Reply to thread

Message: [QUOTE="Fjoinkay, post: 2773834, member: 604"] I agree this wasn't a penalty going back just a few years. Under the new rules I thought this hit crossed the line or at least was right on that line. That is why I expected Herbrstreit to at least question whether a flag was warranted. Fowler took a look at it and called it violent and Herbstreit had no response. I felt like the ball was gone and then the defender took the extra step of pile-driving the QB and finished it off driving his body weight into the QB. I don't know if the QB qualified as a defenseless player at that point, but he was defenseless. It definitely wasn't targeting, but make no mistake, the new rules are intended to protect the QB position as much or more than any other position, and I would not have been surprised if a flag had been thrown. [/QUOTE]