Terry_Tate;506738 wrote:You can't even compare the defenseless receiver hits. The one on Ward was 100% legit, whereas the one on Ndukwe was a joke. He had no ill intent and could have made that a much rougher hit than he did. Plus, he caught the ball! Absolutely ridiculous that was a penalty.
And the defensive holding call was sketchy too. Would have been approximately 3rd and 8 at their own 11 or 12 with a lot of time left, but instead it was a Browns first down.
Regardless though, the roughing the passer penalty on Baltimore 2 weeks ago was a joke too, so those types of penalties will probably even out the rest of the year. When the NFL is trying to make these judgement rules there's going to be some bad calls.
Kudos to the Browns for playing a tough game. I was worried about this one coming in as these aren't the Browns of old, and they showed it. I would not want to get in Peyton Hillis' way, that's for sure. Congrats to the Browns on the win, we'll see you in December.
1. Defenseless receiver rule has ZERO to do with whether or not the receiver has caught the ball. Look up the rule. FYI, I think in a contact sport like football, neither of them should have been called, they weren't helmet/helmet and weren't really going after the head.
2. You can tell that the CIN defender had "no ill will" but the CLE defender did? Wow, really? You are a mind reader?
3. The CIN defender's didn't look "as bad" because you had a DB who was smaller than Watson, in Ward's case he was much bigger than Shipley, so the hit looked more "vicious". The CIN DB semi bounced off Watson.
