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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
His helmet is right at Smith's arm and Smith's arm is right at the beltline for the C and it'll be even closer when you cock the camara angle back 5-10 yards to deal with that angle. You can see Creed has his belt line hanging a little beyond the 49. Taylor, from that angle appears to be 6-9 inches behind the 49 at the crown of his helmet but with the angle you can easily 'gain' that 6-9 inches back through cocking the camera even with the LOS. At the very worst, he's even or even a little ahead of Donovan Smith at the snap.
Worse still - look at where the WRs are. The line judge can't have the answer there based on where everyone his standing. There's simply not a clear view. Moore, MVS and Kelce have 6 sets of legs between that official and the crown of Jawaan Taylor's helmet. And whether he is or if he isn't lined up too deep, there's no way to be sure of it based on that.
That's a targeted penalty. That's a penalty because the official WANTED it to be a penalty. There's no way that through 3 weeks there's been ONE other OT called for this and Taylor gets called for one that obviously borderline if the rules are being implemented neutrally.
This isn't the shit that Collinsworth was complaining about. Taylor was told he needs to adjust - he adjusted to where he is, at worst, doing the same thing every other OT in tackle is doing - and he's STILL getting penalized for it.
That's not a 'stop crying about it' thing - that's a 'stop targeting one single player in the entire NFL to make an example of...' thing.
This is bullshit. Full stop.
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Unless you’ve got a better angle, it is clear that Jawaan is lined up illegally here.