Week 3 games

[ChiComCat]

I don't have a problem with teams doing it, but I think the officials need to be fair about repercussions. If I was officiating a future North Texas game, I wouldn't penalize anything but the most egregious unnecessary roughness on punt returns.  If a team uses protection rules to fool the defense, they should lose the benefit of the doubt on those calls.

[catastrophe]

I would agree, but my broader point is that is a messed up situation to be in.  If you are serious about protecting players, you cannot put yourself in a situation where you basically encourage a guy to get demolished because he was trying to be sneaky.