Cam Newton’s comments concerning late hits and missed calls, has sparked a conversation across the NFL. Are refs missing calls concerning the QB? Opinions are different around the league, some view Newton as a running QB so the hits are fair, but they can attest that he does get treated differently and QB treatment needs to be the same across the board.
One QB, Russell Wilson, was asked his opinion on the matter, and gave a pretty strong answer,
I think, first of all, you gotta play the quarterback position in a smart way. Obviously, if we didn’t want to get hit, we’d be playing a different sport. That’s just the truth. If I didn’t want to get hit, I’d be playing tennis. But I think that in terms of being smart on the field, you gotta get down and protect yourself. I haven’t seen all the hits, so I don’t know if some of them are illegal. I don’t really know, because I haven’t really seen [Cam Newton] play this year as much.
But for me in particular, I just try to play the game in a smart way. I try to get down early and protect myself as much as I can.
Wilson is one that goes with the flow. I don’t think we have ever seen him complain about anything. I’m sure most QBs don’t sit up and study hit statistics on their colleagues and probably could careless.