from PFT LinkWatt has been fined $15,750 for striking the quarterback in the head/neck area.
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from PFT LinkWatt has been fined $15,750 for striking the quarterback in the head/neck area.
A complete and utter joke. F Roger Goodell. I honestly don't care what happens to that turd.Man, this league is a joke sometimes. Not as bad as the NHL though.
Yep. His head is clearly looking up. His arms are out to wrap around Stafford. I honestly don't see anything Watt could have done differently.Picture of the hit (from PFT). Looks like a textbook clean tackle to me.
Also, its kinetic energy. You hit a guy in his chest, and his head is going to snap forward. You cant ask the players to defy physics.A complete and utter joke. F Roger Goodell. I honestly don't care what happens to that turd.
There is no way JJ Watt could have done anything any differently than he did. Stafford lowered his head towards Watt. So WATT the eff do you expect defenders to do, Roger? Man, Goodell is a freaking moron.
Picture of the hit (from PFT). Looks like a textbook clean tackle to me.
Corporate sponsorship that demands an appeal to the widest possible audience.What the **** is happening to my sport?
Agreed.What the **** is happening to my sport?
Makes sense...Corporate sponsorship that demands an appeal to the widest possible audience.
Dick Butkus was on our airwaves yesterday during one of the afternoon sports shows. They asked him about the 'wussification' of the league, and he said that he can see both sides of it. On the one hand, the league risks over-regulating everything to the point where some of the fundamental aspects are being altered. But, he also understood the drive toward a safer sport as more and more studies are coming out about brain trauma and long-term effects on player health.Makes sense...
That's a shame though. I used to really love NFL football. I guess they gotta make their money though so I'm not gonna hate...Not gonna watch either though...
The issue here is Watt tackled and it was deemed illegal. The NFL needs to put flags on the QBs if this was worth $15750. He can't hit him low. He can't him high and now he can't hit him in the chest. Where else can he hit him? The released this now so all the talk shows could not hammer the league on this because they know damn well they are in the wrong.Dick Butkus was on our airwaves yesterday during one of the afternoon sports shows. They asked him about the 'wussification' of the league, and he said that he can see both sides of it. On the one hand, the league risks over-regulating everything to the point where some of the fundamental aspects are being altered. But, he also understood the drive toward a safer sport as more and more studies are coming out about brain trauma and long-term effects on player health.
He said as along as they tackle, then the basic nature of the sport will stay the same. When they stop tackling and hitting, then we are looking at a completely different game.
Well said and rep. Hopefully you will start posting here more with as long as you have been a member.Doesn't really matter to me whether something was flagged or not in a game. Refs make horrible calls all the time. A play should be judged on the merits of the play and not on what the ref thought who got one view of it at full speed from whatever angle he had, if he even saw it all.
I've supported the NFL on a lot of the safety measures. I don't have a problem with asking the secondary to not launch at heads, to not hit the head on blind side blocks when a hard block somewhere less damaging would be plenty, etc.
But this time I'm just beside myself. Watt is pretty much a poster child for the kind of responsible but hard play the NFL wants. This play was a textbook play they should be teaching from, of not aiming high, of tackling the QB's body. It's one thing if a ref in the game can't tell violent vs incidental contact between helmets at full speed. The NFL front office watching on replays have no excuse for getting it this wrong.
I agree completely, man. It really seems like a hypocritical policy when the league is fining players for hits that are exactly the same as the ones on the videos they send to teams every year showing legal hits.The issue here is Watt tackled and it was deemed illegal. The NFL needs to put flags on the QBs if this was worth $15750. He can't hit him low. He can't him high and now he can't hit him in the chest. Where else can he hit him? The released this now so all the talk shows could not hammer the league on this because they know damn well they are in the wrong.
I am stunned, this is such total and complete BS. Everyone needs to tweet Roger he is a moron.
Helmet hitting QB's facemask. Fine.Picture of the hit (from PFT). Looks like a textbook clean tackle to me.
And the store was out of Manpax. What a shame.Lame.
I seriously am just amazed/pissed with Watt being fined for that hit.
I heard that Stafford suffered severe vaginal bleeding as a result of the hit, so that might have something to do with it.
Was the same way with the Cushing hit, of course that one looked intentional. I dont see how they can see that hit and say Watt did anything wrong, yet they didnt do anything about SUH almost breaking Schaub in half.Makes on sence....no flag on hit...but still gets fined...NFL is overreacting big time.....NFL is getting softer and softer.......by the game....
Yeah, I heard the interview. Very good info from him.Dick Butkus was on our airwaves yesterday during one of the afternoon sports shows. They asked him about the 'wussification' of the league, and he said that he can see both sides of it. On the one hand, the league risks over-regulating everything to the point where some of the fundamental aspects are being altered. But, he also understood the drive toward a safer sport as more and more studies are coming out about brain trauma and long-term effects on player health.
He said as along as they tackle, then the basic nature of the sport will stay the same. When they stop tackling and hitting, then we are looking at a completely different game.
Funny.Lame.
I seriously am just amazed/pissed with Watt being fined for that hit.
I heard that Stafford suffered severe vaginal bleeding as a result of the hit, so that might have something to do with it.
Please consider posting at least twice a year now? Repped.Doesn't really matter to me whether something was flagged or not in a game. Refs make horrible calls all the time. A play should be judged on the merits of the play and not on what the ref thought who got one view of it at full speed from whatever angle he had, if he even saw it all.
I've supported the NFL on a lot of the safety measures. I don't have a problem with asking the secondary to not launch at heads, to not hit the head on blind side blocks when a hard block somewhere less damaging would be plenty, etc.
But this time I'm just beside myself. Watt is pretty much a poster child for the kind of responsible but hard play the NFL wants. This play was a textbook play they should be teaching from, of not aiming high, of tackling the QB's body. It's one thing if a ref in the game can't tell violent vs incidental contact between helmets at full speed. The NFL front office watching on replays have no excuse for getting it this wrong.
NFL executive vice president of football operations Ray Anderson, and assistant director of operations Merton Hanks are the ones I believe that review the tape and determine the fines. Ted Cottrell reviews the player appeals.Who, exactly, does thesereduce or elim reviews and makes these determinations? Is it really Goodell or some committee made up of replacement refs?
Seriously... who, exactly, makes the call?
I disagree with any fine but at least it was the minimum.This year, the fines imposed by the NFL against players who have done things on the field they arguably shouldnt have done have taken on a bizarre level of specificity.
The specificity comes not on a case-by-case basis, but from the agreement reached by the league and the NFLPA regarding the minimum amounts for various infractions.
Leg whip, roughing the passer? $15,750 minimum.