it was a bad hit. whats tough for me is if the punishments dont get stiffer when there is a clear intent to injure, hits like this will keep happening, until someone dies. its still amazing to me there hasnt been a fatality in the nfl. however, conversly, i think a defender's job is to throw the other team off balance. an argument could be made you want to persuade the quarterback from attempting such a throw or play in the future. i suppose someone could argue that eric allowed himself to become defenseless. I AM NOT ADVOCATING THAT AS A STRONG ARGUMENT. its just a rough game, but i think stiffer penalities would disuade what we saw on saturday.