Hit on Randall Cobb irks some Packers

Jakest3r
Registered Topic Starter

11 years ago

Matt Elam’s low hit on Packers receiver Randall Cobb irked some of his teammates and continues the discussion about clean hits.

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yooperfan
Veteran Member

11 years ago

The hit on Cobb is a tough call.
The NFL is making it harder for the defensive players to make a tackle that doesn't have the chance of causing injury.
I think that forcing these guys to go low is going to increase the number of knee injuries around the league.

McMillen doesn't seem to want to accept responsibility for his poor play.
"I didn't get the call, it was the field", yada, yada, yada.

musccy
Veteran Member

11 years ago

Originally Posted by: yooperfan

I don't care for the result but I don't have an issue with the hit. The league has put the defense in the position where they have to shift the window they target. Elam didnt spear him, or go for his head...these type of hits are an unfortunate inevitability in an effort to try to protect the head.

nyrpack
Veteran Member

11 years ago

i dont want anybody to get hurt , esp.. our team but you cant hit the head which is a good rule, so you go low to get the legs to tackle, im sorry i dont think it was a dirty play in the heat of battle !!

jimmy b.

PackFanWithTwins
Veteran Member

11 years ago

Originally Posted by: nyrpack

Originally Posted by: musccy

Originally Posted by: yooperfan

What happened to tackling the 3 feet or more of body above the knees, and below the shoulders like we teach kids and I would guess most of us were taught when we were young. This hit was inexcusable.

The world needs ditch diggers too Danny!!!

Bigbyfan
Member

11 years ago

To be fair, it's easy for us to say how/where a defensive player should hit a ball carrier. Football, at the professional level, is so fast that a player has a split second to aim and hit a player. I have no problem with the hit by Elam. He went low (like the rules allow) and unfortunately it got Cobb directly on the knee.

This play is completely different than Merriweather launching himself head first into Lacy (and also Starks).

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nerdmann
Premier Member

11 years ago

EVERY WEEK, we lose a star player to a cheap shot.

It has to end.

If it doesn't then we need a couple goon type players to send a message that our players are going to be protected. You take a cheat shot at one of our guys, you're going to get hurt.

Clearly the officials are not going to protect our guys.

“Winning is not a sometime thing, it is an all the time thing. You don't do things right once in a while…you do them right all the time.”

gbguy20
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11 years ago

Originally Posted by: nerdmann

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beast
Select Member

11 years ago

I have a problem with that hit, I understand that defenders have been put in a bad spot forcing them to go lower more often, but the defender look like he was aiming at Cobb knee well before the hit.

A low hit and/or mistakingly hitting someone knee is one thing, but purposely aiming for the knee is another.

I don't know which the defender did, but it looked like he was aiming there to me.

nerdmann
Premier Member

11 years ago

#10

Originally Posted by: beast

Fortunately (according to reports) he only broke the leg, knee appears to be intact.

KNOCK ON WOOD!

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