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Related: About this forumAhmad Brooks Says His Flag For Hitting Drew Brees Was "Bullshit"...
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The home cooking reserved for star QBs penalty probably cost the 49ers the game. Though in reality they didn't play well enough offensively to win anyway, but still. Might as well just put flags on the QB and say none of them are allowed to be hit.
intaglio
(8,170 posts)look at the QB's neck when that hits. It risks severing the spinal cord, displacing cervical vertebrae, crushing the wind-pipe and the hyoid bone in addition to possible concussion.
Upton
(9,709 posts)and just why is Brees wearing shoulder pads anyway..decoration?
intaglio
(8,170 posts)The tackle is high with the upper part of the arm striking the neck before the elbow and lower arm strike the upper chest and the right hand grasps the shoulder. This tackle forces Brees neck to hyper-extend.
A clothesline does not need to be passive with the offender just sticking his arm out to catch a running player. The tackle you have pictured is highly dangerous and was rightly penalised.
Upton
(9,709 posts)Brooks' initial contact is with the shoulder pads of Brees both on the chest and shoulder, not with the neck. His neck does snap back some, but that's not due to any "clothesline", which the hit definitely wasn't, it's part of what happens in football when a larger player hits another.. or at least it's supposed to be..
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)Upton
(9,709 posts)since Brady, much like Brees, is one of those NFL protected QBs who looks for and often puts on an act to get game changing calls like this..I guess I can understand your position, but I also realize where it's coming from.
Goblinmonger
(22,340 posts)because the hit lands simultaneously with the right hand on the Brees' left shoulder pad and their right shoulder pads connect. It has nothing to do with any other part of the arm which doesn't land until after those two contact points cause the "hyper-extension."
Goblinmonger
(22,340 posts)He hits his shoulders first. The arm never really becomes a part of what is going on in the neck.
trotsky
(49,533 posts)But a nasty looking hit nonetheless. Yikes.
nomorenomore08
(13,324 posts)"Home cooking" is right.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)Auggie
(31,437 posts)49ers don't have an answer for defenses that stuff the box.
Upton
(9,709 posts)so whenever they run into a team they can't physically dominate, they're in trouble. It's unusual in today's NFL to have a one dimensional team on the rushing side, but that's what they've become.
The 49ers have problems. It's going to be a struggle to even make the playoffs. Kaepernick has never adapted to losing Crabtree and has regressed overall. I don't know why the 49ers didn't go after another established WR after the Achilles injury. And sometimes I wonder if Roman's play calling is putting Kaep in the best position to succeed..
Auggie
(31,437 posts)I can't say if Kaep's regressed. Defenses are playing him tougher. He needs passing reps. Maybe simpler plays. He's still the equivalent of a first year starter.
My guess is Harbaugh/Baalke knew they'd get Crabtree back around now and figured the schedule was easy enough that they could stay in playoff contention without an established WR. That loss to Carolina was a big blow to that plan. So now they need to finish 5-1 to probably secure the WC.
Crisis mode in Santa Clara this week. Tough games ahead. Perhaps no Iupati, either.
Iggo
(47,882 posts)madinmaryland
(64,989 posts)they got called for roughing the passer.
Upton
(9,709 posts)The majority of these then legal hits, Montana is in there too, would be penalties today..
wilt the stilt
(4,528 posts)most of these hits were shoulder first.