Earl Thomas Fined for Hit on Ryan Tannehill

Jaguarfan · Joined: 27 Nov 2011 Posts: 27957 Location: KILL ME

Well, it's contact to a QBs face.......which is a flag. I dunno about fine worth though.
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Ketchup · Joined: 13 May 2009 Posts: 17957 Location: Milwaukee, WI

People can argue if the rule is right or not but it's being applied the way it's written. Can't go to the QB's head under any circumstance. I don't agree with the RULE but the call, with the way the rule is written, was correct. Fine able? No. Not to me at least. No vicious intent at all.
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Tatupu_64 · Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 12:51 am Post subject:

Tooki · Joined: 28 Apr 2009 Posts: 10783

He shouldn't have been fined. There was no clear intent with the play. The penalty was more than enough.

tylerdouglass · Joined: 21 Dec 2009 Posts: 14168 Location: Bellingham, WA

Appeal that.

Ridiculous.
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Bleedin_Green36 · Joined: 25 Feb 2008 Posts: 14048 Location: Tampa, FL

Barely a penalty let alone a fine. Not sure what the NFL saw in this one.
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imani · Joined: 03 Mar 2009 Posts: 33485 Location: Harlem, NY

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Bednarik60 · Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 3:17 am Post subject:

Wow..If he makes that play hes a god, if he goes matrix and pulls a 360 degree barrel roll right and tucks into a ball and pops out of it , hes playing with in the rules of the game....huh....

the game needs athletic plays like this to further the overall excitement of the game.. i dont agree with helmet to helmet hits or plays of that nature at all but you got to look a lot of these plays realistically.
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Texas_OutLaw7 · Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 3:27 am Post subject:

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iPwn · Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 5:40 am Post subject:

TheKillerNacho · Joined: 10 Feb 2008 Posts: 14879 Location: Pennsylvania

WHAT! This is ridiculous!

The call was one that should be made every time, but there wasn't any intent there to be worthy of a fine. This is the by-the-book penalty, but no fine type of hit. Considering that the Seahawks would've likely won the game if it wasn't for the penalty, there was no reason for a fine... isn't losing the game enough?

Very disappointed with the NFL on this one... and I'm a Dolphins fan and supporter of most fines in general.
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reckless123 · Joined: 02 Jun 2011 Posts: 22493

Im afraid that if somebody's towel some how touches a QB's head, it is a fine. Come on man, this is just ridiculous. Its not even a flag let alone fine. So if Earl Thomas does this 3 times, that equals a suspension?
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