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Vikings safety Andrew Sendejo suspended 1 game for hit against Baltimore.


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Dat late flag :D

It's hard out there for defenders. First guy to the ball had him wrapped up. Second guy should be coming in hot to club the ball or put a helmet on the ball. Was it a perfect form tackle? No. But when you're already accelerating and dropping your shoulder, and the WR is also falling down, mis-hits will happen. Not sure this was fine or suspension worthy.

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55 minutes ago, cddolphin said:

Dat late flag :D

It's hard out there for defenders. First guy to the ball had him wrapped up. Second guy should be coming in hot to club the ball or put a helmet on the ball. Was it a perfect form tackle? No. But when you're already accelerating and dropping your shoulder, and the WR is also falling down, mis-hits will happen. Not sure this was fine or suspension worthy.

Not sure it was suspension-worthy either. But it may have been an accumulation of previous events and this one was the last straw

As far as the late flag, remember that the crew on the field is in communication with the guys in New York and the refs may have gotten a message from them. There are also medical spotters up in the box looking for concussions and they too are in communication with the Refs

Its not a good look to drop the flag so long after the play is over. And I agree with your comments above, its really really hard to play defense at full speed and not have these mis-hits. But the League wants offense because offense lights up the cash box. So the NFL defenders ( and fans)  have to accept the unfairness of it all. And each year the league comes up with even more rules/protections for the offense and they will continue to do so to protect their revenue flow

Defense wins Championships, but it doesn't do squat for ratings and revenue  B|

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The late flag was really silly because it was inspired by the injury which almost certainly occurred because Wallace hit the back of his head against the turf, the easiest way to become concussed. He led with the shoulder and looks like most of the contact was with Wallace's shoulder but I'm sure there was some helmet contact and he did lower his head so a flag/punishment is understandable. If there weren't a history I'd lean against a flag or punishment but if he plays reckless they do need to try to reel him in.

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