Announced plans to produce videos to be shown at training camps that will graphically define for players what the league interprets as taunting. Injuries to quarterbacks declined last season. In addition to these plays, McKay said the competition committee had found a number of instances in which defenders struck quarterbacks with their headgears. To limit these acts, the league intends to advise officials that when they are in doubt concerning whether a roughing infraction has occurred, they should impose a penalty. The NFL's thrust here is clear.
Quarterbacks are the league's ranking figures.
They throw passes. They sell tickets. They determine which sides win games. The NFL has precious few of them of quality. It wants to keep people such as Brett Favre, Peyton Manning, Drew Bledsoe, Daunte Culpepper and Mark Brunell around.