Bill Belichick questions why T.Y. Hilton wasn’t ejected for contact with an official

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Two players were ejected during Saturday night’s Patriots-Colts game, but Bill Belichick thinks a third player should have been tossed as well.

Asked about the scuffle between Patriots defensive back Kyle Dugger and Colts receiver Michael Pittman that resulted in the ejections of both players, Belichick didn’t have much to say about that but then wondered aloud why Colts wide receiver T.Y. Hilton wasn’t ejected.

“Based on the rule, I don’t see why T.Y. Hilton wasn’t ejected,” Belichick said. “He pushed an official, but that wasn’t called at all. That’s a clear-cut ejection to me.”

Belichick was in rare form this morning, also apologizing to reporters for the short answers he gave to their questions after the game on Saturday night.

11 responses to “Bill Belichick questions why T.Y. Hilton wasn’t ejected for contact with an official

  1. Very true. I also don’t get why roughing the kicker wasn’t called on the blocked punt. The guy got the ball, sure, but he also dove directly into the punter’s plant leg. Seemed like a pretty ridiculous non-call.

  2. I rewatched the video and did see a referee get shoved to the turf by a colts player. I couldn’t tell if that was Hilton or not. If it was, then Belichick is right, he should have been ejected for coming in contact with an official. Hopefully the NFL will fine Hilton for that. I wouldn’t expect a suspension but Hilton might have gotten away with striking an official.

  3. You can also wonder why the Colts defenders were allowed take out two Patriots WRs with concussions, by what what are supposed to be illegal shots to the head. Very strange indeed.

  4. #42 upended Stevenson with a helmet to thigh hit then hit Harry in the chest with a helmet shot as well. I commented at the time at home that he was going to get injured leading with his helmet on every tackle. He looked a little dazed after the Stevenson hit, probably warranting a concussion check. Then goes head to head with a receiver and is KO’d. No helmet to helmet call either. WTF is with the ref’s? Belichick was livid for the non-call, too. Guys brain will be a mess with a couple more years of that tackle technique.

  5. It wasn’t rare form, he wanted to put a story out there(Hilton) so what better way to do it than to play nice with those same reporters who previously had a tougher time writing their articles than if he had answered differently.

  6. Very apropro after only attempting 3 passes against the Bills, that the Pats lose to a team that only completed 5 passes.

  7. Very true. I also don’t get why roughing the kicker wasn’t called on the blocked punt. The guy got the ball, sure, but he also dove directly into the punter’s plant leg. Seemed like a pretty ridiculous non-call.
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    That would never be called AS LONG AS ball it touched….all that momentum &effort to block ball will cause that to happen, if ball is NOT touched then roughing kicker would be called…. Same applies for field goal attempt

  8. Tabasco says:
    December 20, 2021 at 9:07 am
    Very true. I also don’t get why roughing the kicker wasn’t called on the blocked punt. The guy got the ball, sure, but he also dove directly into the punter’s plant leg. Seemed like a pretty ridiculous non-call.

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    Because you don’t understand the rule. If the punt is block, roughing the kicker no longer applies.

  9. Safety goes helmet to helmet with a receiver. Receiver helped to the sideline and safety is KO’d, then helped to the sideline. But no personal foul?

  10. I am not sure what Pittman did to get booted, He got pushed from behind by a pat lm then had his helmet tore off by dugger, Maybe he should have got 15yrd maybe but kicked out of the game on what premise?

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