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Old Tue Sep 27, 2011, 09:14pm
BktBallRef BktBallRef is offline
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Originally Posted by oncelost77 View Post
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.
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.
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