Comments on: McDonald fined for hit on Bradford, Dunbar not fined for hit on Alex Smith

By: dontbhatin01

dontbhatin01 — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 00:31:47 +0000

Florio should start a fine meter to keep track of all of the money the NFL is collecting from it’s employees !

By: stevedurbano

stevedurbano — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 23:29:28 +0000

All I could do was cringe when Smith backed into the hit by Dunbar. I can still remember my high school coach tell us to stay square when getting hit.

By: moseszd

moseszd — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 22:00:34 +0000

I may be a long-term, die-hard 49er fan but the ruling was exactly right. Smith was a runner at that point in time and he went into the tackle head-first.

He should have slid, but he didn’t. And if he slid and it was helmet-to-helmet it’d been a dirty shot. But it wasn’t.

It was just football.

By: prmpft

prmpft — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 21:55:08 +0000

that is because the league (not unlike the government) can just pull anything out of their arse and expect everyone to believe it as long as they say it is so…there is no system – he (goodell/or his lackey of the week) simply picks and chooses what he wants…

By: dquinzi

dquinzi — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 17:54:29 +0000

I am sorry how was the hit on Smith not a spear. Dunbar bent at the waist and lead with the crown of his helmet. That it was helmet to helmet is not an issue because Smith was a runner and did not slide feet first but you still can not bend over and lead with the top of your helmet (look at the picture above and try to tell me that is not what he did). For some reason the nfl never seems to call spearing even as blatant as that was. I guess they are only interested in enforcing new safety rules.

By: jibberator

jibberator — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 17:19:53 +0000

Did you watch the saints game last year where Donte Whitner hit the guy in the head and knocked him out cold? A runner is moving his helmet, usually down to protect the football and keep his center of gravity low, tacklers take their center of gravity low as well. A helmet to helmet hit is only illegal when a player is “defenseless” in the case of you sacking a quarterback.

By: mazblast

mazblast — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 17:09:00 +0000

I heard a rumor that The Great Roger Goodell Himself Live And In Person has “requested” all of NFL films’ archived footage so He Himself can levy fines on players from the 1960s on.

By: dubblelznhell

dubblelznhell — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 16:58:52 +0000

Noticing an unusually high amount of fines this year..

By: 49erdynasty

49erdynasty — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 15:44:42 +0000

Alex should have slid. The hit was legal, there is no need for a fine.

Sometimes I wonder why more QBs don’t slide earlier. They are literally risking far too much for themselves and their teams to get what? maybe another yard or 2. I suppose could understand if it was 4th down in a close game.

By: chattanola

chattanola — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 15:32:00 +0000

I thought this sounded familiar. It Calvinball!

By: rainponcho87

rainponcho87 — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 14:54:29 +0000

Ifit
These rules don’t make sense to me. If you are tackling a quarterback or a guy catching a ball you can’t do helmet to helmet, but if you are tackling a runner it’s ok? In all three situations guys are moving at high speeds, body positions are changing, and where you intended to tackle someone might not be where things wind up. Helmet to helmet should be either legal or not legal period.

By: chattanola

chattanola — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 13:38:33 +0000

Is the NFLPA pushing the league for a written policy outlining the after-game penalties that are to be slapped on players?

Is there a framework or guidelines that the players can observe to avoid these fines? Has any player who appealed his fine been vindicated?

What are the rules of football?