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September 09, 2016
SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle:
A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.
The individual players should be fined/suspended, and the team should be fined a large sum of money (~$5million) for what seems to be a culture of headhunting by their defense.
posted by grum@work at 09:03 AM on September 09, 2016
I think only one of those shots was called a penalty.
posted by NoMich at 09:11 AM on September 09, 2016
...and that one was off-set by an intentional grounding penalty that I'm pretty sure was the result of the helmet-to-helmet hit...
posted by MeatSaber at 09:34 AM on September 09, 2016
Yikes! The League definitely needs to take some meaningful action on those hits.
posted by bender at 09:48 AM on September 09, 2016
Landon Donovan is coming out of retirement and returning to LA Galaxy.
posted by bender at 09:49 AM on September 09, 2016
Yikes! The League definitely needs to take some meaningful action on those hits.
Once again, when it is Brady or Brees taking those hits or anything close they are called each and every occurrence.
I can understand no penalties being called when Newton or any other QB rushes head first through the line into a pile of defenders. Allowing head shots on the guy because he's tough and doesn't whine loud enough or frequently enough to establish influence is bad officiating.
posted by cixelsyd at 10:58 AM on September 09, 2016
All of the head-to-head hits on Cam Newton during last night's game.