Feelings do not matter. Basham's head was up. He drew the penalty because he drove the quarterback into the ground. A simple tackle would have not drawn a flag.
The rule does not care about the split-second anyone perceives either. If Williams went in head up, the flag may not have been thrown.
The team must get a grip on these stupid penalties. Giving the opponent 15 yards and an automatic first down is too much in today's NFL, especially if your defense has not established itself as a dominant unit.
Here's what's worse. Giving a referee an opportunity to subjectively call the hit flagrant gets the player automatically disqualified. Do not give zebras an excuse to permanently sideline a player, especially if it is one of your best players on defense. Don't help refs. They do not care about Dallas winning anyway.
your right , but
coaches have that hit mentality, so this will continue lol.
about the hits, I watched your vids in op, and basham did spear qb with his helmet, and took him to the ground, falling on his legs.
williams head was lowered and off to side, but I can see where they might call that hitting with helmet.
Thing is neither hit was necessary ! why not just grab the guy and hold him? or just shove him, the pass is already gone, and
this was a preseason game
so no need to hurt other players. No matter how u hit them, you risk a penalty like you say.
I think they should be trying to block the pass rather than hit the qb after throwing the ball. but that goes back to how they are coached.
It is weird some posted in this thread where they want to see our players hit brady in game 1, but why ?? to knock him out of game so that maybe
then dallas can beat them ? QB's are hard to come by, and they(the good ones) make the games interesting, so why people want them to get hit hard
by a giant defender is beyond me.
Players want the sack stat, as it helps their pay, but if qb has thrown the ball or is in action of throwing it as they get to him, it is better to block the pass
or knock it out of his hand than to hit him.
Both hits were not smart, or needed, but coaches are probably more to blame than the players.