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Originally Posted by DenverChief
you can't argue for both. The spirit of the rule on defenseless receivers was to prevent concussions as they shorten careers dramatically. He could have gone low...
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Not sure I understand "both"... I already said JJSS might be a flag by the letter of the law, but shouldn't be called. I also explained how the NFL tried to defend the letter of the law on the Frank sack, but that also shouldn't have been called.
All I'm saying is if a player breaks a rule, you should be able to point to something and say
"don't do this next time".... and I just don't see what you tell that defender, besides "make a split second decision to go low next time", I guess. Just like Frank did nothing wrong on the sack; you can't tell him "don't tackle a QB".
And unlike that other hit, which was far more reckless than either of those plays, yet somehow isn't a penalty.