I have no idea how anyone see enough to make a call either way. I spotted the frame and enlarged it and went frame by frame scrubbing and the shot is not focused enough to make any conclusion.
To be fair, I'm just making a guess of what a ref might assume while watching everything else and it's in their FOV.
Not sure why Hill is still on this roster.
Nah, not really. It was a run play to our right, so had Hill pursued the ball that direction and Smith got a hand outside to jerk him back and slam him down that's one thing. But Hill was off balance almost immediately and couldn't run one way or another because he had a face full of Smith on him pushing him backwards. There was no jerk, twist, grab, etc. to prevent Hill from pursuit because Hill never mustered pursuit as he was trying to regain balance. Even if that was a run up the middle that wouldn't have been holding.
Here's a tackle holding example by 76 on the left to stop a pursuit of the ball. This was not that.
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There were refs there and they did not call it.
Haha, did they just try to block JJ Watt with a tight end?Nah, not really. It was a run play to our right, so had Hill pursued the ball that direction and Smith got a hand outside to jerk him back and slam him down that's one thing. But Hill was off balance almost immediately and couldn't run one way or another because he had a face full of Smith on him pushing him backwards. There was no jerk, twist, grab, etc. to prevent Hill from pursuit because Hill never mustered pursuit as he was trying to regain balance. Even if that was a run up the middle that wouldn't have been holding.
Here's a tackle holding example by 76 on the left to stop a pursuit of the ball. This was not that.
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When I said "to our right" I meant basically stage right which is the same as to Dak's left. Credit to @Xizor for the link but here is the partial video. This is after Hill has lost his own footing from the impact. If there's a danger of a hold here, it's actually on Zack Martin grabbing Lawrence's right shoulder to restrict his "path or angle of pursuit" as he changes direction toward the ball carrier on the opposite side. Don't think he held it long enough though. Hill has no pursuit or angle because he's already lost footing to move in one direction or another. As for the hands, this video doesn't show a tight hold under Hill's pit. Most of his action was with his left hand/arm. Hill twisting at the end might actually be a Tyron Smith assist grabbing along Hill's back while pretending not to be concerned with that block. Oh those sneaky Smiths.
When I said "to our right" I meant basically stage right which is the same as to Dak's left. Credit to @Xizor for the link but here is the partial video. This is after Hill has lost his own footing from the impact. If there's a danger of a hold here, it's actually on Zack Martin grabbing Lawrence's right shoulder to restrict his "path or angle of pursuit" as he changes direction toward the ball carrier on the opposite side. Don't think he held it long enough though. Hill has no pursuit or angle because he's already lost footing to move in one direction or another. As for the hands, this video doesn't show a tight hold under Hill's pit. Most of his action was with his left hand/arm. Hill twisting at the end might actually be a Tyron Smith assist grabbing along Hill's back while pretending not to be concerned with that block. Oh those sneaky Smiths.
