Jerhawk
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First off, this thread has nothing to do with Geno Smith's ability at QB so please don't devolve this discussion (if it goes anywhere) into a conversation about our backup QB situation.
In the 1st quarter when Geno Smith got sacked on a corner blitz, his head appeared to hit the ground violently, and he immediately grabbed his head.
Shockingly, no roughing the QB was called on the play. Even more surprising to me was the Seahawks nor the refs put him into a concussion protocol. He ended up leaving the game two series later with a concussion.
Color commentator Dave Wyman pointed out in the 4th quarter that the Raider's aggressive playcall to start the game was "unusual." He essentially called out Gruden for being too aggressive to begin the game by calling a corner blitz against a rookie left tackle, putting the opponent's QB at risk for injury. Stone Forsythe didn't diagnose the corner blitz, and Geno paid for it.
Did anyone else pick up what Wyman was saying late in tonight's game? Do you agree that Gruden was being bush league or, dare I say, dirty by calling a corner blitz in the beginning of a pre season game? Or was it a fair play that Stone Forsythe needs to learn from? Was the hit itself dirty?
I'm not aware of any kind of "unwritten rule" against calling corner blitzes on rookie tackles in pre season. We began calling corner blitzes the next series as well.
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In the 1st quarter when Geno Smith got sacked on a corner blitz, his head appeared to hit the ground violently, and he immediately grabbed his head.
Shockingly, no roughing the QB was called on the play. Even more surprising to me was the Seahawks nor the refs put him into a concussion protocol. He ended up leaving the game two series later with a concussion.
Color commentator Dave Wyman pointed out in the 4th quarter that the Raider's aggressive playcall to start the game was "unusual." He essentially called out Gruden for being too aggressive to begin the game by calling a corner blitz against a rookie left tackle, putting the opponent's QB at risk for injury. Stone Forsythe didn't diagnose the corner blitz, and Geno paid for it.
Did anyone else pick up what Wyman was saying late in tonight's game? Do you agree that Gruden was being bush league or, dare I say, dirty by calling a corner blitz in the beginning of a pre season game? Or was it a fair play that Stone Forsythe needs to learn from? Was the hit itself dirty?
I'm not aware of any kind of "unwritten rule" against calling corner blitzes on rookie tackles in pre season. We began calling corner blitzes the next series as well.
[youtube]ilbSgtUtwo0[/youtube]