Sorry, that’s retarded. He led with his shoulder. A quarter earlier, a steeler lead with his head into a ball carrier and knocked him out enough that he fumbled. Selective outrage at its finest. He’s a pro bowl player that dominated the second half. The idiots on CBS are the worst analysts ever. What a joke.
Yeah, okay.
Whether we like it or not, that hit has been getting flagged for three or four years now. Pro DB’s have to know that. They call it “defenseless receiver”. Doesn’t matter what he lead with.
The supposed double standard is baloney. Both calls were correct. The hit on the Bengal receiver was made after he took two steps and turned. He is a running back at that point, not a defenseless receiver.
Vontaze Burfict lined up Brown and hit him despite the fact that Brown didn't have the ball. You get 1.5 steps to hit a quarterback or receiver after the ball is out of his contact. Burfict was at least three steps away. His hit was vicious and he is going to be fined and suspended.
You lost. You were never in the game. The refs did everything but walk the football into the end zone on your last two possessions for you, and a wayyyyyy too eager whistle deprived the Steelers of 7 points on a fumble that they took to the house.
Your offense sucked, and without the refs help would never have been anywhere near the end zone.
He may have led with his shoulder, TT, but look up the rules for defenseless receiver:
“A receiver who is clearly tracking the football and is in a defenseless posture will receive defenseless player protections. It will be a foul to hit this player forcibly in the head or neck area, or use the crown or hairline parts of the helmet.”
Brown was defenseless, and Burfict is dirty and should be banned.