re: Thoughts on game

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And how about that targeting call? As soon as it went to review I told my wife it would be overturned...

Now not that I necessarily disagree with the call, i just overall hate the rule anyway. but was there ever really any doubt it would be overturned?

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Well I thought it was pretty clear targeting. Blow above the shoulders of a defenseless player. If Elston got suspended for his hit last year, this was worse. Engram misses the ball, takes two steps, and then gets lit up above the shoulders.

I haven't personally watched any games this year where the targeting penalty was upheld, so I don't have a reference for a hit that was upheld. I thought this was pretty clear cut though.

That being said, I'm not surprised at all it was overturned. However, I thought the refs were taught that if there was a doubt, it's targeting. I don't think there was any way you could say with out a doubt that it wasn't. So I'm not sure how it gets over turned.