September 25, 201510 yr It was targeting. Kiel was sliding, right knee contacted the ground as defender launched into his head. By every letter of the rule, it is an easy targeting call... However, he was a RB at that point an no longer a QB. Had it been helmet to helmet, its a no brainer. Shoulder to helmet, its not getting called. The replay showed the majority of his head collision was bouncing off the ground. It was a freak play with no malicious intent. I think they made the right call.
September 25, 201510 yr It was called targeting live. On review they determined he wasn't far enough into his slide to make him defenseless. I strongly disagree... Your pretty much defenseless at every point of a slide.
September 25, 201510 yr However, he was a RB at that point an no longer a QB. Had it been helmet to helmet, its a no brainer. Shoulder to helmet, its not getting called. The replay showed the majority of his head collision was bouncing off the ground. It was a freak play with no malicious intent. I think they made the right call. It was a targeted play with specific malicious intent. The defender planted both feet and launched himself into a QB that was well into his slide. There was no "freak" about it. QB goes into slide. Defender launches off both feet and aims at the head of the QB. It was targeting in every sense of the word...
September 25, 201510 yr All the Memphis player had to do was tag him. There is no need to "tag" in college. Once a knee (or anything besides a hand) hits the ground, the runner is down.
September 25, 201510 yr He was still going down, Memphis guy had a chance and took it. The unfortunate side of football. Not sure if Kiel should even play anymore. They said he only finished 5 games last year, left the rest early because of injury.
September 25, 201510 yr They said he only finished 5 games last year, left the rest early because of injury. Took a hard hit to the sternum against Memphis last year and never had time to rest and recover. This year he's taken two cheap shots to the head/neck...
September 25, 201510 yr ^Is there a reason he's the constant target of cheap shots? Seems odd that different teams would all target the same guy.
September 25, 201510 yr ^Is there a reason he's the constant target of cheap shots? Seems odd that different teams would all target the same guy. Because he's the quarterback. They all are victims of cheap shots (unfortunately). Some are better at covering up or avoiding them, or do not have a previous injury to aggravate.
September 25, 201510 yr ^Is there a reason he's the constant target of cheap shots? Seems odd that different teams would all target the same guy. I mean, it made sense last year to try to aim for the injury. It was clear that one shot to the chest and he would likely be out. The hit last week was a blatant a cheap shot as you will see...
September 25, 201510 yr They said he only finished 5 games last year' date=' left the rest early because of injury.[/quote'] He got dinged up last week also, I'm surprised he was fully cleared to play. He's now had two "head injuries" in two weeks.
September 25, 201510 yr I think the call could have at least been unnecessary roughness. However, had he popped right up from it as most quarterbacks do...would we even be talking about it?
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