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Originally Posted by CT1
But in real time, I don't see how any official could pick that up.
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Especially the R who couldn't see the gap between the nose of the football and the inside of the line-to-gain rod in the measurement right before the play! :-P
But in all seriousness...player safety has to rank above entertainment value. If this game had been played under 2013 rules I would not have disagreed with a flag or ejection and I think replay would have supported such a call, although I agree that the speed of the play may have made it difficult to call on the field.
If he had come in with his head up or gone to either side of the RB's body to initiate with the shoulder, it still would have been a great hit and a legal play in 2013!