The good news... if it is in fact a blown call... and that’s very close either way..... the good news is the blown call didn’t impact the outcome of the game. It was a clean hit. It wasn’t at the head. It wasn’t at the knees. It was a clean shot in the waist. Had Talib done a better job in coverage then the play doesn’t even happen. Instead he was trailing the play by about 4 pr 5 yards. He got blocked. He got hurt. He’s not the only player who got hurt Sunday. Is what it is.
To say the non-call had no effect on the game is likely right, but...to say that play had no outcome on the game is flat out wrong.
Just wrong.
And it was NOT a clean hit, it should have been a penalty. That is CLEAR and cannot be refuted from the video record. You CANNOT hit a defender more than five yards down the field before the ball touches an offensive player.
You just cannot. You can say it was not an intentionally dirty play (which I don’t think it was either) but you CANNOT say it was a clean hit. If the ball has not reached the offensive target, and the defender can clearly see that and is making a line for the target and gets hit before the ball arrives, that is NOT a clean hit.
THAT is cut and dried, a penalty.