DMaestro
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The NFL has a new rule that you cannot hit a "defenseless" player standing around a pile. Whether or not the whistle blew has no bearing on the refs throwing a flag .
I don't like it more anymore than the next guy, but technically the refs made the correct call.
Thanks for schooling the uninformed (me) about that rule. I was leaning strongly towards the "I didn't hear a whistle blow" camp, but if that's the rule, that's the rule. Maybe Jahri was still playing on instincts ingrained since Pop Warner, but that one hurt.