Can we talk about Watt here at 1:17?

How was this 1) not called and 2) not more of a major talking point during all the bad officiating convos?

I was out of my head at this moment and scared my wife!

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/...DwvwZcs3eKzOslEvn7jIBtnNrO5AwU1Oa30VSRWDRLO9M

 

If you are talking about where he got held (mugged) so bad it almost folded him in half....I was complaining about it during the game thread.

 

Yeah, exactly that one. Huge impact if we lost.

 

Where is the link?

 

He must have forgotten to post it, but I assume he is talking about the 18-yard pass to Duvernay that put the Ravens on the Steelers' 24-yard-line. Watt wasn't held on the play before, the 22-yarder to Brown on third-and-14, but he was absolutely mugged on the pass to Duvernay.

 

Sorry. Derp!

The article link with the vid and non-call is in the original post at the top.

 

I must have missed it just like the refs did. But I was drinking and they were being paid. If they pay me, I'll go out there with a 12 pack and make the right calls, if I'm not on a bathroom break.

 

LoL. This was great .
I just spit water all over my coffee table reading that.

 

That one of the milder ones. There are plays where the only part of the OL between Watt and the QB is the OL's forearm around TJ's neck, ref staring right at it.

 

Harrison treatment

 

^ This. When our pass rushers get too good and dominate their opponent, officials let the Olinemen mug them and clothesline them. You can't touch a player's helmet without a "blow to the head" penalty. But olinemen can decapitate Watt like they did to Harrison in his prime.

 

There was a lot of head slaps again this week. Is that something that's being coached into the game plan?

Cincy and the Chargers were doing a lot of it as well! Looks like the strategy is to punch out and turn the head/neck area to disrupt the rusher then grab and drag. Seeing way too much of that being let go.

 

Happens for every team. The league wants offense.

 

True, but it was worse with Harrison because he was so good at getting leverage on offensive tackles.

 

this
exactly

 

I saw the tackle deliberately head butting TJ on one play.

 

Holding Watt is a common occurrence.