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NGT: Mike Mitchell's "hit" on Alex Smith

Toth029 : 10/19/2017 12:00 pm
I don't get how this isn't a suspension. I thought players couldn't go low on QB's?

He was flagged, great, but to me that warrants something much, much more.
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Yeah that's filthy.  
Keith : 10/19/2017 12:04 pm : link
He flat out dives at his legs there.

These guys need to look after each other more. This is nothign other than a blatant attempt to hurt Smith, how else can you explain a guy that's not pushed that jumps into his legs like that?
Late, cheap shot  
jcn56 : 10/19/2017 12:05 pm : link
That's exactly the type of hit they should be suspending people for.

I get that sometimes, in flight plays can end up worse than players intended, but that ball was long gone before he left his legs, and he went straight for the knees.
agreed,  
GiantNatty : 10/19/2017 12:06 pm : link
filthy.
...  
Toth029 : 10/19/2017 12:12 pm : link
Some trying to claim he was tripped


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mitchell is a pos  
nygiants16 : 10/19/2017 12:13 pm : link
he is constantly head hunting, i remember last year he hit will tye over the middle and then the refs picjed up the flag because he begged for no call...
Thats a  
old man : 10/19/2017 12:27 pm : link
2-4 game suspension if a Giant did it.
6 if OBJ did it.
A $10000 bonus if Greg Williams is your DC.
But..You know...its one of the NFLs favored teams...so.....
Alex Smith  
EricJ : 10/19/2017 12:45 pm : link
wanted to punch him in the helmet...lol
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GiantFilthy : 10/19/2017 12:48 pm : link
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Yeah that's filthy.
Keith : 12:04 pm : link : reply


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agreed,
GiantNatty : 12:06 pm : link : reply
filthy.

Thanks, guys.
yeah that's as dirty as  
beatrixkiddo : 10/19/2017 12:50 pm : link
a dirty play gets. That should result in a suspension, otherwise you will get more of the same.
Just heard  
Earl the goat : 10/19/2017 1:04 pm : link
48,000 dollar fine
RE: ...  
BlackLight : 10/19/2017 1:19 pm : link
In comment 13656342 Toth029 said:
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Some trying to claim he was tripped
https://twitter.com/Steelersdepot/status/920276722209013760 - ( New Window )


I thought he was tripped, honestly. Or something. Just the way he fell forward. I don't really care, honestly (it's the Steelers, FFS), and it was close enough to looking intentional that it would probably draw a flag 100% of the time. But Alex Smith being so sure that it was a dirty hit mean nothing here.
It's actually hard to see exactly what happened  
exiled : 10/19/2017 1:29 pm : link
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Mike Tomlin  
mattlawson : 10/19/2017 1:38 pm : link
Whatever it takes
RE: It's actually hard to see exactly what happened  
Pete in MD : 10/19/2017 1:43 pm : link
In comment 13656438 exiled said:
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I agree. I can't really tell if he intentionally dove or tripped/fell down. It looked pretty awkward either way. I suppose if the NFL is giving out a fine, they believe it was intentional.
That was way  
Bleedin Blue : 10/19/2017 7:49 pm : link
Late and cheap!! He went low and from behind, way after pass was thrown! Alex Smith showed great restraint for not kicking him in his face!
RE: Just heard  
old man : 10/19/2017 9:07 pm : link
In comment 13656411 Earl the goat said:
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48,000 dollar fine

Likely appeal, get it reduced to 24K...he's a Steeler, and the Union is on a role.
If it was Landon Collins: a 96K fine and 2-4 games..little support from the Union on appeal.
It's every week with this giy  
KWALL2 : 10/19/2017 9:33 pm : link
Always hitting high. Using his head. Htiting late.
Someone just went after Alex Smith's legs again  
EricJ : 10/19/2017 9:41 pm : link
tonight. Not sure if any of you saw that.
RE: Just heard  
jhibb : 10/19/2017 10:06 pm : link
In comment 13656411 Earl the goat said:
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48,000 dollar fine


If he gets stuck with that, I hope his teammate pays it for him, because it really does look like #56 gives him a shove and sends him falling off balance into the Smith.

I just don't think it was as intentionally dirty as it looked.
Actually, after seeing more views  
jhibb : 10/19/2017 10:10 pm : link
I think he got both tripped and pushed.
I buy his excuse.
could have called the facemask  
oghwga : 10/20/2017 8:43 am : link
at the start of the play as well
He got tripped up..  
Gussi41 : 10/20/2017 12:42 pm : link
His teammate nudged him and he fell into Alex's foot..

Even the dirtiest player, which he's not, wouldn't do that to another player..
RE: It's every week with this giy  
djm : 10/20/2017 11:06 pm : link
In comment 13656917 KWALL2 said:
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Always hitting high. Using his head. Htiting late.


It's every year with the steelers. Somehow this franchise has managed to avoid the dirty label and I have no idea how. They are consistently in the middle of some of the nastiest cheap shot games and it's not a coincidence. They take out qbs all the time and not in clean fashion. Tomlin is an absolute clown. Tripping guys from the sidelines... god knows what else.
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