Nothing wrong with this tackle except the result because of Rodgers movement. Head aimed behind Rodgers shoulder. Just one of those things that happens in a fast moving sport.

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I find myself failing in being bias about hits. Reason is, I tend to judge the severity of the actual hit from the results of said hit.

For me, to really give a good opinion on a hit, I need to watch the hit from start to finish and ignore any injuries or anything like that may have resulted from the hit.

I do think Peppers could have leaned left/right to avoid the head to head and I suppose $10,000 is appropriate. I care more about us getting the call on the field, than the players getting fined. Peppers being fined or not, doesn't give the Packers an advantage on the field during the game.

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Peppers head is above Rodgers shoulder pads. If he hits "behind the shoulder pads" he still spears Rodgers in the head with the crown of his helmet. It is still a penalty to hit someone in the back of the head instead of the jaw.

I was taught to tackle the center of gravity. Going high, like Peppers is, is poor form. It is not only harder to tackle, it is dangerous because you can hit the guy in the head. Peppers also dropped his chin right before impact to spear Rodgers with the top of his helmet.

A clean tackle is done with the facemack hitting the target. Not the crown of the helmet. Peppers arms should have been down around Rodgers waist instead of up around his shoulders.

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If you freeze the video a second later than what you've just capture there you can see he's left his feet and led with his helmet. Even with what you've captured his head is only slightly lower than Rodgers' head. He is way too high and he has no excuse because he came unblocked and had all the time in the world to lower his pad level and hit Rodgers in the chest like you're taught from peewee on.

http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2011012301/2010/POST20/packers@bears#tab:watch 

At 0:33 you can see what I'm talking about.

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