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Elite QB play is good business for NFL

By John Clayton
ESPN.com

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Ray Lewis is right. The excessive number of flags being thrown against defenders who barely touch quarterbacks goes against the nature of real football. Officials have gone overboard. But that was the mandate from the league. Quarterbacks are the most valuable commodity on an NFL team. Even if it doesn't look like football, officials have to do their best to keep as many quarterbacks upright as possible. The number of roughing-the-passer calls isn't up significantly this season. In 62 games, ...

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