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re: NSIAP: ESPN Description of The Hit

Posted on 11/22/13 at 11:52 am to
Posted by navy
Parts Unknown, LA
Member since Sep 2010
29133 posts
Posted on 11/22/13 at 11:52 am to
Glad the Saints beat the 49ers ... but, watched the video over and over again ... and watched ESPN's panel in that link.


Agree with Ray Lewis (a first for me), Steve Young, and Trent Dilfer.

Everything they said is correct.



The conclusion is basically: it's a BS call, but that's the way the league wants it ... and there is not a damn thing that a defender can do about it.


IMO, the fine is just an insult. I don't blame Brooks for being absolutely frustrated and pissed.




Y'all damn well know that if the situation were reversed and Kaepernick had been hit, fumbled ... but then instead, for that same hit ... a Saints player had been flagged then fined then Saints lost game ... you'd be furious. And to say otherwise is just dishonest.

The game is changing right before our eyes.
Posted by Patrick O Rly
y u do dis?
Member since Aug 2011
41187 posts
Posted on 11/22/13 at 12:02 pm to
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Y'all damn well know that if the situation were reversed and Kaepernick had been hit, fumbled ... but then instead, for that same hit ... a Saints player had been flagged then fined then Saints lost game ... you'd be furious. And to say otherwise is just dishonest.



I would be furious, but I'd be mad at our player for screwing up an otherwise great play. If he didn't know it was a penalty, then I'd be made at the coaching staff.

Brees was standing still. He didn't see it coming. He didn't duck down at the last second. Brooks had a clear shot for him and he went high. That's on him, and whatever resulted from it, intentional or not. I don't have any sympathy for him, although I didn't think the fine was necessary.
Posted by Sid in Lakeshore
Member since Oct 2008
41956 posts
Posted on 11/22/13 at 12:03 pm to
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The game is changing right before our eyes.


This, and I don't like it. But I will not lose one seconds sleep over a correct implementation of the rules as they are written today. As a longtime Saints fan, I have sat through too many screw jobs to feel bad for anyone else, particularly the 49ers.

The same people howling the loudest are the ones who are leading the charge to protect players and for the NFL to accept responsibility for past head tramas.

You can't have it both ways... Well, apparently some can try (ESPN).
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