No fine for Clark for hit on Welker

[JSn]

Whatever, man. That's messed up.

ProFootballTalk.com - NO FINE FOR CLARK

 

[Tunescribe]

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Whatever, man. That's messed up.

ProFootballTalk.com - NO FINE FOR CLARK

I absolutely do not understand this one. Pereira left out the fact that CLARK WAS HEAD-HUNTING on that play. The ball wasn't there and everyone knew it. That's why they threw the damn flag. Geez, we've seen fines for much lesser hits than that.

 

[ctpatsfan77]

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What's truly sad is that Pereira actually seems to believe the BS that comes out of his mouth.

So, apparently, illegal hits become legal ones when it's a Patriot who's on the receiving end? :enranged:

 

[BelichickFan]

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What's truly sad is that Pereira actually seems to believe the BS that comes out of his mouth.

Does that BS artist still do a segment on NFLN ? I quit watching after he defended the horrible PI call against Samuel vs. Lelie in the Denver playoff game back in 2005.

 

[PatsFan2]

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I have said that before no surpises...it was not a Illegal Hit! I just hope one of our a Safety's could hit like Ryan Clark. The moral of a that none fine is the hit look pretty brutal in slow motion but not in real time or lets say with the naked eye. It was Excellent hit...i wish Ryan Clark had laid one on that Wus Ben Watson!

 

[tanked_as_usual]

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on one hand, it was an unneeded hit...........on the other hand, he probably knows the rule book better than any of you

if rodney harrison did that to marvin harrison, y'all would be cheering it

 

[ALP]

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funny....the video is gone

per the NFL ill guess....

 

[ctpatsfan77]

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funny....the video is gone

per the NFL ill guess....

And this surprises you somehow?

 

[ALP]

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And this surprises you somehow?

nope...i prob didnt put my hint of irony in the message quite as clearly as i would have liked

 

[Tunescribe]

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I have said that before no surpises...it was not a Illegal Hit! I just hope one of our a Safety's could hit like Ryan Clark. The moral of a that none fine is the hit look pretty brutal in slow motion but not in real time or lets say with the naked eye. It was Excellent hit...i wish Ryan Clark had laid one on that Wus Ben Watson!

OK, so the hit itself might not have been illegal according to the league. But the circumstances surrounding it are what bother me: It's clear that Clark's intention was to lay out Welker and not make a play on the ball. Isn't that a fine-able offense?

 

[richpats]

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Wilfork was fined $35K for what was determined to be a clean play on Cutler. Total BS here.

 

[ctpatsfan77]

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OK, so the hit itself might not have been illegal according to the league. But the circumstances surrounding it are what bother me: It's clear that Clark's intention was to lay out Welker and not make a play on the ball. Isn't that a fine-able offense?

I don't root for injuries, but if Ryan Clark were to tear an ACL or something as a result of that piece of @#%)@% that passes for the football field in Pittsburgh, I would have no sympathy for him whatsoever.

 

[PatsFan2]

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OK, so the hit itself might not have been illegal according to the league. But the circumstances surrounding it are what bother me: It's clear that Clark's intention was to lay out Welker and not make a play on the ball. Isn't that a fine-able offense?

You cannot protect everybody it's the nature of the Game.

 

[Cartwright]

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I was not a fan of the hit myself. I think it was clean in terms of the action, but as many have said, I think the intent was clear.

Anyone remember if the TBay defender was fined for a hit on Dallas Clark last season? I think he ALSO got hit pretty good this year, maybe Jax game? And no fine (IIRC).

It is a fine line, hard to tell guys they can't "hit hard", but as a player, I would tend to err on the side of, "what goes around comes around", and maybe try and pull up on that, cause I think he could have. Jack Tatum would knock my block off for that statement

 

[ctpatsfan77]

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It is a fine line, hard to tell guys they can't "hit hard", but as a player, I would tend to err on the side of, "what goes around comes around", and maybe try and pull up on that, cause I think he could have. Jack Tatum would knock my block off for that statement

If there's such a thing as karma, Mr. Tatum hasn't exactly gotten off scot-free. . . . and I have even less sympathy for him than I do for Mr. Clark.

And, BTW, I have to say that Darryl Stingley was a far better man about it than I could ever be.

 

[signbabybrady]

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I don't think the hit was that Illegal. It was a boderline launching call and if you want to argue that fine but it was not a late hit and he legally could hit the Player at the time because it was a tipped ball.

My biggest problem with this is the BS that the NFL spewed out. They don't fine which I dont think they shuold have and they call it a legall hit but than comend the Ref for throwing the flag WTF.

It was a vicious hit but that's the NFL people are tryign to tear eachothers heads off on every play. If he did leave his feet and launch than it was illegal but otherwise I think it was a bad call. There is a reason you can hit after a tipped ball its because it is a live ball and anyone can get so you should than be allowed to stop the other team from attempting to get the ball but now the NFL says you can do that so long as you dont do it to hard because if you do it to hard wether it is illegal or not we will commend our refs.

Whats next you can't hit a RB to hard when he takes a hand off? 2 hand touch? what?

 

[emoney_33]

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And the NFL continues to say "it's OK to injure Patriots players"... awesome! Screw the NFL!

 

[Box_O_Rocks]

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NFL Head Office, thy name is inconsistency.

 

[Metaphors]

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NFL Head Office, thy name is inconsistency.

Broncos safety fined $7,500 by league (2004)

John Lynch Hits Dante Hall

Lynch drew the fine for a hard blow just below Hall's face mask as Hall sprawled out to catch a ball over the middle. The hit came after it was fairly clear the ball couldn't be caught, though it's hard to know if Lynch could have pulled up to avoid contact in time.

He said officials told him he was penalized not for a helmet-to-helmet hit -- something the league has cracked down on severely over the past few seasons -- but for taking a shot at a defenseless receiver.

 

[MVPKiller]

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So headhunting is legal and does not carry a fine in the NFL, just as long as you make sure you don't use your helmet? I wish we had some safeties to put this rule clarification to the test Sunday...

Even if the actual HIT was clean, the fact that it was on a defenseless receiver, after a play was over should have carried a fine.