So I get this was one stupid player on the Texans that did the dirty hit. But he is a captain for the Team. Just "talking" to him as the Texans coach said he would do is getting off super lite for the team and player. Like if he gets suspended for a 1 game, that is minor in the grand scheme. Plus he had a less dirty hit on a player early this season and didn't get his captaincy revoked or any other punishment. True this Jags team was never a true treat to them in this game or season. But say the Jags had not imploded all year, and were fighting the Texans for the Division. That hit could have effectively won the division for the Texans.

I get this is a single instance that doesn't equal what the Saints did during Bounty-gate, but it also feels like the Texans should have to face some penalty given the nature of the hit and how universally it is being considered dirty and on a QB. If not, it just feels like passively allowing a team in the future to replicate a Bounty-gate system but in a sneakier way that is less obviously transactional and can't be proven.

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