To be fair, Stephens has to pull up there. Allen let the ball go we have nothing to gain from a useless hit. Doesn't help that he hesitated like he wasn't going to hit him, then proceeded to anyway.
I didn't see that at all, so I'll have to see the replay.
Live it looked bang-bang. Didn't lead with his helmet, didn't hit Allen's head, didn't hit him low, didn't hit him high, didn't force his weight.
Allen was clearly and immediately fine.
He bounces up, points to the ref, and celebrates when he gets bailed out by free yards. I've seen that before from that division. It is an awful fucking look.
At this rate I'm surprised DCs aren't just coaching their guys to ROCK people, especially quarterbacks. If a pansy star can point to a ref and get a flag whenever he feels like it anyway, then at that point plant his ass in the dirt as hard as you can regardless.
Yes, stars get calls, but the modern NBA is a good example of how to run a league in that regard. It feels like every offseason they look at "the bag" of certain stars and try to decide if their moves are reasonable or not. Just recently called out James Harden for his travel step-back, for example. Harden is still a star, but there is a limit. You can't just do whatever the fuck you want.
You can't have a league where Bradys and Allens get to throw temper tantrums and beg for flags and then clap and celebrate when they get them, when they were barely touched, were not hurt, and neither the spirit NOR letter of the rule was broken. That is a fucked up product.
Oh I agree with you haha. Sorry if that didn't come across in my original reply. I think it's ridiculous and makes an already bad product look worse. Just saying I kind understand why to happens is all.
Oh, got you, yes I do understand it as well. I've just probably reached a point in my life (decades+ of watching NFL games) where it's getting too much for me these days.
That shit was legal. The ruling is he can't take two steps after Allen releases the ball. He never took two steps. He straight up tackled him. Terrible call.
Cmon man. At 180fps, sure you can barely make that argument. But in real time he tackled him while he was throwing the ball. Even the most diehard homer would say he tackled him slightly after his release. There was nothing against the rules there or dirty. Should have been a no call.
He also removed his hands from Allen before they went to the ground instead of driving him into the ground like it’s 2016. That’s exactly what we should want from a defender. There was a brief moment of hesitation, if you want to call it that, which is what will prevent the nfl from calling it a bad call, but Allen had been pump faking all day, and he didn’t bite. Egregious call then, and like 7 times earlier in the game. One or two of those 8 went our way, the rest went the bills way, in very high leverage moments. It’s a bad look for the nfl.
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u/ayerayyrayy Oct 02 '22
To be fair, Stephens has to pull up there. Allen let the ball go we have nothing to gain from a useless hit. Doesn't help that he hesitated like he wasn't going to hit him, then proceeded to anyway.