Precisely. With all the garbage they call on defenders they should be calling this shit too. I think it was dangerous, but not necessarily dirty. He definitely launched himself though. If that's a defender, he gets ejected.
he launched and hit him in the head. completely illegal and no longer acceptable in football. if they continue to play the game like that it wont exist in 10 years its not 1985 anymore. this is what happens when you stop caring about how big and fast guys get, when you stop caring about whether guys are on the juice or not. back then you had much smaller men running all over the field. they could give and take big hits. now they are too big and too fst and the body and hea cant take it. thats what has ruined football.
Keep your head on a swivel. the guy was at the line of scrimmage (a yard off it) on the side of the field the ball was being run to. I admit it's a penalty for leaving the feet but this was far from Burfict stomping on guys dirty. Also, i was at the Ralph week 2 and was surrounded by people screaming "It's his knee. Bye bye Marshall, time to retire." when he went down so get off your high horse. If this had been the other way around you would be shouting how it was just a tough block and you only got a flag thrown cause your the Bills.
I have to believe most people here would be calling for his head on s pike if the tables were turned.
It's incredibly rare i agree with anyone from NFL head office on anything but i think Blandino nailed this one. “It’s certainly a foul,” Blandino said. “It’s certainly something that we’ll review for potential discipline, but it’s still a football play, and it’s tough to read intent there. That’s why the officials kept him in the game. It’s not an automatic ejection. It’s up to the discretion of the crew and they didn’t feel like it was flagrant enough to throw the player out of the game.” http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...or-jarvis-landry-because-we-cant-tell-intent/ As soon as he left his feet the flag flew as it should, but i honestly do not see this a malicious attempt to take him out of the game. He wasn't looking and he got rocked. He hits him 4 inches lower it's square in the chest and this is a highlight reel block. When only a couple inches is the difference at the speed this game moves you can't assume intent every time.
Look the real issue here is Williams allowed himself to get laid low by Jarvis "Twinkle Toes" Landry. I agree the refs should've thrown a flag, but it should have been on Williams for being such a puss. It's not like he was hit by someone like Bilal Powell (on PEDS), which would've been completely understandable. If Williams had an ounce of pride, he would've gotten right back up and used Landry's face as a boot wipe. Shameful showing by Williams and his cucked teammates. Sent from my KIW-L24 using Tapatalk
Borderline cheap, but thats a typical block. #1 rule in football is keep your head on a swivel. If you don't, you get hurt.
I mean, you can really come back with saying the same thing about wide receivers. I don't think it's as much about it being a dirty hit as it is unfair that offensive and defensive players have a different set of rules. If the NFL doesn't take steps to evening the playing field, the product is going to keep getting worse and worse. An example of this is that there is literally a pass interference on every deep ball. If you're a quarterback and getting pressured you might as well just throw it up because you're going to get the call. It's getting ridiculous. They need to allow defenders to at the very least feel where receivers are in my opinion. It's the most watched sport in the country. I don't understand why they're so insistent on 'more points, better ratings.' There's too many football purists around the country that want to see a good game rather than a shootout.
that WAS the #1 rule in football. it was always the guy getting hits job to make sure he didn't get blown up. That's not how it is anymore, the hitter is now responsible for his actions. if you hit a guy who cant defend himself in the head you should be penalized and probably thrown out like they do in college, if you launch into a guys head, out. if you hit with the crown of your helmet or helmet to helmet, bye. that's just where the game is at today. and old guys like us accepting that is the only way the game will continue. its not 1985 anymore. and believe me it was really really hard for me to come to grips with the current situation but I have and can enjoy the game fine.
Exactly. And it's not as if the guys weren't tremendous athlete back then, but these players today are too big and strong to allow launching. That's why it's a bit perplexing as to why we drafted Roy Williams Jr. (Calvin Pryor) in a league that's trying to outlaw those type of players.
Okay on this week's version of "is this a dirty hit?" I went to the college game because in response to the Jarvis Landry hit I put up last week alot of people have said the NFL should adopt the college rule of reviewing "targeting" penalties and ejecting players. So please consider the following hit: https://www.clippituser.tv/c/zqwlw (perhaps someone can help embed that video for me) --The play on the field was called 'targeting' on the South Carolina player (#24) and after review he was ejected from a close game and will miss the 1st half of next week's game as well. He is his team's starting safety. After watching the video please tell me if you think that was a dirty hit. If an ejection is justifable. and if you think the NFL should adopt a similar policy for plays like that.
Wasn't a dirty hit, he was coming in at the midsection and the receiver ducked his head down. It did go head to head though so according to the rules they justifiably ejected him. Anyone that thinks they should implement the same rule in the NFL needs to start following curling instead.
Looks like 16 pulled his head down with a face mask. Either way his target was the midsection and no ejection is warranted. This rule being implemented could be the death blow to the NFL. The second a star player got ejected for an "incidental targetting" penalty like the above and it affected the outcome of a game the peasants will revolt.
