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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Yeah, the irony of it being that I think the intent behind the 2nd hit was actually worse than the intent behind the first.
The 2nd hit was clearly him trying to blow MVS apart and giving no ****s as to how he went about doing it. It just so happened that MVS was high enough that Cisco's point of impact was below his shoulder and thus he didn't get into his head.
But both of them were plays where he was launching himself up at contact. And the NFL's entire purpose in taking 'malice' out of the equation when discussing these penalties was to get guys to stop doing that shit. The league made it clear that they don't CARE if you intend to injure the guy - just don't do the things that make that injury more likely, chief among them is launching yourself up towards the head/shoulder area.
There's a reason the rule was written like it was. The league doesn't want that kind of tackle in the game.
And yet Cisco got away with two of them.
They'll be watching him closely.
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I mean… I hate the juju hit but the Mvs is something else and it’s the one people are apologizing most for.
I don’t know that I’ve even seen a guy leap off his feet, shoulders squared sideways to truck a jumping receiver. He doesn’t use his arms to breakaway down a pass. He doesn’t hit him hard using his arms. He tucks his arms in and LEAPS in the air like a battering ram. You’re absolutely right that if Mvs mistimes his jump or doesn’t jump to his highest that would have been a very serious injury. It’s interesting that Mvs jumping high (which makes him way more defenseless) is being used to justify the hit.