LB Joe Mays Suspended 1 Game for Hit on SCHAUB

[Texan_Bill]

Originally Posted by Mr teX

The broncos board is going nuts right now...

Why?? Because they just realized that they weren't nearly as good as they thought they were going into the season??

[TimeKiller]

Originally Posted by eriadoc

I think Mays should get fined, but not suspended. If Cushing hit Manning like that, apologized, and said that it wasn't his intent to injure, would you be clamoring for a suspension? Just answer yourself. No need to convince us.

We wouldn't have to clamor for anything. We, including Cushing, would all know it would be coming.

[paycheck71]

Originally Posted by eriadoc

Ear looks OK in that pic, doesn't it?

This is like .01 sec after the hit. The ear hasn't had a chance to bleed yet.

[Hervoyel]

Originally Posted by gwallaia

If a hit like that would happen on NFL Poster Boy Peyton Manning, the guilty player(s) would be heavily fined, suspended the remainder of the season, and have their first born taken from them.

To be raised by Archie as another "Manning" and programmed with elite QB knowledge through his junior year in college before having his draft rights awarded exclusively to the Broncos for the hit placed on Peyton over two decades before.

[SheTexan]

I didn't know about the fine until I read this thread. Glad to know they hit him with a stiff one, cause a one game suspension is not enough. JMO! Dude can apologize all he wants, and Matt can believe him if he chooses, BUT, it's pretty obvious he hit him with intent to injure. Those guys know what they're doing, esp one's coached by Del Rio.

[eriadoc]

Originally Posted by paycheck71

This is like .01 sec after the hit. The ear hasn't had a chance to bleed yet.

I'm not looking for blood. I'm looking for deformation.

[TexansFanatic]

Originally Posted by eriadoc

I retract my earlier post about not thinking it was deliberate intent to injure. DB posted this in another thread, and I hadn't seen this angle yet. It looks like a pretty clear case of leading with the crown of the helmet. Should have suspended his ass for a couple games.

Glad you came to your senses. I read your first post and couldn't believe it.

That mothereffer should have been suspended for multiple games. And the fact that Von Miller got the roughing call on the previous play tells me beyond a shadow of a doubt there was a coordinated effort to get Schaub out of the game.

Del Rio is a POS.

[The Pencil Neck]

Originally Posted by SheTexan

I didn't know about the fine until I read this thread. Glad to know they hit him with a stiff one, cause a one game suspension is not enough. JMO! Dude can apologize all he wants, and Matt can believe him if he chooses, BUT, it's pretty obvious he hit him with intent to injure. Those guys know what they're doing, esp one's coached by Del Rio.

The fine is $50,000 but that 1 game suspension costs that guy something like $208,000. Not saying he shouldn't have been fined but that 1 game suspension isn't just a chance to get some R&R. That hurts in the old pocketbook. That's almost like losing a month's pay -- 1/16 vs. 1/12.

[NastyNate]

From DB's angle I change my mind. He definitely tries to missile in on Schaub and the punishment fits the penalty.

[Dutchrudder]

Originally Posted by NastyNate

From DB's angle I change my mind. He definitely tries to missile in on Schaub and the punishment fits the penalty.

In case anyone else was wondering what yall were talking about, this is the view from an article DB linked in the other thread:

[DBCooper]

Schaub has a bullseye on him that's for sure.

But I think all this beating on Schaub is just going to piss off one of best teams in football.

[Texas T]

Originally Posted by Dutchrudder

In case anyone else was wondering what yall were talking about, this is the view from an article DB linked in the other thread:

Damn it looks even worse after the game. I was pissed when it happened but from this clip you can really tell-led with the crown of his helmet and launched into Matt. I'm really, really impressed with Matt after this-he's one tough SOB.

[Vinny]

Originally Posted by Texas T

Damn it looks even worse after the game. I was pissed when it happened but from this clip you can really tell-led with the crown of his helmet and launched into Matt. I'm really, really impressed with Matt after this-he's one tough SOB.

yeah, all you gotta do is watch his arms to see his intent. He made sure he got them out of the way so that the helmet has full impact without anything cushioning the blow. There was no intent to wrap up.

[nero THE zero]

Originally Posted by Vinny

yeah, all you gotta do is watch his arms to see his intent. He made sure he got them out of the way so that the helmet has full impact without anything cushioning the blow. There was no intent to wrap up.

Direct shot on the jaw, too. He was literally trying to knock him out.

[texanhead08]

I think the reason he was suspended is because he was fined last week for a hit on Matt Ryan. That previous infraction is what got him suspended.

[nero THE zero]

Also, here's Mays' quote:

“I’m just trying to hurry up and get to him before he gets the ball off,” Mays said. “But he got the ball off, and after the release, he kind of ducked his head. As soon as he ducked his head, it was a bang-bang play. I knew as soon as it happened, I’m going to get fined for that.”

Rewatch the GIF. Anyone think Schaub ducked his head there?

(He didn't.)

[gwallaia]

After watching the video, and Vinny's quote below I change my original opinion of the hit.

Originally Posted by Vinny

yeah, all you gotta do is watch his arms to see his intent. He made sure he got them out of the way so that the helmet has full impact without anything cushioning the blow. There was no intent to wrap up.

[hookinreds]

Originally Posted by Texan_Bill

Why?? Because they just realized that they weren't nearly as good as they thought they were going into the season??

"They are who we thought they were"

[hookinreds]

Originally Posted by TexansFanatic

Glad you came to your senses. I read your first post and couldn't believe it.

That mothereffer should have been suspended for multiple games. And the fact that Von Miller got the roughing call on the previous play tells me beyond a shadow of a doubt there was a coordinated effort to get Schaub out of the game.

Del Rio is a POS.

My thoughts exactly....after one PF call, anyone is going to be thinking in the back of their head that if they get a PF called on the next play, their coach is going to be pissed off. That is of course unless they were told to get Schaub out to the game and knew there would be no hell to pay on the sideline.

[steelbtexan]

At most Mays should've been fined.

That was a clean hit.

A very hard hit, and you know God'ell is trying to eliminate hard hitting in the game.

I would like to hear God'ell or Andersons explination for the suspensions. Mays was intending to injure MS? The job of an NFL LB is to hit any player with the ball as hard as he can? Is that not football anymore? When players get hit hard sometimes they get hurt.

Ask guys that played in the 60-early 80's and they will tell you that's the way the game is suposed to be played.