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<blockquote data-quote="HensonHall71" data-source="post: 1953990" data-attributes="member: 748389"><p>Obviously Newton should have chosen a different tackle technique - just tomahawk down on the ball, wrap him up stripping the ball, anything but hitting him high or low and he would have been fine and likely still gotten the ball out given the QB didn't see him coming at all. But he also just has a split second to decide these things</p><p></p><p>You can still have roughing the passer in college if there is contact to the head or neck area that doesn't qualify for targeting - which frankly this tackle likely fit that definition. Newton was making a football play, the QB still had the ball and he pushed him down, there was helmet to head/neck contact so that could warrant a roughing call, no need for the ejection given it wasn't egregious and it was pretty clear there wasn't intent to use the helmet. The fact that they didn't even have to take the QB out of the game for concussion protocols almost in itself suggests it wasn't targeting - if there wasn't enough contact to warrant checking him why call targeting in that situation? Replays always make it look worse than it was</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HensonHall71, post: 1953990, member: 748389"] Obviously Newton should have chosen a different tackle technique - just tomahawk down on the ball, wrap him up stripping the ball, anything but hitting him high or low and he would have been fine and likely still gotten the ball out given the QB didn't see him coming at all. But he also just has a split second to decide these things You can still have roughing the passer in college if there is contact to the head or neck area that doesn't qualify for targeting - which frankly this tackle likely fit that definition. Newton was making a football play, the QB still had the ball and he pushed him down, there was helmet to head/neck contact so that could warrant a roughing call, no need for the ejection given it wasn't egregious and it was pretty clear there wasn't intent to use the helmet. The fact that they didn't even have to take the QB out of the game for concussion protocols almost in itself suggests it wasn't targeting - if there wasn't enough contact to warrant checking him why call targeting in that situation? Replays always make it look worse than it was [/QUOTE]
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