Packers OLB Clay Matthews fined $22,050 for blindside hit

Porforis
Veteran Member

9 years ago

Green Bay --- Packers outside linebacker Clay Matthews was fined $22,050 by the NFL for his blindside hit on Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson during a Ha Ha Clinton-Dix interception return, ESPN reported.

JSOnline Blog wrote:

I don't understand this one bit. Plain as day watching in realtime, slow-motion, or frame by frame that matthews led with his shoulder and contacted Wilson square in the chest. Basically, being fined because Wilson was looking away from Matthews.

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musccy
Veteran Member

9 years ago

I agree 100%. Live, I thought it was pretty rough, but on replay it looked clean to me, just a tough football play. I don't get the fine at all, no contact with head, not from behind, in the chest one of the areas you're supposed to hit in...

dyeah_gb
Member

9 years ago

Wilson is lucky CM3 just missed him.

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Porforis
Veteran Member

9 years ago

Originally Posted by: musccy

I could MAYBE see hit to the head. He brushed against his chin, maybe. Or the force of the hit to the chest might have rocked his head back, hard to tell.

But if you're going to make a dumb call, make it somewhat close 🙂

dhazer
Veteran Member

9 years ago

He got fined for a blind side hit which means he cracks back to make a hit on a defender that isn't looking your way. This was put into place because of Hines Ward always cracking back on WRs, he even broke a jaw of a linebacker. Besides that it is still on a quarterback and they will always baby a qb. Now if this hit was on Rodgers most people on here would be screaming for a fine or suspension.

Just Imagine this for the next 6-9 years. What a ride it will be 🙂 (PS, Zero should charge for this)

PackFanWithTwins
Veteran Member

9 years ago

Unlike Wilson on the hit. I saw this fine coming. He hit the head of not only a QB, but a QB blindsided. A hit like that will be fined 100 out of 100 times.

The world needs ditch diggers too Danny!!!

dhazer
Veteran Member

9 years ago

By the way the rule is written this is a prime example of what the fine is for.
To me this is an awesome block but how the rule is written this should have been a fine. He actually launches himself to make the block.
The guy that got hit was actually knocked out of the game with a chest injury and was coughing up blood.

Just Imagine this for the next 6-9 years. What a ride it will be 🙂 (PS, Zero should charge for this)

Zero2Cool
Elite Member

9 years ago

Unlike Wilson on the hit. I saw this fine coming. He hit the head of not only a QB, but a QB blindsided. A hit like that will be fined 100 out of 100 times.

Originally Posted by: PackFanWithTwins

If you think the NFL has that kind of consistency, you my friend need to tell us all what you're smoking and where to get some.

PackFanWithTwins
Veteran Member

9 years ago

If you think the NFL has that kind of consistency, you my friend need to tell us all what you're smoking and where to get some.

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool

When it comes to hits to the head especially on QBs in todays NFL, that is one thing they are consistent on.

The world needs ditch diggers too Danny!!!

Porforis
Veteran Member

9 years ago

#10

When it comes to hits to the head especially on QBs in todays NFL, that is one thing they are consistent on.

Originally Posted by: PackFanWithTwins

What I don't see is contact to the head. At most he barely, barely hit the very bottom of his chin. Gettting suddenly slammed in the chest when you don't see it coming tends to rock your head back.

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