Lawson' Interview

[CJD]

(10-02-2018, 10:03 AM)BengalsBong Wrote: Lawson had the QB head in a bear hug that will get flagged every time. Hit him between the knees and the head aim for the stomach or lower back its not rocket science.

People who say this I can't help but think they never actually played football.

Like...in the moment. In the speed of the game. You are close the QB. You are being shoved by the offensive lineman, there are guys falling all over themselves. 

There are times when you just don't have control of where you are in relation to the QB. You're running at top speed and you just collide with the QB in any way that you can.

Now, there are things that you should not do when trying to reach the QB. Don't lead with your helmet, don't grab at the facemask. Don't bury them into the ground. and Don't try to rip their legs off.

But just hitting 5 inches higher than the NFL feels like you should have...Like, come on. That's an extremely hard standard to hit. You could tell there was nothing malicious about how Lawson tackled the QB. It was literally just "this is the contortion my body was in in order to get around this 320 lb man. And Now I just need to get that guy to not throw the ball."

Maybe I'm not articulating this as well as I could, but the idea that these guys can hit a 2 ft section of a moving person (from shoulders to waist) no matter what is just an absurd proposition to me. And then they do it, and you call a penalty because of the way they landed.

It's okay to disagree with refs every once in a while. And they're definitely being way too protective of QBs. It's cheapening the game when drives are sustained for no reason other than a referee's whim.