Quote:Where have you been the last five years? It was helmet to helmet. Period. Penalty.

 

And I love that "pretty mild hit". Yeah, it's always mild when it happens to someone else.

 

Did you not notice that Johnson got a concussion? Did you see him return? Are you saying you'd be ok if the same type hit was made against Bortles or Lee?

 

 

Quote:I could care less who would have won that game (if anything I'd be rooting for the Jags) and that is definitely a flag. It was helmet to helmet. End of story. Flag.


Whether you want to argue if that should be a rule or not is a whole other issue, but you can't argue that it's against the rules.

 

Correct me if I'm wrong here, but doesn't the helmet-to-helmet rule apply to both sides of the football? While the defensive player usually holds the burden of adjusting his play, Johnson lowered his head and did so quickly. Since Johnson took a defensive possession, you can't really argue that he's a defenseless player either.

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