several things about this...

1. I think it has less to do with the hit and more to do with 'who' got hit.

2. if the receiver is bending down after the catch there is no where else to 'legally' hit him. 

3. I can't tell from watching the hit that there was any 'malicious intent' in the hit. The head to head contact seemed coincidental.

 

This was clearly a bad call on the part of the NFL. Even Texan fans posted and said that they thought this was a bad call. Given the circumstances of the contact, the amount of the fine is even more ridiculous. The NFL is killing the game of football as many of us knew it growing up. Thanks to the pandering to players like Peyton Manning and Tom Brady and the like, the game is approaching the level of flag football. 

 

If the NFL is going to go down this road, then by all means they should open up drafting from the lingerie league. In the Jags case, at least it would give us something worth watching.... 

 

 

 

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