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What May Be The Nastiest, Helmet-Popping, Game-Changing Tackle Ever
- Thread starter Double Barrel
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TexansSeminole
Hall of Fame
Yup, even in college it is most of the time. Then the celebration afterward is inconsistently called in college. In the Orange Bowl, an FSU linebacker got a 15 yarder for half of the celebration, and he was not joined by teammates.
Great hit and all, but some sort of consistency is needed. I don't know what is a penalty an what is not anymore.
Vinny
shiny happy fan
totally agree with you there. I think you can get away with more at the College level as well...and it's just as dangerous as the NFL. Ask anyone with a concussion.
klockWork
Rookie
I don't think that would be a penalty in the nfl. Just think, have you ever see a helmet-to-helmet call against a hit on a RB? That kind of penalty is reserved for WRs and QBs. WRs activities are mostly in open space where they're less likely be able to protect themselves due to them focusing on catching pass. Where as RB already have the ball and is fair game for all.
You got that right....
He probably would have been ejected from the game.
There's only one word for that hit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iZOmjLrFMs
texanchris
Waterboy
Yeah i think the refs didn't give Michigan 15 yards to make up for the blown call a play earlier. They need to send Clowney to the NFL before he kills somebody on the college level
pbat488
gig 'em
infantrycak
Hall of Fame
OK, I guess you will have to spell it out for me, why is that illegal in the NFL?
Helmet to helmet. Even though clowney is 6'6" and the dude was probably 5'10" some part of clowney's helmet hit some part of the short dude's helmet. Not intentional at all, but the NFL has gotten that legalistic.
NitroGSXR
Super Sic #58
That's a helmet to helmet if I ever saw one.
kiwitexansfan
Hall of Fame
Terrible blocking really.
No one touched Clowney, pretty inexcusable.
No one touched Clowney, pretty inexcusable.
playa465
Veteran
The hit looked legal to me...here is another shot from someone's TV
http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-...estroys-a-Michigan-player-in-the-Outback-Bowl
Now the celebration is excessive and could be penalized.
http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-...estroys-a-Michigan-player-in-the-Outback-Bowl
Now the celebration is excessive and could be penalized.
ChampionTexan
Hall of Fame
Helmet to helmet isn't illegal in the NFL unless it's against a defenseless player (not just receiver). Contrary to your comment, there's 8 specific categories of defenseless player listed in NFL rules.
- A player in the act of or just after throwing a pass;
- A receiver attempting to catch a pass; or who has completed a catch and has not had time to protect himself or has not clearly become a runner. If the receiver/runner is capable of avoiding or warding off the impending contact of an opponent, he is no longer a defenseless player;
- A runner already in the grasp of a tackler and whose forward progress has been stopped;
- A kickoff or punt returner attempting to field a kick in the air;
- A player on the ground at the end of a play;
- A kicker/punter during the kick or during the return;
- A quarterback at any time after a change of possession;
- A player who receives a "blindside" block when the blocker is moving toward his own end zone and approaches the opponent from behind or from the side.
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Just to give an example, the following play was specifically ruled not to be illegal by the NFL last postseason.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4iUUPNPPHg
infantrycak
Hall of Fame
Exactly. It has become popular to complain about imaginary NFL rules. It is perfectly legal to have helmet to helmet initial contact with a runner in the NFL.
eriadoc
Texan-American
Reminds me of the hit Dwayne Slay put on the QB from Kansas St. some years back. He also killed a WR that game.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mc7RTg5PvI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mc7RTg5PvI