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.
Burfict’s hit was terrible.
But talking heads are reviewing the Steeler hit again and declaring a bad (non-)call. It was indeed a horrid hit, no matter how you slice it.
I would be livid as a fan or as a coach over this total thug stupidity. There was a great chance Suisham would make the shot even so, but these 2 idiots made it sooo very easy. Morons.
To have unquestionably the best division record, have a great last quarter with the possibility of squeeking by for win, then completely hose it with bad behavior - unforgiveable!