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Originally Posted by SmootSmack
But how about that illegal block Quinn threw on Suggs?
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I don't buy his excuse that he was going for the ballcarrier and hit Suggs in the process. I think he was just throwing himself in there hoping to assist in the overall making of the tackle.
The rules have been pretty clear about that being an illegal "block" for about five years now, but as a former quarterback, what the heck else am I going to do in an INT situation: get trampled by the convoy? It's still sort of a dumb rule. The blockers on the return aren't exactly defenseless.
Any time you throw yourself low at the legs of a player, you are risking a knee injury, so we can't act like we're shocked that this happened. He was rightfully flagged for the hit, but it was pretty much standard post-INT operating procedure.
On an unrelated note, no clue what Cleveland tries to do with their protection schemes. That's was a dreadful offensive performance from the quarterback to the right guard to the offensive quality control coach. Robert Royal? Are you guys serious? Carlos Rogers has better hands, I'm not even kidding.