Wild Card Weekend Gamethread
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So is Pitt goign to be called for any of the after the whistle stuff? I mean you called the 15 on Miami, but Pitt can do what they want?
He led with the crown of his helmet and hit the QB in directly in the chin. Why do you want that hit to be legal?
Moore, with time and protection to calmly survey the field, throws it over the middle of the field to absolutely nobody, but yeah, he's totally right in the head.
Miami had some momentum but the unsportsmanlike killed it. have to stop retaliating and let the flags do the talking.
It's not dangerous like chopping the qbs throwing arm and hitting his shoulder.
#stillbitter
I'm not confusing the two. Can't the ref, at his discretion, say that a hit was so dangerous that the player gets thrown out if the game?
Totally missing the point. Pouncey's ridiculous ability to get to the second level is what makes the Dolphins run game go. The proof is in the pudding: they average 150 rushing yards with him and 95 without him.
Dupree definitely looked like he launched himself. If it was any more of a launch, he would have needed help from NASA
I can't fault a player for being hot after an attempt was made on his QB's life. Officials need to get the situation under control without tossing flags.
This won't be popular in a Pats forum, but the solution is to let defenders go low on QBs, at least outside the pocket. If you care about players' long-term welfare, you should be willing to trade some ACL injuries for some concussions.
I'll set the O/U at a $5K fine for Dupree. This is the Steelers we're dealing with after all.
He had his entire body to hit and went for the head. This had nothing to do with not being able to go low.
He didn't launch himself into Moore, he didn't leave his feet . But he was running full speed at a moving object. I'm not sure what Dupree was supposed to do differently. is he supposed to slow down before he hits Moore to double make sure that he misses his chin? That's not a reasonable expectation.
Look if he left his feet and launched himself like a missile then I'd agree that it was dirty. But when two large people are running full speed like that then sometimes helmets are going to hit Chins or other helmets. I don't know what you could reasonably expect the defender to do different, Unless you want the defender to slow down or go for the knees. I wouldn't define either of those as reasonable.
The fair thing to do by the refs there would have been to be generous about saying that Ajayi's foul was a continuation foul so they offset, or better to find a way to call offsetting after the play fouls.
I think you're overrating the severity of the hit (Dupree intended to hit him legally), but I agree that flagging the extracurriculars in a playoff game is weak sauce. Wonder if there was an n-word thrown out or something, such that the officials felt they had no choice.
He shoved a guy right in the chest! You can't have that kind of violence in a football game. I'm surprised Ajayi wasn't ejected by the NFL refs.
I hate when the Steelers play on CBS.
They put the stupid down and distance in Yellow and when I catch the Yelloe out of the corner of my eye on the bottom of the screen my brain is conditioned to think "Flag".
They put the stupid down and distance in Yellow and when I catch the Yelloe out of the corner of my eye on the bottom of the screen my brain is conditioned to think "Flag".
Or not call it since they've let far worse go already in this game as long as the guy doing it was wearing black and yellow.
There no reason to think otherwise. Moore's head dipped when he threw the ball, and Dupree hit him in the chin.
To start with, he could have led with his shoulder and tackled the way you are supposed to tackle, with your head up.
He also could have hit him somewhere other than the head.
And your nuts if you think he didn't launch.
In hindsight, knowing he comes back in? Sure. But at the time of the flag Moore was still on the ground being attended to. You are right, however, the flag could have been for language or taunting.
As others have said, He had his entire torso to aim at. He chose to hit him shoulders or above