Miami Player Targeting Ejection

[TwinsRRUs_rivals79748]

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Gotta love hearing the announcing make claims that didn't happen... "the player launched himself"

 

[NorthWillRiseAgain]

I'll be honest, I have no idea when they'll call it or not, and they always seem to uphold the ejection. Seems like the ticky- tack calls ruin games.

 

[TwinsRRUs_rivals79748]

I agree. From watching it over and over, it appeared that Jenkins purposely tried to avoid contact by jumping above his teammate and the WR, but his left hand caught the WR's helmet rather hard.

You can see Jenkins' left arm jerk back when hitting the helmet instead of following through with his arm, which tells me that his arm just (somewhat accidentally) caught the WR's helmet instead of him purposely attempting to hit it.

It doesn't appear that he had any intentions of hitting the WR with much force, yet the call was confirmed. This leads me to believe any contact to the head or neck area is supposed to be a targeting penalty, yet they allow multiple hits to the head and neck area throughout the game. Who knows what makes one hit worse than the other.

 

[Shimmer003]

The word "targetting" itself implies that there is the intent to deliver a head blow. This rule has been skewed to include any helmet to helmet contact and even less than that. I'm all for player protection but you have to let the kids play. You're not entitled to make a catch without being hit. And if you go low for a catch, helmet to helmet may be involved involuntarily. That shouldn't be a penalty IMO. And this play certainly shouldn't be penalized.

 

[Redscarlet]

He shouldn't have been ejected just the 15 yard penalty.

Gerry penalty in the Iowa game was another terrible ejection. Officials make it easier on themselves by just ejecting them.

 

[HuskerRick]

Believe this is another play where the official is getting noticed and that's not the purpose of the game. The hit was not a ejectable offense, had the player used is forearm to drive thru the helmet and punish the receiver, then "yes" would deserve the flag, but this is a routine play.

 

[huskerbux]

Getting tired of these calls. You can't go low, you can't go high. Supposed to teach players to go full speed to make plays but this rule starts taking that away. As soon as you out doubt in a players mind, injuries can happen.

 

[donahues17]

Im a fan of why it is called just not when it is called. They only call it when it is out in the open. These happen all the time on tackles and never get called. Call it all of the time or only on the obvious. If it needs reviewed, it's NOT obvious.

 

[SPbObRT]

Bad call IMO, he is trying to make a play, bad rule, this is a contact sport