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NFL fines Garvin $25,000 for hit on "defenseless" punter Huber
Posted on 12/18/13 at 4:39 pm
Posted on 12/18/13 at 4:39 pm
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Steelers linebacker Terence Garvin has been hit hard by the league office for his hard hit on Bengals punter Kevin Huber.
The NFL has fined Garvin $25,000, WLWT’s Artrell Hawkins reports.
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This post was edited on 12/18/13 at 4:40 pm
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Posted on 12/18/13 at 4:39 pm to tigerpimpbot
good
Posted on 12/18/13 at 4:40 pm to tigerpimpbot
bullshite fine. The punter was getting in position to make a play on Brown returning the punt.
Posted on 12/18/13 at 4:40 pm to tigerpimpbot
A "defenseless" punter?
Posted on 12/18/13 at 4:41 pm to boXerrumble
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A "defenseless" punter?
The NFL head of officials said the punters are considered defenseless during the entire play. Seems a bit counterintuitive, but they make the rules.
Posted on 12/18/13 at 4:44 pm to tigerpimpbot
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The NFL head of officials said the punters are considered defenseless during the entire play. Seems a bit counterintuitive, but they make the rules.
if thats the case they need to have an extra man on the punt team and have the punter run off the field immediately after a kick.
Posted on 12/18/13 at 4:44 pm to tigerpimpbot
This seems like more of a fine for the effect of the hit rather than legality of the hit. I think if Terence Garvin doesn't plant his helmet on the poor punter's chin it would not have been a fine.
Posted on 12/18/13 at 4:47 pm to tomcat12
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This seems like more of a fine for the effect of the hit rather than legality of the hit. I think if Terence Garvin doesn't plant his helmet on the poor punter's chin it would not have been a fine.
That's the thing. I think he would've been fined if he hit anyone else like that. You can still block punters, but there was no reason to lay him out like that.
Posted on 12/18/13 at 4:47 pm to tigerpimpbot
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The NFL head of officials said the punters are considered defenseless during the entire play.
Just teach one of your DB's how to punt. They will be untouchable on all punts
Posted on 12/18/13 at 4:49 pm to Byron Bojangles III
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Even though Huber was trying to position himself to tackle or slow down Steelers punt returner Antonio Brown (who scored on the play), punters and kickers are considered defenseless at all times — even when affirmatively deciding to enter the fray.
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Posted on 12/18/13 at 4:49 pm to tigerpimpbot
Reinstating the platoon system (ie, one player substitution per play, unless there is a timeout, a score, or end of period) would end all this defenseless player stuff.
Who's in favor of it?
Who's in favor of it?
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ballscaster
Posted on 12/18/13 at 4:50 pm to SPEEDY
quote:Smart.
Just teach one of your DB's how to punt. They will be untouchable on all punts
Posted on 12/18/13 at 4:52 pm to tigerpimpbot
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The NFL head of officials said the punters are considered defenseless during the entire play.
That's not necessary.
Posted on 12/18/13 at 4:52 pm to SPEEDY
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Just teach one of your DB's how to punt. They will be untouchable on all punts
Honeybadger punting
Posted on 12/18/13 at 4:52 pm to tigerpimpbot
Proper enforcement by the letter of the rule. Stupid fricking rule.
If he's defensless, he shouldn't be trying to make a tackle. Just run off the fricking field after you kick it if you don't want to actually play football.
If he's defensless, he shouldn't be trying to make a tackle. Just run off the fricking field after you kick it if you don't want to actually play football.
Posted on 12/18/13 at 4:53 pm to tigerpimpbot
Good. Breaking someone's jaw with your helmet should never be OK.
Posted on 12/18/13 at 4:53 pm to SPEEDY
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The NFL head of officials said the punters are considered defenseless during the entire play.
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Just teach one of your DB's how to punt. They will be untouchable on all punts
They can still be blocked. They can't just be hit in the helmet or neck area. And they can't be hit with unnecessary contact.
All three of those occurred in this play and the result was a broken jaw and fractured vertrebrae.
It was a tPOS hit.
Posted on 12/18/13 at 4:54 pm to KosmoCramer
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It was a tPOS hit.
Meh
Posted on 12/18/13 at 4:55 pm to lsu2006
Hitting a punter high and hard is a bitch move. He wanted to light him up, anyone denying that is lying to themselves.
It's fun to light weak kids up, we used to do it in HS all the time.
But it's still a tPOS move
It's fun to light weak kids up, we used to do it in HS all the time.
But it's still a tPOS move
Posted on 12/18/13 at 4:57 pm to KosmoCramer
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But it's still a tPOS move
I dunno, I guess. I just don't care for the idea of a player being automatically defensless and essentially untouchable, even if he is going for the ball and trying make a play.
If Huber was a DB this wouldn't be anything, which doesn't make a ton of sense to me.
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