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[BlueChimay]

It looks like a very serious injury.

 

[xkeith031x]

knee is completely toast. His season is cooked.

I am sick to my stomach. I started off hating the falcons.

I learned quickly to loathe the Panthers.

I grew up in Orlando with a mom who is a die hard bucs fan. I gave them leniency until this new era. This is the modern face of dirty. I know that the horse collar wasn’t intended to tear up the mans knee. He was stopping a play.

But it cost them 15 yards and it cost jameis Winston a hell of a lot more than that. You know there won’t be any additional consequence for them because of who is at the helm.

I will be here screaming who dat until the bitter end no matter the outcome of any game. Period. But I hate seeing good players in the middle of a career resurgence taken out of a game over a defensive move the opposing defender KNOWS is illegal.

I’m off my soapbox now. Clown away if you want. Our defense is stout. We can still find ways to win. I’m not doom and gloom. I’m just really bummed about what I just saw.

 

[oysters]

Look it up. Saints fans cry about refs being against them but that was a LEGAL tackle.

I didn’t think it was a horse collar but I wasn’t aware of the “nameplate” rule

 

[NatureBoy]

I’m really sad for Jameis. I like the young man. I don’t believe he’s ultimately our long term answer but he’s worked really hard and it’s ashamed his chance looks like it will be cut short.

 

[Dallas_Saint73]

Thanks mods for changing my verbiage. We are all angry right now.

 

[stadanko]

It wasn’t even a horse collar. It was a legal tackle. Horse collar has to be use of the top of the shoulder pads.

Not true. They changed it to top of the jersey as well. Because the spirit of the rule is to prevent injuries just like that. Dirty bs.

 

[WhoDat!5]

It wasn’t even a horse collar. It was a legal tackle. Horse collar has to be use of the top of the shoulder pads.

Wrong. They changed the rule to include the Jersey years ago.

 

[Brandon13]

Terrible. He came to play today and all in all, he has actually been pretty good for us in total.. such a shame.

 

[ShortFuzed9]

So is Watson a pervert or not? make it happen loomis

 

[Waymer]

Look it up. Saints fans cry about refs being against them but that was a LEGAL tackle.

Not based on the rule expansion 5 years ago.

“The league approved a proposed rule change from the Competition Committee on Tuesday that will make it illegal when a “defender grabs the jersey at the name plate or above and pulls a runner toward the ground.”

NFL approves expansion of horse-collar rule

When the NFL adopted a rule against horse-collar tackles, they made it against the rules for a player to tackle an opponent other than a quarterback in the pocket by pulling him down with a grab inside the shoulder pads from behind.

profootballtalk.nbcsports.com

Now obviously it wasn’t meant to injure Winston. It just happened.

 

[ShortFuzed9]

Look it up. Saints fans cry about refs being against them but that was a LEGAL tackle.

They threw a flag bro and called horse collar tackle it was a 15 yard penalty

 

[nextyear]

Who is the emergency QB?

 

[St. Widge]

Look it up. Saints fans cry about refs being against them but that was a LEGAL tackle.

I will never understand why fans of other teams go to rival message boards to troll during games. I don't get it after or before, but during is just clearly trolling.

 

[ElTorro]

It wasn’t even a horse collar. It was a legal tackle. Horse collar has to be use of the top of the shoulder pads.

The new rule is from the nameplate up. Waiting for refball with playing brady

 

[LonghornSaintsFan]

Wad sort of expecting the loss, but not this anything but this. This does make me sick.