KenDawg

A "defenseless" player is one without the ball. You cannot hit a defenseless player in the head. Toliver had the ball.

Another RULE is that you can't lead with the CROWN of the helmet. Boyd was face-up and hit Toliver with his facemask.

There was no RULE violated and the ref agreed, he is clearly shown standing right there.

The RULE is not a penalty for any helmet-to-helmet contact. It's leading with the crown.



Boyd was simply trying to break up the pass. If you watch, you can see that he hit right where the ball was. Toliver tucked it before Boyd got there, but Boyd's head went right where the ball was.

I wouldn't expect knuckle-dragging drunk-booing-stadium vacating tiger fans to know much about rules though.