What were you thinking when Jason went down?

welcome Kate, and i agree with gmanc. i think once the steeler guy got off the block, he was starting to lose his balance immediately. to me there was no intent.

While I didn't think the hit was intentional or dirty, but the more I see the replay the more I think he could have pulled up. He stumbles initially, but then catches himself and leaps towards Campbell.

Regardless of the intention, it's illegal and it could have changed the course of our entire season.

i am going to agree that he did lose his balance but it is his responsibility to makes sure and not hit the QB at the knees. It is a rule. It is pre-season. It was stupid on his part and a fine should be issued. That easily could have destroyed a young QBs season and damaged his career. Very few players actually would ever mean to hurt someone in a pre-season game so i don't credit him for lack of intent. He lost his balance but still recovered before making the hit which was after the pass to begin with.

As Joey T said after the play, 'just because you stumble doesn't mean you go low". I also agree with his assessment as he went on, 'he had plenty of time to adjust his hit". He really did.

I'm sure Gibbs already has sent in a film review to the league office regarding the low hit. I don't think it was an intentionally dirty hit, just not well thought out. When your adrenaline is super-charged and you're doing your job of getting to the QB, sometimes it's hard to pull in the reins.

I'm sure Gibbs already has sent in a film review to the league office regarding the low hit. I don't think it was an intentionally dirty hit, just not well thought out. When your adrenaline is super-charged and you're doing your job of getting to the QB, sometimes it's hard to pull in the reins.
After thinking more about it, I tend to agree with you now. I said before, that while I don't think it was the dirtiest hit ever I still think it was really cheap and I think the dude needs to be fined by the league. I don't think he should be suspended but he needs to be fined because it really appeared that he could have avoided hitting Campbell's knee if he tried to.

It wasn't a cheap shot, when will you guys get that through your heads?
I thought the same thing at first that it was just one of those things that happen. Then as I watched from another view from a shot which was on 99's side of the play I changed my mind. He was trying to get up and then lundged forward and the only chance of hitting JC was going to be a low blow. He had know chance of even coming close to hitting him with a legal shot so yes it was a illegal hit. Now I will agree that he was just trying to make a play but these guy's are taught from day one that its an illegal shot so he knew better. If he would not have lundged forward that would be a different story but he did and we are lucky that JC did not have a worse injury.

In regards to the relative cheapness of the shot on Campbell: After, the Steeler kind of stumbled, he has a choice. He can either attempt to regain his balance and probably not hit the quarterback at all or he can immediately dive at Campbell's knees. He chose the latter.

I think players are afraid to do the first thing because they will be criticized by their coaches for being soft. If they were to say, "But it's a pre-season game" the coaches would probably put that player in the "lacks killer instinct" file. Defensive coaches want players with hard hearts. Think about Greg Williams. Do you think he would want Andre Carter to pull up and avoid a low hit because he doesn't want to hurt someone in pre-season. No way. Williams would make them run wind sprints for doing that.

Btw, I just remembered that a similar thing happened to Brunell against the Giants in Deember 2005. Giant comes in stumbles and then blows up Brunell's legs. If they want to stop that from happening they need to treat those situations as though there was no stumble. The only excuse would be being blocked into the QB or tripping over someone and falling into him. Everything else should be treated as a straight up Raiders of the 70s cheap shot. (In the case of Brunell, I think Coughlin told them to go after his knees, but that's just me. I always thought THAT stumble was a little bit on the suspicious side. He seems like that sort of coach)

My first thought was shades of Carson Palmer against Pitt in the playoffs a couple years back. Honestly I thought it might be a torn acl or something that could sideline him for a long time from the way he was rolling on the ground.

Thats exactly what I was thinking. It looked exactly like the Carson Palmer hit but this time it was JC at Fed Ex field. Kiesel had plenty of time to adjust his hit.......Luckily JC was able to walk off the field with only a sprain/bruise.

We may just have to agree to disagree. I just dont think he did anything intentionally. I'm not saying it was the cleanest of plays, but I just think you need to (if you're calling for a suspension), look at both sides of the case. He was going down and off balancewhen he made the hit and I dont think you can ask guys to not try to make the play.... I can see where you're coming from, and I think if he's fined this week its perfectly warrented, but I dont think you can suspened a guy for somthing like that, but thats just me.

I just think if say C. Griff did somthing like that week 3, and he was suspended for a game, skins' fans would be going ape-shit. Fine, yes, guys get fined all the time for hits and I dont think this is any different, but a suspension I think would be far to harsh


You're right, we definitely will have agree to disagree because I'm thinking at least 4 game suspension is warranted for ending someone's season and possibly career.

In regards to the relative cheapness of the shot on Campbell: After, the Steeler kind of stumbled, he has a choice. He can either attempt to regain his balance and probably not hit the quarterback at all or he can immediately dive at Campbell's knees. He chose the latter.

I think players are afraid to do the first thing because they will be criticized by their coaches for being soft. If they were to say, "But it's a pre-season game" the coaches would probably put that player in the "lacks killer instinct" file. Defensive coaches want players with hard hearts. Think about Greg Williams. Do you think he would want Andre Carter to pull up and avoid a low hit because he doesn't want to hurt someone in pre-season. No way. Williams would make them run wind sprints for doing that.

Btw, I just remembered that a similar thing happened to Brunell against the Giants in Deember 2005. Giant comes in stumbles and then blows up Brunell's legs. If they want to stop that from happening they need to treat those situations as though there was no stumble. The only excuse would be being blocked into the QB or tripping over someone and falling into him. Everything else should be treated as a straight up Raiders of the 70s cheap shot. (In the case of Brunell, I think Coughlin told them to go after his knees, but that's just me. I always thought THAT stumble was a little bit on the suspicious side. He seems like that sort of coach)


Have you ever seen Redskins players dive at the legs of opposing player?