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I'm not sure this play should be flagged. McClain didn't go high. He didn't launch himself up at Miller's head.
Instead, he's running at Miller to break up the pass and/or make a hit, and he's coming in waist level. But Miller trips and falls. What's a defender to do if the area he was about to legally hit is all of a sudden occupied by an opponent's head?
Don't get me wrong, I'm not suggesting that players should be given the benefit of the doubt on malicious hits. And what happened to Miller is unfortunate, to be sure.
But sometimes receivers duck or fall and their head gets in the way. And a would-be legal (if tough) hit becomes dangerous.
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