Burfict is scaring dudes clean out of the league

[GMDino]

(02-26-2016, 04:04 AM)Murdock2420 Wrote: One last thought since I'm sure by now your sitting at the computer foaming at the mouth a little, you said Harrison defends all hits....your words.

I typed "Harrison defends Shazier hit" into a search and found....Nothing. Only stories of Harrison defending the guy he coached up in Burfict.

Maybe because there was nothing to defend?

http://espn.go.com/blog/cincinnati-bengals/post/_/id/21196/giovani-bernard-ryan-shazier-dean-blandino-nfl-league-explanation-allowed-hit-tackle

Quote:According to Blandino, Shazier's hit was clean football. Why? Because Bernard established himself as a runner and was no longer a defenseless receiver; and because the players were running toward each other at different angles, meaning the way Shazier led with his head wasn't an issue.


Both points certainly can be debated.

"If he has established himself as a runner -- control, both feet, ability to ward off, attempt to avoid contact, that time element -- if that time element has been met, then he can be contacted in the head," Blandino said. "You watch the play. [There's] control, he's going to take several steps, he's going to turn and become a runner. So he's not a defenseless player at the time of contact."

As to the point about leading with the crown of his helmet, Shazier would have been at risk for earning a penalty had he and Bernard been traveling at the same angle, Blandino said. He added that Bernard's momentum was angled toward the sideline, while Shazier was moving directly north/south.

"The theory being, when players are moving at [the same] angles, they don't have as much opportunity to avoid that contact," Blandino said.

So Harrison commented on one called a penalty he did not think should have been (after years of run in with the league over such hits) and did NOT comment on the one not called at all that was found to be legal.

Weird.