Walker Wood injury-Video
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Might have been a little late but nothing to warrant a flag IMO. The defender could have pulled up and maybe not hit him as hard but I don't think he could have stopped and not made contact at all. Definitely wasn't a dirty hit like some me were saying. Hit him high but not aiming at the head. Definitely didn't go for his knees like I had heard from some. Seems like a good football play with a bad outcome.
don't have a dog in this fight other than of course I don't want to see any kid get hurt but from what I could tell from the video the hit didn't look late or at least didn't look illegal. Kid going full speed after the qb it's hard to stop that quickly. I don't know a thing about either team or the kids on the teams. Wouldn't want to accuse the defensive kid of intentionally hurting Wood based on what I saw there.
Doesn't look like there was any intent there, but it does warrant a flag. Looks like the defender took at least 1 and a half, maybe 2, steps before hitting Wood and after the ball was gone. So, I'd call it a late hit, but I don't think that there was any intent to injure him or anything like that. Just a guy trying to make a play and not pulling up as quickly as he could/should have.
Bang bang. No where close to late
Wish we could see the follow thru. Maybe there's something there but in initial contact it looks okay
Is a sideline warning really necessary at that moment?
Wish we could see the follow thru. Maybe there's something there but in initial contact it looks okay
Is a sideline warning really necessary at that moment?
Having seen the video, I do not even see a flag in that. Unfortunate for him, but not cheap in my estimation, or even something to be penalized. Now, the taunting from the Trinity student section was still low budget, as was the Lafayette kid striking the official's hat, but this play was just a football play as I see it. Seems like it was poorly taken because the game was just a mess.
Wasn't late but looked like he launched towards head. Flag in NFL - but I don't think there was dirty intent by looking at that video.
When you pause it after the ball is released, Wood is on the 30 and the defender on the 32/33...closer to late than I thought, but I still think the high contact is more of the issue.
Blessing in disguise - Kid needs to redshirt- he is a super athlete who can help us in the secondary or the slot
It was not that long ago that nobody would consider this a late hit at all. Rules have changed to protect QBs but still don't see this as a late hit. I know if a UK defender got flagged for that I would be one of many fans complaining about the flag. Conversely, if a UK QB took that hit (and Wood practically is as a UK commitment) I never even would have thought it was an infraction. Regardless, it was not a dirty hit, imo. I actually think Trinity is owed an apology from many who claimed it was a dirty hit. It may have been slightly late, at best, but it wasn't dirty. Sounds like folks just mad Trinity was winning big again and I'm not a Trinity fan at all.
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I think a case can be made for launching, but not a late hit. I don't think it looks dirty or intended to knock Woods out of the game.
When we first heard about this, I thought it was going to be a late hit with the Trinity kid diving at Woods' knee.
Looked legal although unnecessary, if the Wheres Walker chant actually happened thats classless though.
He took, IMO, a perfectly legal, but hard, hit. Lafayette sideline disagreed and got flagged for their disagreement.
I hope he recovers nicely. This play demonstrates the captious nature of injuries in football. I say captious because (IMO) you can be injured just as easily against AL State as you can AL. I just think injuries are more about bad luck than good opponents. Unfortunately, injuries are just part of this game. He was legally hit high (but hard) in a one on one contact situation and somehow wrenched his knee. Go figure.
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I hope he recovers nicely. This play demonstrates the captious nature of injuries in football. I say captious because (IMO) you can be injured just as easily against AL State as you can AL. I just think injuries are more about bad luck than good opponents. Unfortunately, injuries are just part of this game. He was legally hit high (but hard) in a one on one contact situation and somehow wrenched his knee. Go figure.
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Lets be honest here - most of the opinions in this thread (mine included), come from a crappy video that is grainy and doesn't show the continuation of contact/close up of contact.
Hard to say anything definitive.
Hard to say anything definitive.
I don't need to see more to know about the lateness of the hit. Now, I agree that I did not see what the defender did after the camera shifted to the play down field.
If the kid can run a 5 flat 40 he is covering 2 yards in like .2 seconds. That's not enough time to react when you're running full speed. And putting a good shot on a game changing QB is part of the game. Make him think about taking that shot every time he drops back. Makes him rush throws, make bad decisions all that type stuff. I did a lot worse back in my playing days lol. Im sure most here did as well. Like another poster said, 10 years ago this would have been a non issue and we wouldn't have been talkin about it. The rules committees are "wussing" up the game way too much. Good hit, good play, bad luck IMO.
My point about 3 yards is its a step and half to two steps before the hit. 10 years ago they weren't worried about concussions.
As I said earlier, I don't think it was late, but it does look high. The quality of the video isn't very good so I cant say whether Lafayette had a beef or not. We also cant see the continuation of the hit from the video, which is another factor. Did he hit him and ended there - did he wrap and drive him to the ground? Can't tell.
Edit for update: Josh Moore of LHL tweeted during the game that the hit wasn't "bad" assuming he is talking about dirty intent/wasn't high/no drive into the ground, but that he thought it was clearly late and he said tape confirms that.
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The young man (Wood) landed on his right (plant) leg simultaneous to the hard hit, just a bad break, no pun intended. A millisecond difference in timing determines knee injuries, cause when the foot and full weight is planted, is the true moment of vulnerability. He will come back fine from this injury, he did not shread ligaments.