The Hit on Michael Pittman

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Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles

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Touching an airborne player who is flying through the air does nothing, except maybe break the fingers of the defender. You actually expected the Steelers defender to reach out and "touch" Pittman while Pittman was laying out and diving for the ball, and that that would somehow cause Pittman to drop the ball?

Like I said, the way that the game is officiated now, an airborne receiver isn't to be touched, under any circumstance ...... they may as well make it official and out those exact words into the rulebook, and stop pretending that the defender has some kind of recourse other than making the hit with their shoulder, because they don't.

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Try and hit the ball, or put your hands on the guy if he makes the catch it’s a hell of a play but he’s down. That could’ve ended his career, they we’re trying to take guys out because that horse collar on moss was ridiculous he didn’t even try and let up