does anybody have a clip of this, I haven't seen it

thanks

You can see the LJ taunting on Ike Taylor after the tackle on that clip.

I've seen it replayed several times. I do. :shrug:

Upon further review...
LJ closed his fist and pulled him up,
maybe
LJ MAD
LJ SMASH
LJ RUN

I watched the game at a sports bar and without audio, but when I saw the play and the first replay or two, I was pretty sure that the penalty was not for tackling the guy by the hair, which almost has to be legal because tackling the guy by the jersey sure as hell is, but for yanking on the hair after LJ got up and was releasing it. Whether LJ was innocently trying to free his hand from the hair or not, the motion looked to be unsportsmanlike and deserving of a flag.

LJ's hand was blocked into his hair ROFL

What I saw was the momentum popping both players up to their feet, and LJ trying to free his hand. Just watching the body language and movement( going in different directions) of both players after the play, tells me there wasn't malice involved.

Besdies I doubt LJ could pull over two hundred pounds up by the hair, with one arm.

:shrug:

I agree. It looks like LJ starts to pull his hand away and kind of gives it a yank to release it when he realizes it's stuck in Polamalu's hair.

As far as I could tell, the only time that he actually pulled it was when he was tackling him, and that's perfectly legal.

LJ was just on Metro Sports. He says (paraphrasing) "I hope I got flagged for hitting Ike Taylor in the face twice, because I wouldn't try to do anything like that to Troy. He's a good guy on and off the field."

Doesn't say much for his feelings about Taylor. LMAO

I don't think LJ was penalized for anything to do with the hair... and he shouldn't have been.

But those of you who claim he was tangled up in it and trying to let go???
Cmon. His hand was in a tight fist coming up, still holding tightly. That is not a hand that is trying to get loose.
I'm willing to say it was just a heat of battle type of thing, no different than holding a jersey or an ankle a little longer than you should. But let's not pretend LJ was a saint on this, either.