Rascal
11-27-2006, 11:00 AM
In case you missed it, for the second week in a row a big play happened after a would be tackler (Kiwi of the Giants on V Young) thought the whistle had been blown and let go of the QB to avoid a 15 yard roughing the passer play.
The rules that the NFL have issued to protect the QB's to such an extent are flat out horrible.
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Not Sweet on Kiwi
By Ken Palmer
Giants Insider
Posted Nov 26, 2006
NASHVILLE – It really is difficult to totally blast rookie DE Mathias Kiwanuka for failing to bring Titans QB Vince Young to the ground late in the fourth quarter. Granted, had Kiwi had his head up, he would have seen that Young still had the ball.
But with all the crazy rules these days designed to protect the QB, Kiwanuka basically said he was scared to bring him down and risk a penalty that would have extended Tennessee’s drive.
“Unfortunately I made a bad decision,” Kiwanuka said. “I thought it would be a 15-yard penalty if I drove him to the ground. I made a mistake that cost us the game.”
“He thought the ball was thrown,” coach Tom Coughlin added. “The ball wasn’t thrown and he’s afraid he’s going to get called.”
As it was, Young took off and gained 19 yards before being brought down, the key play in the Titans’ miraculous comeback – and the Giants’ tremendous choke.
“Thank you for letting me loose,” Young said. “He is a physical guy and I thought he was going to bring me down, but at the same time I’m trying to fight out of it and he just let me go.”
While Kiwanuka had Young and the entire Titans team dead to rights, he was unable to finish the job, just as New York was unable to seal the deal in Nashville.
“It’s a fraction of a second that you have to make a decision,” he said.
The rules that the NFL have issued to protect the QB's to such an extent are flat out horrible.
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Not Sweet on Kiwi
By Ken Palmer
Giants Insider
Posted Nov 26, 2006
NASHVILLE – It really is difficult to totally blast rookie DE Mathias Kiwanuka for failing to bring Titans QB Vince Young to the ground late in the fourth quarter. Granted, had Kiwi had his head up, he would have seen that Young still had the ball.
But with all the crazy rules these days designed to protect the QB, Kiwanuka basically said he was scared to bring him down and risk a penalty that would have extended Tennessee’s drive.
“Unfortunately I made a bad decision,” Kiwanuka said. “I thought it would be a 15-yard penalty if I drove him to the ground. I made a mistake that cost us the game.”
“He thought the ball was thrown,” coach Tom Coughlin added. “The ball wasn’t thrown and he’s afraid he’s going to get called.”
As it was, Young took off and gained 19 yards before being brought down, the key play in the Titans’ miraculous comeback – and the Giants’ tremendous choke.
“Thank you for letting me loose,” Young said. “He is a physical guy and I thought he was going to bring me down, but at the same time I’m trying to fight out of it and he just let me go.”
While Kiwanuka had Young and the entire Titans team dead to rights, he was unable to finish the job, just as New York was unable to seal the deal in Nashville.
“It’s a fraction of a second that you have to make a decision,” he said.