Re: The Hit on Brees
 

I think the niners were trying to get pay back for bountygate. Yet the saints played with more class and came out with the W.

Re: The Hit on Brees
 

It wasn't helmet to helmet but the clothesline is why they called it which is no-no on any player

League source, penalty on Ahmad Brooks “absolutely correct call.”
 

Re: The Hit on Brees
 

How are they (49'ers fans) crying about calls when that's what kept them in the game they didn't have to go more than 40 yards on those possessions

Re: The Hit on Brees
 

I remember a game a year or two ago where our defense was flagged for touching the helmet of the opposing quarterback, "touching" mind you. I don't like the rules, but if you're going to make ****ty rules you should apply them equally across the board.

Re: The Hit on Brees
 

We use to deal with **** like that in the Haslett era when Michael Vick was running around like a skint dog. Those little touches still get called today.

Re: The Hit on Brees
 

Drew looked like the reincarnated Fire Marshall Bill

Re: The Hit on Brees
 

It was absolutely a good call. It was basically a clothesline tackle and the rule refers to "head and neck area" of a quarterback.

Let me put it this way: it's a lot better of a call than the totally phantom PI call against Corey White.

Re: The Hit on Brees
 

It is only because of the whine-power of the whiner nation that this is even a talking point.

100% flag.

Re: The Hit on Brees
 

The forearm isn't the issue. It is the shoulder to the head that bothers me. Fine the guy $1 000 000 :)

Read this on some chat thingy:

Actually, William, initially the blow was to the clavicle area as you state, but his arm slid up around his neck as he whipped Brees to the ground, and THAT is why the flag was thrown. Watch it again carefully with an open mind. If that doesn't alter your opinion any, let me pose this to you in another light. First, I'm not a big fan of all the rules they have put in to protect the quarterback, but rules are rules. With that in mind, I will urge you to obtain a copy of the NFL Rulebook and read the section on roughing the passer, then keep in mind your interpretation that it was "a quick, violent hit." The section on roughing the passer clearly states that when in doubt the official shall ALWAYS call roughing the passer.