TheOak

Do you think he would have hit the same area in an inter squad scrimmage? You honestly think he would have hit Johnson in the knees?


That's what I thought. First you say it wasn't intentional, then it's a legal hit... Your all over the board trying to defend a career ending hit that could have been avoided while still stoping the receiver for 0 YAC.



And no. The only person that has a tendency to naturally the crown of his helmet is a RB when he because drops his pad level not because he is afraid of the contact.

Everyone else bends at the hips and knees so they don't miss the tackle.

rezburna

So it has to be one or the other? It can't be both legal and done unintentionally? Have you considered that when asked about specific points I give answers specific to what was just asked?

And most teams don't allow you to hit low in an inter squad scrimmage. They tell you to stay up. And I'm pretty sure you don't have to worry about a fine for a big hit after a scrimmage game. So he probably would've went for the REAL kill shot. Which is the upper body.

So you're telling me you think Swearinger hit him with the intentions to try and end the mans career? Because I just saw a guy catch a punt, get blasted in the abdomen AFTER he caught the ball, and the defender get flagged; and my dad's a referee, so I immediately went crazy and he said that's just the rules now. And my first response was, so what, you want him to go low and blow the dudes knee out? And my dad said yeah, that's basically what's going to happen. So the fact that Swearinger decided to go low instead of high doesn't surprise me at all; and there's nothing wrong with it in the 1st place. If it's been such a problem and so dirty and such an epidemic where' the rule against it?

So we can sit up here and pretend like we haven't seen legal hit after legal hit get flagged and then the player later fined for the same hit if you want. But I guarantee you the players aren't pretending. And this will be the aftermath.

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TheOak

And why would that be?

Trying to rationalize a hit that you your self asked your father about is not easy and your wasting your time on me. I don't simply flex because you change our frame or argument.... You know me better than that.

Hitting the body is not a kill shot, the knees are the weakest link on that frame.... And defensive backs know that. I'm saying that he knew exactly what the end result would be when he launched for those knees, if he didn't, he is an idiot.

rezburna

Clean hit. Legal hit. No fine on the hit. I'll teach my son to hit like that. I hit like that. If he's scared to get hit like that he doesn't need to play. And the day they make it a rule you can only hit from the waist to the chest is when I'll change up. Good hit Swearinger. I wish you were a Saint. You made the tackle and dislodged the ball.