Glad you brought up the Joyner hit because I have my own personal opinion on it. It got flagged and rightfully so. But if you watch the hit, Joyner didn't head hunt. It actually look like he tried turning his shoulder away after committing. Still a stupid decision on his part no doubt. Teddy also sold the shit out of that hit, I don't believe he was actually knocked out.
The rule states that you can give yourself up sliding or diving. When you dive they place the ball where you started diving from. I see the diving by QBs all the time. You cannot do that hit without a flag. Now if he was on his feet and going for yardage by putting his head down, which he wasn't, defender has every right to lower his head to protect himself and stop the runners advancement. This was a horrible interpretation of the rule and the refs new it at the time.
Apologizing doesn’t mean it’s not a cheap shot. It MIGHT mean he knows he was wrong for doing it.
Officer I didn’t mean to back up over that homeless man with my car after running over him when he approached my car. It’s obvious it wasn’t my fault he got too close to my car. And look at my driving record I’ve never backed up over a homeless man before so can we just tear up that ticket. I’ll send a fruit basket to his hospital room.
His intention was to lay a hard hit that the Wolford wouldn't forget. Nothing wrong with that. There is a danger to doing that and that is besides the physical injury to the target and himself. The danger is, especially when you stop looking at where you are going, is you can mistakenly make a dirty hit. The original intention has nothing to do with final result. It was an incredibly dirty hit.
