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Old 10-19-2009, 02:54 AM   #17 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Goody View Post
It was a cheap shot. The penalty and throwing him out of the game was good enough though. Players make overzealous hits often though...before or right after the whistle.

If the returner wasn't laying on his back looking unconscious after the play not much would have been thought of it. Happens all the time.

I think the 15 yard penalty and the removal from the game in progress is sufficient.
This kind of hit is very dangerous and could be prevented. I think that's enough ground to give him a severe punishment just to set an example and keep the league safer.

He caused a concussion, and surely concussion is something on the league's mind now too.
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