncos.
  • Why, it’s almost as if someone on this very site had predicted that & written a series on such events.

• As widely reported, Le’Veon Bell is returning to the Steelers in Week-7.
  • At their bye week, so he gets paid & avoids contact.
  • However, the Steelers could go the hilarious route (because they’re quite cross with him)& apply for a roster exemption for Bell, and either deny him his paycheque or force him to negotiate a percentage before he returns & signs his franchise tender.

Tonight’s sports:

• MLB:
  • NL Wildcard – Rockies at Cubs – 8:00PM | ESPN / Sportsnet
• NBA Preseason Basketball:
  • Cavaliers at Celtics – 8:00PM | TNT
  • Raptors at Jazz – 9:00PM | Sportsnet1
  • Nuggets at Lakers – 10:30PM | TNT
• WWE:
  • Smackdown – 8:00PM | USA / Sportsnet360
    • the “go home” show before the Super ShowDown in Melbourne, AUS.

Just a reminder that, starting Wednesday, October is the bestest month in sports, because hockey starts, baseball playoffs start, and the NFL is in full swing. WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE!