Welcome to the NFL...

here are your flags.  You must have all three flags on you at all times.  One on each hip, where the hip pads used to go, and one covering the tailbone.  If at any time a flag is to fall off during a play, that play will be blown dead by the referee.  The ball will be placed at the spot where the flag fell off.  

Is that about right?  Seems to me that this is where the NFL is headed.  Yesterday they passed this warning (if that is what you'd call it).  Defensive players who get knocked, trip, fall to the ground are no longer allowed to lunge at the quarterback during that same play.  I assume the NFL wants that player to stand up, then continue pursuing the ball.  That is all fine and dandy if things in the NFL didn't happen in split seconds.  It is a very reactionary game.  A defensive guy gets knocked down unexpectedly and years of training and instincts tell him to scramble, in any way possible, to the ball.  If the ball is far away, the player will jump to his feet and pursue.  If it is close, crawling and lunging may be the quickest path.  The NFL is now banning(?) this action.  They did not pass a rule against it, so, it won't be flagged.  I suppose the referee will just tell the player that he can't do that and send him back to the huddle.  

My problem is this.  This exact type of play happens hundreds and hundreds of times in the NFL each year.  Defensive guys are blocked by the offensive players.  Some of them get knocked to the ground, some remain standing.  The quarterback sees his open man and steps up in the pocket to throw the ball to him.  Usually, that is where the play ends.  I take issue with the fact the NFL is worried about the anomaly.  They have focused on the one time last year that it ended a player's season.  It is ridiculous to still be talking about this.  Injuries happen.  That is a fact of life in the NFL.  Deal with it.  Would they still be talking about this play if it happened to him instead of this cool guy?  I highly doubt it.