12-10-2018, 02:26 PM
(12-09-2018, 11:19 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: Players in a defenseless posture are:
- A receiver attempting to catch a pass who has not had time to clearly become a runner. If the player is capable of avoiding or warding off the impending contact of an opponent, he is no longer a defenseless player.
Prohibited contact against a player who is in a defenseless posture is:
- forcibly hitting the defenseless player’s head or neck area with the helmet, facemask, forearm, or shoulder, even if the initial contact is lower than the player’s neck, and regardless of whether the defensive player also uses his arms to tackle the defenselessplayer by encircling or grasping him
The defender hit Boyd in the chest, with his hands and arms.
So you say he hit him with his arms and hands right...your words not mine btw? Then you post a definition that says “forearm.” Is that not part of the arm? Boyd was clearly in a defenseless posture...
...I also see that you conveniently avoided bold font for this section....
...even if the initial contact is lower than the player’s neck, and regardless of whether the defensive player also uses his arms to tackle the defenselessplayer by encircling or grasping him.
Is that because it completely contradicts your view that it was a legal hit?
The defender also launched himself...and also a guy with multiple fines the last couple years for dirty plays. I bet you cannot find a similar hit on film that didn’t draw a flag.
