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Scarecrow said:
I really feel like the guy should be facing criminal charges
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Me as well.

honestly with the force he generated on that swing, we are damn lucky we didn’t just see someone’s head opened up like a watermelon on the field.
 
MrBean said:
Me as well.

honestly with the force he generated on that swing, we are damn lucky we didn’t just see someone’s head opened up like a watermelon on the field.
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Had he swung that helmet in a way that the crown came down on him, his head would of been opened like a melon.
 
Scarecrow said:
Yea I mean, I get it.

but what would be Mason’s motivation here? Dude is obviously not going to collect a pay day via a contract.
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It just opens a real can of worms

Obviously what Myles did was another level, but theres some degree of assault on every play. Remember VY getting suplexed vs Pitt? That was uncalled for too. And that stuff happens all the time. Finny vs AJ.

We could list countless foul plays. NFL would be tied up in law suits all year..
 
Honestly, the hit didn't look that bad. The worst part was it was the opening of the helmet that struck his head, so yeah there was a possibility of cutting his head on the blunt edge... But let's not act like it was a knockout blow. Might have even gotten some padding from the inside of the opening. Rudolph didn't even grab his head in pain..just threw his hands up looking for a flag. Lol. I'm sure it didn't feel good...but I don't think it was some brutal blow that could have killed him.

Either way, if Rudolph wants to press charges, they should certainly take it seriously. Every day people would be in jail before that scrum on the field was over. Especially considering how many security/cops are at NFL games.
 
I think that would be a pretty easy self defense. 2 guys grabbing you and a 3rd guy going after you.....after you tried to get away.
 
JCBRAVE said:
It just opens a real can of worms

Obviously what Myles did was another level, but theres some degree of assault on every play. Remember VY getting suplexed vs Pitt? That was uncalled for too. And that stuff happens all the time. Finny vs AJ.

We could list countless foul plays. NFL would be tied up in law suits all year..
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There's a difference between a suplex and ripping someone's helmet off and hitting them with it.

Yeah, the suplex was rough, but it was a "tackle" (excessive) , a part of the game... The other is assault.

Haynsworths stomp to the face was assault.

There are clear cases of what isn't normal football behavior. Tackling someone too hard or in an untraditional way isn't one of those.
 
Theres certainly grounds for this to go to new levels, its literally in the rule book you cant use a helmet as a weapon. But weve seen bigger hits than this that are ruled illegal by the rule book
 
The key element here, is that he was using a piece of protective equipment as a weapon.

nothing else mentioned above for that.

this is probably more along the lines of battery as well
 
Scarecrow said:
The key element here, is that he was using a piece of protective equipment as a weapon.

nothing else mentioned above for that.
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Theres no place for this in football, but i really dont see it going thru the courts

Rudolph isnt even hurt, which in itself seems nuts
 
Hormesis said:
Rest of season both teams fined $250,000. Pouncey received 3 game suspension. I believe that Garrett may get pushed into next year. If that is the case, I am cool with it. Never seen something like that before. Could of been real bad.
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Pouncy should probably have gotten more than 3 games. Yeah, he was stupid and punching and kicking a helmet... But he was really trying to harm the person he was hitting. If not for the helmet etc, that would have been a pretty serious ass whooping.
 
steverife said:
If a helmet is a deadly weapon, how can you justify football existing?
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Lots of things are deadly weapons and they are legal and useful..... You just expect people 2 not be crap human beings.

And no im not talking about guns. Im thinking things like cars, a butcher's knife, a baseball bat, hell a baseball...
 
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