Burfict's penalty???

[Wilikn]

(11-27-2017, 11:29 AM)740Bengal Wrote: Un-needed and away from the play, the WR he hit was not a factor.  He has to be smarter than that.

The ball was in the QBs hands when the hit occurred, yes?  The call was, "Hit on a Defenseless Receiver".  He couldn't have been a receiver if the ball had already been thrown elsewhere.  What's more, I believe the defenseless receiver rule requires a hit at or near the head/neck.  That did not happen here.

Eliminating potential receivers before the pass is thrown seems like sound strategy.  Not unneeded.  At least it has been sound strategy for nearly a century of football.  The skill is the ability to eliminate the receiver while keeping yourself in the play.  Pretty sure everything about yesterday's "personal foul" was textbook perfect.

Balanced out yesterday by the terrible call against Peppers.