Originally Posted by BMWTurboDzl
Originally Posted by czbrian
Originally Posted by 53' Stude
Originally Posted by 4WD
That late tackle was the first assault
Exactly right. Garret should be thrown out of NFL along with Burfict
Are yall sure it was a late hit?
Ya, the brown player rode and pulled the QB down the the ground. It's wasn't a knock to the ground, but a grab, twist, use my weight to eventually take you down over a period of 5 seconds.
That's not the definition of late hit in the rule book though and I don't think the refs through a flag for a late hit. He engaged the quaterback before the ball left his hands. The whistle was not blown to call the play dead. Myles Garrett's head was buried in the torso of the QB the entire time for the tackle and it was actually less than 2 seconds from the time of contact until on the ground.
The rule for roughing the passer states "the defensive player must strive to wrap up the passer with the defensive player's arms and not land on the passer with all or most of his body weight." That's what he was doing by twisting him so that the QB actually lands on him. If he would have tackled him to the ground landing on top of the QB, he would be more likely to get a roughing the passer penalty.