Raptorman
Vikings fan since 1966.
And if someone had done it to Rodgers, you Packer fans would be calling for a suspension.
Not I. But I tend to be atypical in my opinions. I don't defend my players acting like dumba**es regardless of their motivations either.And if someone had done it to Rodgers, you Packer fans would be calling for a suspension.
Look at the late hit Julius Peppers put on Rodgers a few years ago.And if someone had done it to Rodgers, you Packer fans would be calling for a suspension.
I'll admit I agree with you, and am biased, and then after the game if it was bad enough to cause injury I'd be for the suspension, if not then I'd be upset and wanting a fine, and then move on. I'd think Suh would be suspended before Matthews though right now.And if someone had done it to Rodgers, you Packer fans would be calling for a suspension.
As there was no reason for Shields to push him in the back as he came into the area.
As there was no reason for Shields to push him in the back as he came into the area.
1) The ejection would be from hitting Staley in the facemask.
It was a dumb hit by Clay because Kaepernick was heading out of bounds. The rule has clearly been enforced in such situations, versus a player trying to stay in bounds or turn up field for additional yards. Clay could've seen that if his eyes were open. One can say that contact barely took place out of bounds but Kaepernick's intentions were known several yards in advance. Dumb
Kapernick has streaked around and past us for tons of yardage and touchdowns before.... nobody knew his intentions before he actually ran out of bounds. This game and play like that are split-second decisions. Anticipations. Nobody is psychic out there, and when you start to think you might be, they can trick you and stay in bounds.It was a dumb hit by Clay because Kaepernick was heading out of bounds. The rule has clearly been enforced in such situations, versus a player trying to stay in bounds or turn up field for additional yards. Clay could've seen that if his eyes were open. One can say that contact barely took place out of bounds but Kaepernick's intentions were known several yards in advance. Dumb
Good luck to you as well, see you in Lambeau in January.I did not get a chance to watch the game until yesterday, but that hit by Mathews and the firestorm it set off was pretty insane. It looked like an all-out brawl.
Football is not a civilized sport. It is a game based on tribal warfare and Mathews clearly had it in his head that if Kaepernick ran up-field he was going to "kill" him (not literally of course). If you look at the hit, he launches himself right as Kaepernick is running out of bounds.
It looks like a split-second decision, maybe completely out of instinct and completely oblivious to the fact that he is stepping out of bounds, so I do not think it was a flagrant or "dirty" hit. If it were, he would have deserved to have been ejected. At the same time, concussions are serious business and he deserved the penalty and it should not have been offset.
It was not as if he hit him five second after the play were over or did a Suh stomp. It does not look like a dirty hit, but it was clearly a bad decision based on a lack of awareness of where the sidelines were and I do not think there should have been an offsetting penalty.
Anyway, it was a great game. You clearly have a very good team this year. Good luck in the rest of your season.