That was a defenseless player

[NTDawg]

Nm

 

[57stratdawg]

The Bama player? I don't think so.

 

[NTDawg]

That was text book targeting

 

[57stratdawg]

The hit on Noil was text book targeting. The A&M hit was a judgment targeting.

 

[missouridawg]

The hit on Noil was text book targeting. The A&M hit was a judgment targeting.

Textbook targeting involved the element of defenseless player. The kick returner is not defenseless. They guy making the tackle was.

 

[57stratdawg]

I don't think so. Here are the targeting rules, I don't see one covering a player trying to make a tackle:

• A player in the act of or just after throwing a pass.
  
• A receiver attempting to catch a forward pass or in position to receive a backward pass, or one who has completed a catch and has not had time to protect himself or has not clearly become a ball carrier.
  
• A kicker in the act of or just after kicking a ball, or during the kick or the return.
  
• A kick returner attempting to catch or recover a kick, or one who has completed a catch or recovery and has not had time to protect himself or has not clearly become a ball carrier.
  
• A player on the ground.
  
• A player obviously out of the play.
  
• A player who receives a blind-side block.
  
• A ball carrier already in the grasp of an opponent and whose forward progress has been stopped.
  
• A quarterback any time after a change of possession.
  
• A ball carrier who has obviously given himself up and is sliding feet-first.

 

[Xenomorph]

So many people are clueless on this now.. Including Vern and his buddy. When the hit is made against a runner in possession of the ball in the open field.. It's called a tackle. Targeting can only occur against a defenseless player.

I was was yelling at the screen that they were idiots for calling that targeting.

 

[NTDawg]

A player who receives a blind-side block