How many people were watching Sunday Night Football last night when Ravens linebacker Jameel McClain had a helmet to helmet hit on Steelers tight end Heath Miller. In case you missed the play check it out here:
The main problem with this hit was that it was on a defenseless receiver. It's another scary head injury which almost made me cringe as much as the hit on Eagles corner back Ellis Hobbs a couple weeks ago. How come NFL players don't understand that they can't lead with the head. The other side to this story is that on the field a flag was not thrown for the helmet to helmet hit. There have been hits over this season that have been far less violent which have resulted in a flag getting thrown. So my question is why weren't the refs throwing a flag there?
The NFL has come out and said that their should of been a flag, but it's to late for that already. Expect a fine in the range of 50-75k with in the next couple of days. This would be a huge deal to McClain, who makes around four-hundred thousand a season I would even expect a possible suspension, as the NFL looks to make McClain an example to all of its players. The most ironic thing is that this helmet to helmet hit comes against the Steelers, who have had star linebacker James Harrison fined for similar hits. Harrison has been fined over one-hundred thousand for illegal hits. No matter what happens, I expect Harrison to come out after the fine or suspension is released to give his insight about the matter.
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