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Old Tue Feb 08, 2011, 03:43pm
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Old Tue Feb 08, 2011, 04:02pm
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When I first saw it I said yes. But when I saw the slow motion and I am not sure. It looks like the snap back was more with being lit up than anything. But really hard to tell.

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Old Tue Feb 08, 2011, 04:16pm
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It appears the only thing to make contact originally is the helmet. So hard to see this kind of thing on kickoffs with only a few officials on the field.
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Old Tue Feb 08, 2011, 06:32pm
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Looks like he was obviously leading with the helmet & mask.

What bothers me is that explicitly leading with the mask is still being taught in tackling technique. Not only that, but a supposedly safe tackling technique is taught that disavows use of the mask but that would require extreme dorsiflexion of the neck to avoid it; the latter would work if we had the anatomy of many quadrupeds and birds and could use the prow of the sternum as a ram. And if you dorsiflex your neck but not quite enough to avoid contact, you take it on the chin!

I will say this: Straight-on head contact that results in dorsiflexion of the neck is not as prone to causing neck injury as contact with the crown, contact that results in forward flexion, or a sideways blow to a rotated neck. Whiplash and other dorsiflexion injuries are also usually not as severe an injury as can result from the other kinds. However, even under the most innocent conditions even dorsiflexion can injure seriously; it happened to the mother of someone I know, recently while she was getting shampooed at a beauty parlor!
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Old Tue Feb 08, 2011, 07:31pm
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Definitely leading with the helmet.
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Old Wed Feb 09, 2011, 10:53am
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That has got to be illegal helmet contact...kid dropped his head and made all the contact with his helmet. If that was the defender hitting the ball carrier like that, it would get flagged - so it should be flagged here also.
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Old Fri Feb 11, 2011, 08:04pm
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When I first saw it I said yes. But when I saw the slow motion and I am not sure. It looks like the snap back was more with being lit up than anything. But really hard to tell.

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I agree that many times we watch a replay and/or slow motion and it changes things. We have to make this call in real time, the first time. Granted, we would see it from a different angle on the field than we do in video.
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