SteelKing728 Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Rhodes seems to have slowed down. I don't know what the stats say, but it looks like he's getting beat more often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swede700 Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 42 minutes ago, SteelKing728 said: Rhodes seems to have slowed down. I don't know what the stats say, but it looks like he's getting beat more often. Well, he's been playing injured for quite awhile now, so that's not a surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gopherwrestler Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 3 hours ago, SteelKing728 said: Rhodes seems to have slowed down. I don't know what the stats say, but it looks like he's getting beat more often. He played pretty well until he lost his cool on that Sendejo hit. I don't know if they showed it on TV but it turned into a big scrappy fight with him and some other players on the field. Everybody was shocked no flag was thrown. Players had to basically carry him off. Let up that TD to Thomas, then got hurt again on that tackle on the far side of the field. You could see him limping around out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikesfan89 Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 4 minutes ago, gopherwrestler said: He played pretty well until he lost his cool on that Sendejo hit. I don't know if they showed it on TV but it turned into a big scrappy fight with him and some other players on the field. Everybody was shocked no flag was thrown. Players had to basically carry him off. Let up that TD to Thomas, then got hurt again on that tackle on the far side of the field. You could see him limping around out there. I thought I saw a flag thrown. I was surprised there wasn't a penalty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gopherwrestler Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Just now, vikesfan89 said: I thought I saw a flag thrown. I was surprised there wasn't a penalty Was on the hit, they picked it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikesfan89 Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 2 minutes ago, gopherwrestler said: Was on the hit, they picked it up. I thought I saw another one thrown during the skirmish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikesfan89 Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Was there any explanation as to why they picked it up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gopherwrestler Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 4 minutes ago, vikesfan89 said: Was there any explanation as to why they picked it up? Nope, just said there was no penalty on the play and then a lot of boo'ing happened Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heimdallr Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 It wasn't really a "hit". Both players just ran into each other. Thomas didn't even see Sendejo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klomp Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 An explanation from the broadcast I heard was that Rhodes was still engaged with Thomas when Thomas hit Sendejo. If Rhodes was off and the hit happened, maybe the chances of a penalty go up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SemperFeist Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 6 minutes ago, Heimdallr said: It wasn't really a "hit". Both players just ran into each other. Thomas didn't even see Sendejo. Completely disagree. Thomas lowered his shoulder and and threw out his forearm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikesfan89 Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 1 hour ago, SemperFeist said: Completely disagree. Thomas lowered his shoulder and and threw out his forearm. My initial thought was that they just ran into each other but after a couple replays it looked very intentional imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gopherwrestler Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 man, I am seeing the opposite of you too. to me it looked like he saw him at the last second and braced and put his arms up and lowered the shoulder so he wouldn't have gotten drilled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBearSD Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 The original angle they showed on broadcast did not make it look like a anyhting but a mistake. But there is another angle where you can see that Thomas indeed sees Sendejo and appears to give him a forearm to the helmet. I think it would be hard to prove intent because Rhodes was right in front of Thomas and he really have much of an option other then to run into Sendejo. But then again it also looks like it was a designed pick play too to help get Zach Line free on the wheel route but Rhodes saw that at the last moment and came off right when Thomas hit Sendejo. On the angle it really looks like Thomas puts his shoulder into the hit with a forearm to the face so I can see why Rhodes was pissed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePZ_FAxg1Hw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gnat Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Watching it a few more times. I don't think there was intent to knock out or hit in the head. I think there was intent to pick off Sendejo. Probably should have been offensive pass interference, though, might have been close enough to the line of scrimmage to not be a penalty. If I were the NFL rules committee, I'd adjust it so that it's at the line of scrimmage it isn't considered a pick, otherwise it is because it is dangerous for defenders, even without intent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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