Dirty Hit Just ended Gronkowski Season

[JLova]

How is Ward's low hit on Gronk the NFL's fault? Like others have said, the best way to take down a huge maurauding TE like Gronk is to tackle low. If a player tries to tackle Gronk high, chances are he'll miss the tackle or get trucked. This is football and aiming low is an acceptable tackle form. If Gronk wants to avoid the hit he can 1) give himself up earlier; 2) hurdle ward or 3) don't catch. Strong safeties partly exist to lay down the law and that's what the Warden does. It's not the league's nor Ward's fault Gronk is injury prone and brittle.

The league's rules force defenders to go low....They'd rather knee injuries over concussions. You don't see that?

 

[RichYung]

cmon breh, nikkaz don't have the time to size up a cat to make sure they hit pinpoint parts of people's bodies running at full speed....

Dog he was flying downhill from safety.. It was "bang, bang" but ok.

 

[Ice Cold]

Here is a link to the vine that displays the hit on Gronk.
http://www.nepatriotslife.com/2013/12/vine-rob-gronkowski-hit-low-on-knee-by.html

Damn, it's sad to see him go down, Gronk is a genuinely nice guy: he brought my cousin up from Buffalo to watch his game against the broncos

 

[Deaf2twothirds]

Most if not all NFL players would rather eat a temporary concussion injury rather than deal with a season ending knee injury

 

[mrken12]

Most if not all NFL players would rather eat a temporary concussion injury rather than deal with a season ending knee injury

Concussions have some serious long term consequences if they are frequent. They can lead to early dementia, suicidal thoughts, and many other psychological issues. And concussions are hardly "temporary".

 

[Deaf2twothirds]

Concussions have some serious long term consequences if they are frequent. They can lead to early dementia, suicidal thoughts, and many other psychological issues. And concussions are hardly "temporary".

Concussion=sitting out 2 weeks Knee injury=season. Most football players can give a damn long term when the avg career tenure is 3 yrs in the lg. Da NFL is a what can you do for me now type of league.

 

[yseJ]

And then what? Put flags on nikkaz...

There really isn't much you can do....

we already know certain qbs have a hitbox the size of their head
it will become even harder to tackle runners by the rules, which will result in even more TDs and scoring
its perfect for goodell

 

[FaTaL]

Concussion=sitting out 2 weeks Knee injury=season. Most football players can give a damn long term when the avg career is 3 yrs in the lg. NFL is a what can you do for me now type of league.

its a good thing gronk got his extension a while back

he wont get another big money contract

 

[Kings County]

Disgusting. I will never respect going at the knees. Dude can't catch a break.

they taking away the head and neck, if u hit that big nikka in his stomach he gon keep funning gotta aim low

 

[JLova]

they taking away the head and neck, if u hit that big nikka in his stomach he gon keep funning gotta aim low

I don't blame the player. I blame the league.

 

[954UAlreadyknow]

Dirty hit?

Pats fans the worst

 

[Listen]

I question the use of the word dirty, but that shyt was straight at the knees and not below or above his knee.....but directly at it.

At least looks suspect.

 

[Deaf2twothirds]

Gronk is a classic example of a guy that is unable to stay healthy now that there is HGH testing in the league