If he hit right below his neck...it's not a Personal Foul. In the annals of football that was easily one of the worst Personal Foul calls ever seen. Where else is the guy supposed to hit him? Can't hit him high...can't hit him low...can't drape his arm anywhere near his neck. For a fan base that spent an entire year lambasting the NFL over how sissified it has become...this is a weird time to start agreeing with it.
So if first contact is below the neck, you are allowed to rip the helmet off the QB? Look we all know that 10 years ago that would have simply been a good sack. Now days it's a flag. What about the 9er player that hit Sproles on the fair catch? That was weird. How could he have not seen him wave his hands? He didn't try to lay Sproles out but did make contact to tackle him. Maybe the refs should start carrying traffic lights around? Red flag, yellow caution and green you're good to go.
The Kaepernick call...he was close to the boundary of what the tackle box was. Since the tackle box is arbitrary...they normally give the boundary as outside the tackle box. Plus...it would have been reviewed to check when he started the throwing motion to see if he was all the way in the Endzone. They got that call somewhat right. But they ____ed the dog on the personal foul call.





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