That's too many questions, and I don't care enough about this topic to answer them all.
My original assertion was that Flacco slid too late. Nothing's really changed in that regard.
I have just one question. The fact that he slid late in your opinion makes it ok to hit him in the head with your shoulder as a defender?That's too many questions, and I don't care enough about this topic to answer them all.
My original assertion was that Flacco slid too late. Nothing's really changed in that regard.
That's just the tip of the iceberg, bub. I have more questions than the Rams have points in 2017. And unlike in past years, that's actually a high number at the mid-point in the season. Watch yourself.
So what it's just an unfortunate circumstance that Alonso dove 4-5 yards away from the ball carrier. He couldn't control the dive or himself. It's not really his fault he launched himself at a guy going to the ground and leveled his shoulder at his head. It's all Joe Flacco's fault he got his helmet knocked off. All I've seen is people telling us it's Flacco's fault nothing Kiko could do to avoid contributing to Joe's CTE later in life.
Meh. It is what it is. I have no emotional investment in either player. Just calling it like I see it. Two guys running toward the first down marker, and one (QB) took advantage of the slide rule by stretching the boundaries of its enforcement while the other salivated at the opportunity to blow up a QB.
Two guys running to make a play. One guy we've been told should be adjusting his body motion while running forward and the other, who's a better athlete, we're told isn't able to adjust his body and trajectory in the same time that the runner is able to.
You can argue all day long but the simple fact is that Flacco should have slid earlier and actually slid. Would any other QB have slid earlier in that SAME situation? Absolutely. I have seen Wussell Willson do it many times and I would argue that he is probably far less protected than Flacco because he is more of a runner. Flacco flopped dropped and rolled too late. Period. Alonso had the goal of preventing ANYONE from getting to the first down marker. It is a bonus if that guy is the QB of the opposing team. You can ask what QB wouldn't have done what Flacco did? Not many defensive players wouldn't take that shot as Flacco presented it.
Funny how Flacco should have slid earlier to avoid the contact but Alonso in the same amount of space couldn't have adjusted his path at all.
He did adjust. He followed his target.
QB obviously has to protect himself it's called the feet first slide. And your comment just reinforces why so many people are blaming Flacco. It's not for the fact that he did something wrong it's the fact that the NFL is protecting the QB and everybody esle. You cannot hit people in the head it's as simple as that.
I don’t necessarily disagree with you. I just think this is a bad example of only the defender being at fault.
And imo it's even worse these people saying it's the guy who was bleeding out of his heads fault. NFL and its players have created this issue and we fans have to face the reality that they're changing this sport and have been for a few years now.
