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I hope this isn't appealed down to one. There needs to be a statement made

Panthers' Davis gets 2-game ban for illegal hit

 

Is it worse than Gronkowski's?

Adams seems to be a magnet for these things.

 

I'd hate to see the NFL go digital with down and distance. 4th and .832 of an inch doesn't just sound as good. Still figure you could put sensors in the sticks that if the nose of the ball "connects" with the stick, it lights up.

 

This is pretty frigging bad ass.


https://deadspin.com/clay-matthews-thought-he-knew-the-panthers-next-play-b-1821390297

 

Yeah, that was good. NFL Films quality good. Just needed super slo-mo.

 

I think I was louder.

 

It was a different type of hit. The hit by Davis was brutal. It sure looked like he went to the head intentionally, leading with his helmet and it is against a defenseless player. It was more comparable to the hit by JuJu Smith-Schuster on Vontaze Burfict, which drew a one-game suspension, though Smith-Schuster initiated contact with a shoulder to the chest.

I still say Gronkowski's was worse. It was a deliberate blow to the head of a player who is on the ground well after the whistle.

 

Speaking of deliberate hits to the head, Eric Ebron knocked out Bears safety Chris Prosinski in Saturday's game after making a catch by lowering his head and ramming into the defender. Should be some recourse when the offensive player is the aggressor in such cases.

 

Agreed, but the NFL can't get its act together on these things. I still don't understand how Gronkowski was only one game, the same as Smith-Schuster, and Iloka's suspension was overturned even though it was a third offense.

 

I think karma kicked their butt yesterday because of the end of the Jacksonville game. It was stunning to me no one got suspended after that debacle, but I guess I shouldn't be too surprised.