A Kicker was ejected for targeting…

#7
#7
To be fair, it was targeting.
I don’t agree with licking a kid out on his first offense. Maybe you make it a season thing instead of game to game. First offense is just the flag. Second, regardless of same game or not is out for the rest of the half. Third is suspended the rest of the game and the next game. Something like that would be better than kicking kids out for one hit.
 
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#8
I don’t agree with licking a kid out on his first offense. Maybe you make it a season thing instead of game to game. First offense is just the flag. Second, regardless of same game or not is out for the rest of the half. Third is suspended the rest of the game and the next game. Something like that would be better than kicking kids out for one hit.
I don’t like ejections for targeting unless it’s really egregious—like a hit seen on an old NFL highlight where a db such as Ronnie Lott tries to decapitate a receiver.
 
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#9
#9
Didn't somebody have a big boy kicker a few years ago? I'm thinking Penn State.

Not sure if he ever got a targeting call, but he surely put a hurting on a few guys.

You talking about the Steelers new punter?

Biggus Kickus

I don’t even know his real name.
 
#12
#12
By the letter of the rule, it was. But common sense tells you that nobody should be ejected for a hit like that. They need to take the ejections out of the equation and let the league office take time to review the hits and suspend players during the next week.

By any application of the rule it was targeting…the kid launched, led with the helmet, made contact above the shoulders with the crown, made no attempt to wrap up…it was textbook targeting. The kicker shouldn’t get a pass because he’s not some head hunting free safety.

Now I’m with you on the punishment aspect. I’ve never been in favor of automatic ejection. Hopefully that changes soon.
 
#16
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By any application of the rule it was targeting…the kid launched, led with the helmet, made contact above the shoulders with the crown, made no attempt to wrap up…it was textbook targeting. The kicker shouldn’t get a pass because he’s not some head hunting free safety.

Now I’m with you on the punishment aspect. I’ve never been in favor of automatic ejection. Hopefully that changes soon.

No launch, was made at all. He awkwardly left his feet after contact. His left leg firmly planted before contact. Crown of the helmet made contact on the collar bone, not on the head and maybe above shoulders. Of course, he did not wrap up, he's a kicker.

Weak call and does not speak to the nature of the rule.
 
#17
#17
No launch, was made at all. He awkwardly left his feet after contact. His left leg firmly planted before contact. Crown of the helmet made contact on the collar bone, not on the head and maybe above shoulders. Of course, he did not wrap up, he's a kicker.

Weak call and does not speak to the nature of the rule.

We…disagree.
 
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