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I think you're misunderstanding the rule----once he is running, incidental helmet to helmet contact is not a penalty. It's not clear that the defender even initiated it, but even if one felt he did it STILL isn't a penalty in that situation.
Same here.
This. Who was that tool?
Same here, I just hope Collie is ok, that looked bad for him.
if you did could vick bet on it
I don't give a crap if it was a bad call or not. Totally classless by the Eagles defender to be jumping around the field whinning about the call and for the fans to be booing so loudly as Collie lies on the field unresposnive.
Doesn't matter.. You can't lead with your helmet.. ANYTIME.
You're watching the wrong defender. Try again.
Watch UFC, it is fairly common and not a "bad" sign actually.
Earning their bad reputation right now. For the most part that reputation is underserved, but that is beyond classless to boo that call when a guy could be paralyzed.
Echoes of Michael Irvin, if I remember rightly (though that was cheering the injury).
But there was absolutely no time for him to react to where the first hit pushed Collie, and he was not lined up to hit him helmet to helmet going in.
Like I said, that's how these helmet to helmet hits occur the majority of the time. The offensive player adjusts after the defensive player commits and he ends up hitting the head when he was aiming for the chest/shoulder. This was the same as all those others.I liked how the week after the fines they showed Merriweather lay someone out and talked about how he had adjusted and wasn't going for the head anymore. Only, his approach was exactly the same, the only difference was the receiver didn't duck into it the next week.That's why the rule is stupid, but that's the rule. If all those others were flags, then this one is too.
Bingo...someone will get fined though.
You are kinda wrong about this.
Its Philly.. what do you expect.. Its not even a good sports city IMO.
I think once everyone noticed the seriousness, it died down. Hope he is ok.
I feel bad for Collie but learn the rules.
Of course that is what they are booing. They were responding to the replay.
He was leading with his helmet and hit Collie's helmet. That's always going to get called, whether the guy is defenseless or a runner.
First of all we all hope he is ok.They have every right to boo a bad call. They wern't booing the player. They were booing the refs. I'm sure this will be the hot topic all week but if it happened in Cleveland or Buffalo it wouldn't even come up. Such a double standardI guess the standing ovation the fans are giving him is classless too.
He lowered his shoulder to absorb the hit he knew was coming. Coleman hit him almost immediately after the other hit, with a slightly lowered shoulder. If the first hit hadn't happened, then Coleman probably wouldn't have been HTH. But he did, and it was, and they are going to call it a penalty from now period.
And that reputation was just thrust upon them and is not deserved in any way, right?:rollseyes:
Agree Samuel was not classy.
Blair White looked scared out of his mind as soon as he caught it.
I guess it isn't clear to some people in the thread
That is not what happened on the play. I don't think people really understand what 'leading with the helmet' means in NFL parlance.Unfortunately, no clear movement from Collie on way off the field. Hope he is ok.
Now are you going to bring up Santa Claus booing from 20 years ago, weak. Almost as weak as the refs giving away 7 that drive.And that reputation was just thrust upon them and is not deserved in any way, right?:rollseyes:
Stop.
Exactly. They were more concerned with a stupid replay from a game while a man is lying motionless, unconscious, and potentially permanently harmed. The lack of perspective is alarming, and quite frankly disgusting. If you can't see that, you're right there with them in my book.
