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Originally Posted by oncelost77
I paused it at :26 where he dips his head to prepare for contact. Again at :31, it seems that his helmet hits first. Guess I would have flagged it in a game and video review would have supported the call enough for me to not lose sleep.
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His forearms and shoulder clearly hit first. The following contact with the helmet is not illegal.
Besides that, pausing it means nothing. There isn't a call a football official can make where he gets to pause the play.