Interesting this went unnoticed. I however saw it IMMEDIATELY.
Not only does Timmons (Same POS that absolutely positively STOMPED on Ricky while he was lying on the ground) but he does it in the endzone...
If I'm Sparano, I'm sending LOTS of copies of this to the front office...of course, its not like it will do any good or anything
Of course all the Stripes were looking at was if he was inbounds the entire way...and interesting they reviewed that cause it wasn't even close.
YouTube - Davone Bess Steelers vs Dolphins 2010
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Really? Did he not drop his shoulder and arm and go helmet first into his back?
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Yeah sorry man that was a pretty innocuous hit right there, I don't see the issue.
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I can't figure out whats legal or not. I thought it was always illegal to lead with your helmet.
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It does look like he tried to put the forehead of his helmet into the middle back of Bess. That could just be due to the speed of the game though, since even when we run, we lead with the head. Or swim, or basically anything besides Luge. Yes i know he could have just shoved him instead.
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The reason this is a non-issue is he didn't aim for Davone's head. He had to get low because Davone was falling and he was trying to redirect Davone's body momentum and prevent him getting into the end zone.
The NFL is more consistent on this than you think. Davone wasn't a defenseless receiver on the play, he was a ball carrier. Notice that the NFL declared James Harrison's hit on Josh Cribbs to be completely legal. It was the hit on Massaquoi that drew the fine, and the amount was more than the Meriweather fine because Harrison's drawn fines for that before.dirtywhiteboy and unluckyluciano like this. -
Funny I thought no one else noticed the late hit there. But meh, Timmons was carrying momentum.
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Thanks for the voices of reason folks. :up:
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Yeah, I was wondering that as well, but forgot about it later on due to sheer rage. I assumed it was the leading with the helmet in general, not helmet to helmet contact.
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It was late, and probably unnecessary, but not illegal. I always wonder why more guys don't let up on plays like that, but I guess they do it out of frustration for allowing a score than anything else.