re: Malcolm Jenkins was fined $15,750 for Kenbrell Thompkins hit.

So the helmets can't touch at all?
Not even gingerly?

I'm confused.




That can't be controlled even with careful hits.

I'm actually asking what the rule is, because I don't know anymore.

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(b) Prohibited contact against a player who is in a defenseless posture is:
(1) Forcibly hitting the defenseless player’s head or neck area with the helmet, facemask, forearm, or shoulder, regardless of whether the defensive player also uses his arms to tackle the defenseless player by encircling or grasping him; and
(2) Lowering the head and making forcible contact with the top/crown or forehead/”hairline” parts of the helmet against any part of the defenseless player’s body.”


With the Jenkins/Thompkins hit, while helmet to helmet contact was incidental, it did occur, as a result of Jenkins lowering his head to try and make a proper tackle.

The difference on the Sproles hit is that there was not a blow to the head or neck.

Either play could have gone either way; like I said, Jenkins just got unlucky that he made contact with Thompkins head, however hard or soft it may have been. Would I call the contact to Thompkins head "forcible?" Probably not, in my definition, but I'm just a fan.

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Basil

Not even a 'heh'?





My conclusion about all this is that I really think the game would be better if they consulted me before issuing personal fouls and penalties to Saints players.
I have a tendency to be right.

That and I wonder if Benson has even activated his chatpack.

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No wonder every player quit wrapping up. It's illegal to do so.

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I think you're reading it wrong.

this pic is showing malcom's upper back in contact with kenbrell's face mask

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The hit on Sproles was textbook.

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Defensless player bruh. That's what they called on Malc Jenks right?

Because Thompkins decided to try and pull a Joe Horn and fall before getting hit? He made that decision late and after Malc had already lined up his body to make a hit on, what would be, an area around Thompkins' chest. I just caught up on all the posts on this thread. I'm frustrated that there's a team of men/women that watch these plays looking for fines. I feel like there's a quota they need to meet per week - give out speeding tickets or lose your job. You'd be calling ticky-tacky shite too like this hit.

Facts of the matter, Malc was trying to stay legal with the hit but brushed Kenbrell's facemask because of a move that Kenbrell himself initiated by trying to go down before the hit. If I were any player not named Danny Amendola or Austin Collie, I'd just lower my head, initiate contact with the defender's helmet, and draw the penalty. frick this.