Does anyone think Hugh Douglas should have been fined $35k? I don't think so. Miller was trying make the tackle (it look liked), so Douglas had the right to squash him.
Funny how Tony Siragusa didn't get fined for his hit on Gannon a year ago in the AFC champ game.
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I'm not real clear on what the rules for roughing the passer are, but it looked clear to me. I heard on the radio that there is a rule that you can't land on the quarterback.
What?
You can't land on the quarterback!? Isn't that what you're supposed to do to someone who has the ball if you're on defense?
Miller made no real action towards the play, and was obviously not even close to being a participant in the action. He stopped standing totally still, which I guess does legally allow him to be hit, but that was excessive the way Douglas grabbed him, lifted him up and slammed him shoulder first into the ground. It was a hit designed to injure a man not involved in the play.
Miller was about 30 yards away from the play, in no position to make the tackle. But Douglas really didn't know that, so I could see where he would want to make a block. His takedown was a little excessive, so maybe the fine could have been a little lower. Actually, Miller deserved to be knocked down for that crappy throw. What was he thinking. White was only triple-covered, and the ball ended up nowhere near him.
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that was too much of an excessive hit..... throwing him into the ground?.... if you want to get a cheap hit by making it look like your blocking then just shoulder tackle or push him to the ground.... no sense roughing the passer and costing yourself and your team...
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Though the shot was not on the same level as Charles Martin bodyslamming then-Bears quarterback Jim McMahon to the turf back in the 80's, it *was* a cheap shot. The fine was warranted.
Steph
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..eventually: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3142649 Basically he's getting a three year deal promising him the job when Bobby retires or a huge payout if he doesn't get it.
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