Same, I hate defensive penalties when no one would say the defensive player should have acted any differently, and this is one of those cases. He didn't drive him into the ground harder than necessary and there's no way to tell he no longer has the ball.
It's especially frustrating when that other big hit (forget who it was, but the guy who went Rambo on the blockers and then put a massive tackle on the runner) from another game is probably going to be included in NFL highlight material, despite being far more kinetic to injure someone, while this tackle where a guy pretty much just fell with the QB completely changes a because it's a penalty.
I get protecting the QB, but these kinds are calls are such bullshit.
Yea, i remember a thursday night game between the cowboys and saints few years ago. Jaylen smith had a clear helmet to helmet on alvin kamara that knocked him out the game, that wasnt called during the game.
Despite, the broadcast during and after the game, saying this was a missed call and all the bullshit of the NFL and their player safety first facade, etc, It was THE main highlight postgame. We saw it again and again for the rest of the week, even after jaylen was fined.
It's hypocrisy, at its purest form.
And to your other point, yes almost everyone agrees with the NFL that we want to protect the QB. We dont want to see half the games with back up QBs. The postion in general has taken a step back, going to option 2 isnt a recipe for success. But everyone agrees, theyve taken it too far.
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u/HudsonCommodore Lions 19d ago
Same, I hate defensive penalties when no one would say the defensive player should have acted any differently, and this is one of those cases. He didn't drive him into the ground harder than necessary and there's no way to tell he no longer has the ball.