Quote:Actually, it's completely relevant.  This is one of the few cases where a defensive player did exactly what the league wanted him to do, but because it "looked bad" he still gets the flag and fined.  The league is hypocritical.

 

If I were Telvin, I'd consider it lesson learned.  Take out their knees instead and let them deal with busted ACL's and such if that's what the league wants.

If he did exactly what the league wanted him to do, he wouldn't have hit Johnson in the head. Contrary to what people like to think the NFL isn't looking to eliminate hard hits, they just don't want hits to the head and to defenseless players. Just look at Seattle's defense, they're some of the hardest hitters in the game yet they didn't get a single helmet to helmet or targeting call against them in the last playoffs.

 

Train them well and NFL players have plenty of talent to be able hit hard and hit legal. 

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