Luke Kuechly Ejected

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Originally Posted by Sturno

This is the same video I saw while at the game yesterday and this was going down right in front of me...I was about 26 rows up.

What you should see on this video is:

1 - #21 of the Panthers pulling a Packer who happens to be holding Kuechly. The Packers player didn't rip him away from the pile, another Panther did indirectly. Just so we're both clear on what took place.

I did not notice that a Panther player was pulling the Packer player ... thanks for pointing it out

Originally Posted by Sturno

2 - Kuechly throws a punch at the Packer player when kicking his feet trying to get up as being dragged back....that swing was flagged by R Jeff Triplette, but you don't see it in the first video angle. The second Unsportsmanlike that got him ejected was the swing at the BJ.

Triplette did not throw is flag, he is tossing the football in to the U or C. You can clearly see that Triplette still has his flag in his pants (0:47 of video)

Originally Posted by Sturno

3 - As an official, you know full well the Back Judge was telling him to cool it and probably let the one arm swing and shove go without issue until he swung an arm and clocked him on the side of the head and at that point he had enough.

If there was contact, it was very minor at best. I do not know the exact wording of the rule/policy and I will defer judgment to the NFL Office

Originally Posted by Sturno

I guess I don't know how many swings you want to let this guy throw before you've seen enough.

And on a side note, the habit of opponents dragging and pulling each other off of these piles needs to be addressed. It's trickling down and happening at the lower levels and creates the inevitable shoving match every time.

Agree 100%

[Robert Goodman]

I looked again & again, and I still don't see any add'l cx by the player on the official; it was all the official on the player. Had the official been taller, he might've gotten an elbow in the head, but I can't see swinging my arm free from a pull like that from behind as either a personal foul or USC. BTW, if the player hadn't swung around, the official was about to trip him!

Luke Kuechly ejection unjustified, NFL says - ESPN