The NFL's new roughing the passer rule has caused a lot of controversy. Green Bay Packers linebacker Clay Matthews has been at the center of it and was again questionably flagged Sunday, but elsewhere we saw a pass rusher suffer a serious injury because of the rule when Miami Dolphins defensive end William Hayes tore his right ACL while trying to roll off Oakland Raiders quarterback Derek Carr to finish off a sack.

Dolphins head coach Adam Gase explained what happened, per ESPN's Cameron Wolfe.

“He was trying to not put body weight on the quarterback,” Gase said. “His foot got caught in the ground.”

When Matthews was flagged against the Washington Redskins on Sunday, this same “body weight” terminology was used to explain why the penalty against him was correct. But Hayes' injury shows the irony of the situation. While the league is trying to protect quarterbacks, pass rushers are getting hurt trying to contort their bodies in unnatural ways to avoid these flags.

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Hayes' teammate, Akeem Spence, also weighed in on the controversial rule, saying it's difficult to figure out.

“It sucks because he was trying to protect the quarterback while still trying to make the play, and it's a double-edged sword,” Dolphins defensive lineman Akeem Spence said Monday. “What do you expect us to do? We know the rule, but we don't know the ins and outs. And then I saw Clay Matthews, he had another one yesterday. What do you want the guy to do? You gotta put the guy down. How much is too much weight? What technique do you use? How do you go about it? We are still asking questions just like y'all are.

The NFL's competition committee reportedly won't be changing the rule anytime soon, but they're hoping the way it's called will be tweaked. Whatever the case, something has to give here, because the NFL has a major problem on its hands that's only getting worse by the week.