C.J. Gardner-Johnson’s Super Bowl fine was rescinded
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profootballtalk.nbcsports.comPosted Mar 6, 2023, 2:31 PM UTC
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profootballtalk.nbcsports.comGood, it really was close to spearing, but how are you supposed to tackle someone if you can’t put your helmet anywhere on their body? Too high is helmet to helmet, any lower it’s spearing.
Was a good tackle and a great hit. Hope he’s back next season.
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NFL doesn’t want hits anymore
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They pissed themselves when it looked like Mahomes might have a bad high ankle sprain against Cincy
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Probably started the memo to the SB Referee crew right about then…of course, the way the Cincy game ended with a penalty was so similar to the SB, maybe there was a memo out already…?
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There’s gonna be a memo out next year, “DO NOT MAKE SOFT CALLS IN FINAL 2 MINUTES”
I don’t think this is the attention that the league wants
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It was a great hit. 4 inches to the right and that ball probably comes out. Was that kind of game, we didn't get many breaks.
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Spearing requires you to use the crown of the helmet. If he had his head up, I'd have no problem with this hit. (edit: though, if he has his head up, he probably doesn't make first contact using his helmet, which is kind of the point) Guess no one really cares about spinal cord injuries.
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Maybe its not taught this way anymore but at one time it was not enough to tackle and wrap up and bring to the ground. You were taught “to get a hat on the ball” which basically meant put your helmet on the guys arm so it will hurt and he will drop the ball.
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I know how things were, and it is problematic. Sure, it is low likelihood, but very high risk - how many Shazier or Taliaferro injuries do we need to learn this? And that doesn’t even consider the concussions caused by this type of hit.
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People care about spinal cord injuries. People care about injuries in general. No one is challenging that.
That said, injuries are a 100% likelihood playing football. It’s part of the game. Are there ways to prevent certain injuries? Definitely, and preventing spearing type tackles is certainly one of them.
But I think it’s pretty clear this hit was clean, simply based on the nfl rescinding the fine.
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Before the Gannon departure I think he was 100 a lock to be back. He’s such a good player that it still might happen but you don’t know what our new DC has in store
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If that DC doesn't want him, I don't want that DC.
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Got so much shit in the original thread for saying it was a clean hit by the rules
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On the eagles subreddit?
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Nah r/nfl
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r/nfl is like Palestine, Ohio levels of toxic
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That thread was full of haters, pretty insane to read it
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It's also full of morons. You're taking the number of idiots per fanbase and multiplying it by every team in the league.
So yea there's a lot of really bad takes on there.
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Don’t go there. ‘Tis a silly place.
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Kinda related, but didn’t Devonta get a headshot early in the game? Surprised that wasn’t called and that there was no fine.
Headshot as he was almost out of bounds actually. I'm sure it won't matter, just like how Sanders and Wentz both were almost decapitated on facemasks and neither team was even flagged.
Add Goedert to this list of people that have been nearly beheaded
Obligatory Fuck Troy Vincent
Devonta was on the HEEL team, so the refs no-called it according to script.
It shows how the NFL “advises” the referees on how to call a game.
Then they clean up any egregious errors after a few weeks when they have gaslighted everyone into whatever story the NFL corporation wants to portray.