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Jadeveon Clowney would've been ejected for 'The Hit,' Mike Pereira explains
Posted on 7/22/13 at 1:28 pm
Posted on 7/22/13 at 1:28 pm
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Posted on 7/22/13 at 1:31 pm to HeadChange
The NFL must protect its players . However, this is causing the game to look nothing like it did 10-20 years ago. But I understand the changes must happen, less a player is killed on the field when two people collide at a full on sprint.
Posted on 7/22/13 at 1:32 pm to HeadChange
They automatically review ejections.
(Hopefully) It'd get overturned, but man, that would be a shame. I almost feel bad for the officials having to make these calls
(Hopefully) It'd get overturned, but man, that would be a shame. I almost feel bad for the officials having to make these calls
Posted on 7/22/13 at 1:32 pm to HeadChange
that was a legal hit
Posted on 7/22/13 at 1:35 pm to HeadChange
If you get to the point where you say "that kind of hitting should be against the rules" then you might as well just be honest with yourself and say modern football needs to go.
Posted on 7/22/13 at 1:37 pm to beaverfever
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If you get to the point where you say "that kind of hitting should be against the rules" then you might as well just be honest with yourself and say modern football needs to go.
I tend to agree... what would we have Clowney do?... lower his head even more and risk his own safety so that he avoids incidental contact with the RBs helmet?
Clowney put his facemask in the dude's jersey with both feet on the ground... that should not be illegal.
Posted on 7/22/13 at 1:40 pm to HeadChange
I could watch that gif for an hour and not get bored.
Posted on 7/22/13 at 1:42 pm to HeadChange
frick it just put flags on their waist then
Posted on 7/22/13 at 1:47 pm to HeadChange
Dudes head was up, he wrapped up and drove through the tackle. You can't penalize the guy for being blessed with size and strength. If that is illegal you have to scrap tackle football.
Posted on 7/22/13 at 1:51 pm to lowspark12
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I tend to agree... what would we have Clowney do?... lower his head even more and risk his own safety so that he avoids incidental contact with the RBs helmet?
yeah, the rules kind of contradict themselves.
that was a perfect tackle.
Posted on 7/22/13 at 1:52 pm to St Augustine
Yup. It's become a penalty to hit someone too hard
Posted on 7/22/13 at 1:52 pm to HeadChange
Ha, of course the ACC officials would've ejected him. Our referees are dogshit.
Posted on 7/22/13 at 1:53 pm to HeadChange
The whole "targeting" rule is an absolute joke. I don't think anyone is ever targeting for someone's head, just the natural motions of the game cause helmets to hit. Should it be a penalty? Yes, but to eject someone is a joke.
So when an offensive player puts his head down to brace for a hit, should the defender just go for the ball carrier's legs and tear an ACL or two? I mean he is looking out for his best interests and wouldn't want to get ejected if he was aiming for the guy's chest which now is the crown of his helmet
If the Clowney hit seriously would get him ejected, then they need to scrap football altogether
So when an offensive player puts his head down to brace for a hit, should the defender just go for the ball carrier's legs and tear an ACL or two? I mean he is looking out for his best interests and wouldn't want to get ejected if he was aiming for the guy's chest which now is the crown of his helmet
If the Clowney hit seriously would get him ejected, then they need to scrap football altogether
This post was edited on 7/22/13 at 1:55 pm
Posted on 7/22/13 at 2:02 pm to evil cockroach
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However, this is causing the game to look nothing like it did 10-20 years ago.
I love hyperbole, don't you?
Posted on 7/22/13 at 2:06 pm to Sophandros
Nothing in his statement was over the top. At all.
Posted on 7/22/13 at 2:12 pm to HeadChange
We will be playing Sarcastaball in 10 years.
Posted on 7/22/13 at 2:13 pm to lowspark12
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Clowney put his facemask in the dude's jersey with both feet on the ground... that should not be illegal.
Yep. Hitting with the face, and not the crown of the head, is how players are taught to tackle.
Posted on 7/22/13 at 2:13 pm to St Augustine
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Nothing in his statement was over the top. At all.
I agree. If that hit is banned, you aren't playing what we recognize as football. You would be in the area of arm tackling and pushing people out of bounds. Arm tackling doesn't work all too well when grown men are wearing pads. You'd actually be better off putting a flag on them at that point, to at least give the defense a chance to stop the O.
This post was edited on 7/22/13 at 2:14 pm
Posted on 7/22/13 at 2:14 pm to Sophandros
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I love hyperbole, don't you?
do you even remember what football was like 20 years ago?
fierce over the middle hits on WRs were the norm, QBs would get lit up all the time, you could get an onside kick after once bounce, there were trick plays like the fumblerooski, you could actually touch the center on special teams plays, incidental helmet contact was no big deal, crack back blocks were a-ok...
all of that is gone due to rules based on safety.
This post was edited on 7/22/13 at 2:19 pm
Posted on 7/22/13 at 2:18 pm to St Augustine
There is nothing fundamentally different with the game from 20 years ago.
You still block and tackle.
You still block and tackle.
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