DOLPHINS: Officiating & Wilson's hit

[Michael Fischer]

The NFL has made it VERY clear - ANY helmet to helmet contact in a  
situation like that is going to get flagged. I've only seen Wilson 2  
or three times now, and
I don't like him. This was stupid as well as dangerous. Wilson is a  
loose cannon on top of being a SH*TTY DB. This guy is NOT my favorite  
Dolphin. It's a piss
poor use of payroll.

M

On Oct 13, 2009, at 6:19 PM, dolfanbg at comcast.net wrote:

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>
> I think you'll see it in the replay when you watch the game.  Like I  
> said at first, from a distance, it looked like Wilson was just  
> trying to go up for the ball.  But watching the close-up, slower  
> replay I don't think he was even looking at the ball.  He went up  
> toward the receiver then put his head down just before making contact.
>
> Besides giving the Jests a first down, it's also stupid because a  
> player can hurt themselves that way too.
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kristoffer Shields" kms223 at hotmail.com
>
> Based on the way the rule is written and called, I don't have a  
> problem with the call.  What I don't like is the rule.  I'll look at  
> it again when the game is replayed, but I did not see Wilson launch  
> himself at the receiver or lead with his helmet---he went in face- 
> first, which means the crown was up and it was not a spear.  He went  
> in for the hit and because the ball was high, the receiver was  
> exposed.  Like someone else said, I don't think it should be up to  
> the defender to play tentative there in case the ball is  
> incomplete.  The defender has to assume the ball will be caught.   
> Basically, I don't like that the defense is penalized because the QB  
> made a bad throw.  I don't want to see players get hurt---even  
> Jets---but it's a contact game.  Like when Crowder got laid out by  
> Washington.
>
>> Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:58:34 -0700
>> From: joshism1981 at yahoo.com
>> To: dolphins-disc at phins.com
>> Subject: Re: DOLPHINS: Officiating & Wilson's hit
>>
>> --- On Tue, 10/13/09, dolfanbg at comcast.net <dolfanbg at comcast.net>  
>> wrote:
>>> Lots of bogus calls on the Fins last night and several b.s.
>>> non-calls against the Jets.  But the flag on Wilson was
>>> legit.
>>
>> I saw the replay and understood the penalty.  It was a dumb  
>> penalty, but dumb on Wilson's part not the refs.
>>
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