There were also 2 Seattle false starts that were not called; I donât get that; thereâs a guy who only looks for that! And though Wrightâs hit on Rodgers was not late, it was clear Rodgers was giving himself up and Wright put some unnecessary shoulder into his hit; he was trying to injure and could have been flagged. These are in addition to the other uncalled penalties on Seattle already mentioned.
Laneâs behavior 100% warranted ejection. The refs saw this in real time, not slow mo. Adams should have been flagged too, but that only happens if the ref is looking. Usually the ref in his peripheral vision sees two bodies bending in unnatural ways and he looks just in time to see a retaliation.
Hereâs what the ref sees: at 3 second in 2nd video Adams is on the ground âon all fours.â Lane jumps on him for no apparent reason and uses his body to drive Adams in the ground and simultaneously uses his elbow/forearm to drive Adamsâ head into the ground. Now look at Laneâs move at 8-9 seconds. Lane makes a fist and it makes a swiping motion as it contacts Adams helmet at forehead and Adamsâ head turns in direction of swipe. John Wayne never punched a guy on a movie set; but it did look like it live, didnât it? In real time this could have easily looked like a punch, even though I dont think it was. But, then Lane continues, he just wont freaking stop; he dry humps Adams with his forearm on Adamsâ neck for another 5 seconds. This whole thing took 10-11 seconds. If Lane had a bit more time; Adams would have had to go into the pregnancy protocol tent.
A punch or forearm shiver is a 15 yarder; 3 violent moves [or what looked like violent moves in real time] over 10-11 seconds is an easy ejection. The taunting call on Cobb was ridiculous unless the refs discussed having a trigger finger on the flag to quell the bad blood. If this was a concern, and I'd guess it was, Lane had to go to stop any escalation.