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Not being flagged in-game is not always a defense. In this case though, it was not flagged because it was a legal block.
The league determined this was a peel back block, which has been illegal since 2005.
Banned for a year? Come on, those types of blocks happen all the time, just an unfortunate situation that it happened to Cushing who already tore his ACL. I have never heard of Charles being a dirty player by others around the league, so banning him for a year on a LEGAL hit is completely absurd.
How would you like 195 lb Charles to block Watt? Should he try to pancake him?
Ohh, Ok.cobalt_27 said:
He should do it anywhere but at the knees. Hips would be a good start imo, but knees should be protected as much as heads. It's the same issue as the Ravens player that took out Cobb's knees last week. Both times the player had the opportunity to go high, but chose to go low and a leg got broken in the process.
Yeah, this entire thread should just be locked. It's ridiculous. That was a 100% legal cut block executed to perfection. Cushing came in at full speed and his foot got planted in the ground as he tried to leave his feet to go over Charles.
This is 100% COMPLETELY IRRELEVANT. There is every excuse for it, which is why it's a legal hit. How can you expect someone like a 199lb Jamaal Charles to even begin to impede the defensive player when we're discussing the likes of 6'3 250lb Brian Cushing or a 6' 5" 290lb JJ Watt? The only way to actually do that is going low and tripping him up, that's WHY cut blocks are legal for RBs. If Charles tried to stand up straight and hit them up high to 'impede the progress' he'd probably have gotten hurt.
Is there anything that the NFL can review this week in the Lions game? Did Suh hit someone too hard?
RBs have been using chip blocks for years, which slow a defender and knock him off balance. Most RBs will take on a blitzer up high - going low is not only more dangerous, but less effective if the defender simply jumps over the cut block. The only time it is more effective is when you go for a players knees.
Favre was fined for a crackback.
If a proven steroid freak has nothing but you between him and an unimpeded shot on your MVP-candidate QB, you should be doing whatever you can within the rules of football to not just impede him, but take him down. Bonus points if it helps clear the passing lane, which it did.
Yes, I agree. You can't blame Charles, the hit was legal. It's still a ####ty hit and a hit that should be illegal. The NFL is all over the concussion thing as a 'player safety' mode but ignore the fact that yesterday had to be the most ACL Tears I've ever seen in a single week. And as I think about it, this season alone the amount of ACL tears is just insane. I can't recall a season where a top end player was experiencing some form of severe lower body injury every week. And what can they do? They can't make low and high hits illegal. Then what? We're now playing contact baseball? You have to hit a player in the strike zone or it's a penalty? If you hit him in the legs or hit him above the shoulders it's 15 yards and a fine. You can only hit them in the torso.
