Isn't It The Most Beautiful Thing............

[twisted_steel2]

Any time a penalty negates a score or a turnover, it should be automatically reviewed.

In Browner's case, I guess they're saying that the wrong call on the field was made because it wasn't helmet to helmet, but that it was still a penalty because of head-neck contact. I read that the refs have been told to throw a flag every time they even suspect helmet-to-helmet contact, but that doesn't make sense because there's no procedure in place to determine if it really was or wasn't. There shouldn't be a "could've been" penalty.

Yep, they have no choice. Anything that looks remotely close to head-neck contact, they are required to throw a flag.

And what the problem is, in hits like these above, even a good clean shoulder to chest hit, the head will whip forward and cause the head-neck contact... that facemask will always make some contact on the hitters shoulder pad. Boom = Flag.

To me it's one of the things broken in today's NFL.

 

[volsunghawk]

Before Kam there was Ken.

Except Kam's about 30 times as smart as Hamlin ever was.

 

[Sgt. Largent]

Before Kam there was Ken.

Except Kam's about 30 times as smart as Hamlin ever was.

Very true, Kam has yet to lose a fight with a street sign.

 

[HawkWow]

Before Kam there was Ken.

Except Kam's about 30 times as smart as Hamlin ever was.

That ain't no lie. And before Ken was the real Ken. If you could cross Earl with Kam, you'd be close to getting Kenny Easley, imo. To this day I still see Easley as the greatest of all time and while my opinion is arguable, when Ronnie Lott calls Easley that...well, end of argument.

 

[volsunghawk]

Before Kam there was Ken.

Except Kam's about 30 times as smart as Hamlin ever was.

That ain't no lie. And before Ken was the real Ken. If you could cross Earl with Kam, you'd be close to getting Kenny Easley, imo. To this day I still see Easley as the greatest of all time and while my opinion is arguable, when Ronnie Lott calls Easley that...well, end of argument.

Great explanation there. I love seeing old footage of Easley.

 

[tom sawyer]

You've ever seen?

Honestly... it's first time I EVER saw a "still image" actually give off (((SOUND)))

 

[HawkWow]

Before Kam there was Ken.

Except Kam's about 30 times as smart as Hamlin ever was.

That ain't no lie. And before Ken was the real Ken. If you could cross Earl with Kam, you'd be close to getting Kenny Easley, imo. To this day I still see Easley as the greatest of all time and while my opinion is arguable, when Ronnie Lott calls Easley that...well, end of argument.

Great explanation there. I love seeing old footage of Easley.

I really wish our FO, even while entirely changed (since back then), would really start beating the drum to get Kenny in Canton. It's just ridiculous and any hard feelings between the camps shouldn't be between today's camps. I don't see Mr. Allen (or Pete) conducting themselves in the shameless manner that FO did with Easley.

I am certainly biased, Easley was and remains my favorite football player of all time, but this franchise will always be blemished until he is in the hall (in my eyes). Because of the money players make, I will almost never say a franchise owes a player. This franchise owes both Kenny Easley and Marshawn Lynch, imo.

I'm not including other greats in that (Largent, Tez, Walt etc) because their body of work has been validated. Lynch won't see Canton, so I am happy he is getting paid (well). Sorry to have run off topic with this, but Kenny Easley deserves better. To the younger posters that missed this great man...he was no less to our Hawks than those names we have in Canton. Like Lynch, Easley made teams fear us. And in this business, fear is good.

I know arguments can be made about Kenny's longevity, but who argues about the longevity of Gale Sayers? If "best ever" doesn't make you HOF worthy...why even have the HOF? Now I'm all pissed off again. lol.

 

[Sgt. Largent]

I don't think you need to talk anyone on here into Easley's HOF case.

Unfortunately his medical issues cut short his career, which I guess in some people's minds outside Seattle is enough to keep him out. But ask any player or coach during Easley's career and they'll tell you he was every bit as good as Ronnie Lott, maybe even better.

 

[HawkWow]

I don't think you need to talk anyone on here into Easley's HOF case.

Unfortunately his medical issues cut short his career, which I guess in some people's minds outside Seattle is enough to keep him out. But ask any player or coach during Easley's career and they'll tell you he was every bit as good as Ronnie Lott, maybe even better.

You might be surprised to learn how many posters we have that have never as much as seen Kenny on film, Sarge. It was (obviously) they I was glorifying Kenny to. I can't imagine any fans (from those days) needing to even be reminded of Easley's excellence. My objective is to keep names like Easley's alive for as long as I am. Perhaps not the right thread to do it in, but there's never a wrong time to talk up #45, imo. In fact, so determined (and defiant) am I, that I'm going to go talk about him in a Wilson thread now. ; )

 

[Ruminator]

Great photo! Kam just about vaporized the water right off of that guy (is it Vernon Davis?).

Hell yeah it's Davis, this hit accelerated his downfall IMO, he wasn't quite the same after Kam stole his soul.

I thought this thread worth bumping up to get us even more excited for tonight's game. 8)
I swear, I could watch that clip a million times and be exhilarated by it each and every time.
Imagine SF#85 being Car#1.

 

[sutz]

Are we really discussing great hits without posting this one? :mrgreen:

[youtube]KKHKtkct5Hw[/youtube]

 

[400WattHPSHawk]

I remember thinking during VD's exorcism play, damn, that's a touchdown...and then...BOOM!, BAM! Meet Mr. Kam!

 

[evergreen]

Don't forget what happened after it when we forced a fg. That was KARMA! Easily one of my favorite games of all time... Oh, and #45 was Awesome!

 

[ZorntoLargent]

I love it so much, I had him sign it.