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Originally Posted by Mattyk

He's gotta keep his head up. I don't think it was a dirty hit, but anytime you lower your head in a situation like that it's gonna be flagged and fined these days.

bingo, it would have been completely legal if he wouldn't have lowered his head. it's as much of a safety concern for the receiver as it is for the defender. from day one the first rule you learn as a defender is see what you hit, when you drop your head down you have a greater chance of a spinal injury. when you lower your head your body doesn't take the impact from the hit you spine does. imo robinson needs to learn how to hit with his head up to stop avoiding getting fined and flagged. and smith needs to enforce this in practice, if it keeps coming up with the smae guy on the same team i think not only should the player be fined but the coaching staff should take a hit as well.