Adams was stood up. NO excuse to hit him when he was defenseless.
And the refs SHOOD have whistled it dead sooner. It was obvious Adams wasn't getting any further.

Originally Posted by: Cheesey 

Why blow the whistle if the player isn't down? You keep fighting and fighting for more yards. If they can't bring you down, that's not your fault. You keep fighting.

It's not player safety either. It's over governance of the game. Let the players play the damn game. When the ball carrier is on the ground, that and only that time is when you blow the whistle.

The game isn't this hard people. It really isn't.

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool 

There have been plenty of occasions where players are stopped but not tackled for the purpose of other defenders coming in to try and dislodge the ball. It is a player safety when multiple players from both offense and defense start running into the scrum. I think once more than a couple players from each team end up in the pile, it should be blown dead.

Originally Posted by: PackFanWithTwins 

If forward progress is stopped, they are supposed to blow the whistle.
That happens every game.

Originally Posted by: Cheesey 

I don't recommend googling eager zebra

Originally Posted by: gbguy20