Targeting

[Sioux_Per_Cy]

I have not seen the targeting cal where they picked up the flag mentioned here. It sure looked like targeting to me

 

[cmjh10]

It wasnt, shoulder to chest, completely legal block

 

[awd4cy]

Contact was made with chest before head. Was not targeting.

 

[Rhoadhoused]

If there was any helmet to helmet contact it should have been targeting. I thought I saw the helmets touch on the replay. Maybe not though.

 

[mctallerton]

Contact was made with chest before head. Was not targeting.

I agree with this, but I also think that is the reason that there is an automatic review. Call it on the field and let someone with more angles take a look at it.

 

[cmjh10]

If there was any helmet to helmet contact it should have been targeting. I thought I saw the helmets touch on the replay. Maybe not though.

The helmets did touch, but it was after the initial contact and was very minimal.

 

[ISUCubswin]

I would've liked it to have been called and then reviewed.

Don't think that it would've stood, but who knows. Maybe the review official knew he ****ed up in the first half and would've given us an "I'm sorry" penalty.

 

[awd4cy]

If there was any helmet to helmet contact it should have been targeting. I thought I saw the helmets touch on the replay. Maybe not though.

If every helmet to helmet was called there would be a flag every play.

 

[cycfan1]

If that play was on defense instead of blocking it would have been targeting, double standard here IMO.

 

[Rhoadhoused]

If every helmet to helmet was called there would be a flag every play.

It is only a flag if the player is defenseless. A player receiving a blindside block is defenseless.

 

[MNclone]

Probably not a penalty based on the current rule but the play was exactly what the rule is trying to eliminate. It was an unnecessarily violent okay on a defenseless opponent.

 

[jkclone]

It is only a flag if the player is defenseless. A player receiving a blindside block is defenseless.

Plus if I remember right it seemed he lead with his head.

 

[khardbored]

I have not seen the targeting cal where they picked up the flag mentioned here. It sure looked like targeting to me

Not to me. However, I agree with those who say it does seem odd that another official on the field had it waived off, instead of letting it go to a booth review. Esp. at the beginning of the season, they made a big deal about being able to over turn both the penalty itself and the ejection component.