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Originally Posted by ultimate175
That play did seem to conflict with the spirit of protecting quarterbacks, but what rule specifically was broken to cite as a penalty? You can't go low at a QB's knees - that's an explicit rule. You can't land with your full body weight on a QB - that's an explicit rule. You can't hit a QB late after releasing the ball - that's an explicit rule. None of those occurred. Other than being aggressive, what was the violation?
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Unnecessary roughness exists for all players, not just QB's. Slamming the guy's head to the fake turf (ahem...borderline concrete) was not necessary. If they really are trying to stop the concussions and other head injuries, they need to penalize that type of play when it happens. Otherwise the refs are encouraging the guys to keep doing it.