Say no mo', say no mo'.
But if we WERE to pose such a question, might we not wonder about the rules meant to limit injuries? This was regarded, no doubt, as a "clean hit", but was it not the same thing as "spearing"? I mean no implication against the defender that made the hit, but I have always felt that there was a wild inconsistency, or incoherence, in the system of rules that penalized utterly innocuous actions on the presumed grounds of "danger", while vindicating actions that result in severe injury as "clean hits". Well, it's a difficult problem, but it results in an absurd dichotomy.
I do have a real question, though, whether the defender's hit was meant as a punishing blow. It appeared that McCoy was held up, and was indeed in a "helpless" position, when the helmet was applied to his scapula. Just the sort of thing that the rules presumably try to proscribe, however ineffectively.
Football is a violent sport. Bumps, bruises and injuries happen. The players know this going into it. This is not a sport for the weak natured.
Persnally, I’m tired of rules that don’t let the players play the way the game was intended. Pretty soon, the players will get fined for wearing pads.
Colt is a good kid. He represented TEXAS well! His injury was not caused malicously. It’s just football!