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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Preacher" data-source="post: 343650" data-attributes="member: 3813">Sigh--I am not sure how Harrison's hits can be considered dirty when they have been legal up to this year.  After all, it is the exact same way Ben gets hit.Has anyone considered the fact that he is only 6'0 tall (and probably not even that much).  The average LB is 6'2-6'3.  The average QB at this level is 6'3-6'4.  Those four inches or so is just about perfect- to create many top of the helmet to facemask hits (which is what most of Harrison's hits are).Dirty?  Not at all.  Not even considered illegal until this year-sort of-depending on who is being hit.  Don't believe me?  See if you can find game tape not only of the Steelers, but of the Ravens, or one or two other QB's that are always getting helmet to helmet hits, and are seldom called.  It's no coincidence that those are the teams that play a more physical style of ball, IMO.</blockquote>

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